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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dear Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The deadline for applications for the 6th Heritage Language Research Institute, “From Overhearers to High Proficiency Speakers: Advancing Heritage Learners' Skills,” is <b>March 9</b>, next Thursday. The application page can be found at <a href="http://apply.international.ucla.edu/Public/ViewForm.aspx?appID=321">http://apply.international.ucla.edu/Public/ViewForm.aspx?appID=321</a>. The Institute will take place from June 18-22 at UCLA; further details can be viewed at: <a href="http://nhlrc.ucla.edu/events/institute/2012/">http://nhlrc.ucla.edu/events/institute/2012/</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Applications are invited from language instructors, linguists, and researchers from other fields whose current focus involves heritage language teaching and/or research. Limited funding will be available for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, who are encouraged to apply. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The Institute is sponsored by the UCLA <a href="http://nhlrc.ucla.edu/">National Heritage Language Resource Center</a> and aims to support the center's principal mission of developing the research base for heritage language education. This year’s institute is co-sponsored by the <a href="http://www.thelanguageflagship.org" title="Language Flagship website">NSEP National Language Flagship Program</a> as part of their Flagship Results 2012 initiative, and will focus on research and pedagogical approaches that help advance heritage speakers' language skills toward high levels of proficiency.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Claire Chik, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:chik@international.ucla.edu">chik@international.ucla.edu</a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Center for World Languages<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>1333 Rolfe Hall<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Box 951411<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Los Angeles, CA 90095-1411<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: 310-825-2510<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: 310-206-5183<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>