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<div><font size="2" face="Tahoma">Diana Boxer, Ph.D.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Professor of Linguistics</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">University of Florida</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">4131 Turlington Hall, Box 115454</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Gainesville, FL 32611</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Phone (352) 392-0639 ex. 223</font></div>
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<font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> edling-bounces@lists.sis.utsa.edu [edling-bounces@lists.sis.utsa.edu] On Behalf Of hkayi@mail.utexas.edu [hkayi@mail.utexas.edu]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 29, 2010 10:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu; alis-l@lists.tesol.org; nnlei@catesol.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> hkayi2000@yahoo.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Edling] Invitation to Participate in an SLA Survey<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Dear Colleague,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">This letter invites you to participate in a short (20 minute) survey of the content of courses titled Second Language Acquisition. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">If you previously taught or are currently teaching a Second Language Acquisition (SLA) course at either the graduate or undergraduate level anywhere in the world, <b>you are invited to participate
</b>in a survey entitled<b> ?The Nature of Second Language Acquisition Courses?.</b> The study is being conducted by Elaine K. Horwitz and Hayriye Kayi-Aydar of the University of Texas at Austin, Foreign Language Education Program.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">The purpose of this study is</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "> to understand the content of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) courses offered in different programs and provide an empirically-based foundation
for future development of these courses. Your participation in this survey will contribute to a better understanding of what many are already doing and offer guidance in future decisions.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">If you volunteer to participate</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "> in this study, please click on the following link to complete the on-line survey, which should take no longer than 20 minutes to complete.
Further information about the study is available on the survey website.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">If you have any questions</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "> or would like us to contact another person from your institution, please send an email to </span><a href="http://us.mc1114.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hkayi@mail.utexas.edu" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">hkayi@mail.utexas.edu</span></a><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "> You
may also request a hard copy of the survey instrument from the contact information above. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "></span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">To take the survey,</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "> click on the link below:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#0000ff"><a id="link" href="http://survey.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eM7QQ4caYZW2czG" target="_blank">http://survey.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eM7QQ4caYZW2czG</a></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#0000ff"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Please feel free to forward this message to your colleagues who might be interested in participating.</span></b></font><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Thank you. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Elaine K. Horwitz,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hayriye Kayi-Aydar</p>
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