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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.1in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Educational Linguists,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.1in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The School of Education at Virginia International University invites your proposals for CLLC 2016:
<i>Reimagining International Education: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Language, Learning, and Culture.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.1in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The conference will be held March 25-26, 2016 on VIU’s campus in Fairfax, Virginia – just outside of Washington, DC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Submission deadline: January 25, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Conference website: http://cllc.viu.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">THEME<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As emerging technologies and globalization conspire to make education more international, the theme of this year’s Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture --
<i>Reimagining International Education</i> -- seeks to explore how we, as internationally minded educators, might be able to shape the development of international education in productive and exciting ways.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">CLLC 2016 will encourage conference participants to ask, among many other questions, how we can encourage multilingualism and multiliteracies; enhance the vitality of international student and educator networks;
improve pedagogical practices to facilitate language learning, cultural awareness, and 21<sup>st</sup>-century career readiness; demonstrate the value of inquiry-based learning across a variety of contexts; promote global citizenship and international development;
foster inclusivity and cultural responsiveness; ensure fair and valid uses of gatekeeping exams with implications for global student mobility; support the development of teachers’ professional identities and feelings of empowerment; and bridge gaps between
classrooms and communities worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Through the sharing of best practices and emerging trends in these areas and others, our goal is to facilitate a thought-provoking, perspective-widening, solutions-oriented dialogue on the future of international
education that acknowledges and embraces the interactions between language, learning, and culture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">CALL FOR PROPOSALS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Proposals for paper and poster presentations, practice-oriented sessions and workshops, colloquia, and panel discussions are invited in the following broad areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">- Reimagining educational access and communities;
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">- Reimagining curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment; and
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">- Reimagining teacher education
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For abstract submission guidelines and more details on each of these strands, please visit http://cllc.viu.edu/cfp.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">IMPORTANT DATES</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Abstract submission deadline: January 25, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Notification of acceptance: February 8, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Early registration deadline: February 22, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Regular registration deadline: March 20, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Late registration: March 21-26, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Conference: March 25-26, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">QUESTIONS? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Questions about the conference can be directed to Kevin Martin, Associate Dean of the School of Education, at <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">kevin@viu.edu.<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">
</span></span></span>To volunteer, please contact Rebecca Sachs at rsachs@viu.edu. For more information on VIU’s School of Education, our programs, and the variety of events we host throughout the year, please visit our website at <a href="http://cllc.viu.edu/content/www.viu.edu/sed"><span style="color:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">www.viu.edu/sed.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">We welcome your participation in CLLC 2016! Please mark your calendars and make plans to attend!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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