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<p><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; COLOR: black">NABE Research & Evaluation SIG 2016 Proposal Submission</span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif">We are accepting proposals for short papers (15 mins.) to be presented at the NABE 2016 Research & Evaluation Special Interest Group at the annual
NABE Conference in Chicago, to be held March 2-6, 2016. Our SIG theme this year is “Connecting Oracy and Literacy in Bilingual Education,” with Featured Speaker Professor Rosalind Horowitz, University of Texas, San Antonio.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif">Please send by email attachment an abstract of 150-250 words and a short summary of 50 words (in MS Word) of your proposal, following the guidelines
below, to the SIG Chair at: </span><a href="mailto:mp64@soas.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif">mp64@soas.ac.uk</span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif">. Be sure
to include the language(s) involved in your study or discussion. Send questions or concerns to the attention of Martha C. Pennington at the e-mail address above, or call her at home at (904) 310-3846.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif">While our SIG theme for the upcoming conference is “Connecting Oracy and Literacy in Bilingual Education,” all data-based, theoretical, and/or
pedagogically focused papers on bilingualism, second/foreign language acquisition, intercultural communication, or language assessment are welcome.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif">The deadline for submission to the Research and Evaluation SIG is July 15, 2015.
</span></u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif">A notice of acceptance status (accepted, waitlisted, not accepted) will be sent by August 31, 2015.</span></p>
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Research Editor: Journal of Writing and Pedagogy<br>
Chair, NABE Research SIG Advisory Board</div>
<div>Co-chair, ELL Think Tank<br>
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