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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">As a doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, I am conducting my doctoral dissertation under the supervision of Professor Fred Davidson, and I would like to invite you to participate in my research project. The purpose of the study is to provide information to teacher educators in language assessment to reflect the factors that most influence teachers in developing assessment skills. It is important we hear the voices of language teachers’ and instructors’ needs of assessment skills and knowledge in developing these courses. </font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">If you are a language teacher and have taken a Language Assessment/Testing/Evaluation course or assessment related workshop you are eligible for this study.</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">The survey can be found at:</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><a href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/287646/language-assessment-teacher">http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/287646/language-assessment-teacher</a></font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">If you are an instructor who has taught a language assessment course please go to the following link. </font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><a href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/282990/language-assessment-courses">http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/282990/language-assessment-courses</a></font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">This survey will take approximately 15 minutes of your time and begins with a consent form.</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Please complete this survey by August 15, 2010.</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">If you have any questions about this project, you may contact me, Heejeong Jeong (<a href="mailto:hjeong5@illinois.edu">hjeong5@illinois.edu</a>) or Dr. Fred Davidson (<a href="mailto:fgd@illinois.edu">fgd@illinois.edu</a>).</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">We would be grateful if you could circulate this email to any language teacher who might have taken a language assessment course or any professor who might have taught a related course or workshop.</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">We look forward to your response.</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Thank you,</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Heejeong Jeong, Doctoral Candidate</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US">University</span><span lang="EN-US"> of Illinois</span><span lang="EN-US"> at Urbana-Champaign</span></font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Professor Fred Davidson</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Department of Linguistics</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US">University</span><span lang="EN-US"> of Illinois</span><span lang="EN-US"> at Urbana-Champaign</span></font></font></p>