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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Educational Linguists,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">WATESOL (the Washington, DC-area affiliate of TESOL International) is seeking proposals for practice-oriented presentations, research-oriented presentations, and poster presentations for our annual Fall Conference!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Teachers, teacher educators, researchers, program administrators, materials and curriculum developers, graduate students, and other professionals in fields related to the learning and teaching of English as a second/foreign language are
all welcome to submit proposals. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Conference Dates</u>: October 15-16, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Location</u>: The Universities at Shady Grove, Rockville, Maryland (just outside of Washington, DC)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Submission Deadline</u>: <span style="color:#ED1C24">June 26, 2016, at 11:59pm EDT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Website</u>: <a href="http://www.watesolassociation.org/Fall-Conference-2016">
http://www.watesolassociation.org/Fall-Conference-2016</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Conference Theme</u>: Making Creative Connections<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Keynote Speaker</u>: Dr. Misty Adiniou, University of Canberra, Australia<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Keynote Address</u>: What does it mean to be literate in the 21<sup>st</sup> century?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Call for Proposals (CFP), which includes detailed submission guidelines and the proposal evaluation rubric, can be found here:
<a href="http://goo.gl/u5nPiq">http://goo.gl/u5nPiq</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">To submit a proposal, please use this online Proposal Submission Form:
</span><a href="http://goo.gl/forms/wbnBFbZqMOClJbjo1">http://goo.gl/forms/wbnBFbZqMOClJbjo1</a><span style="color:#212121">.</span>
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Please be sure to read the full CFP before submitting a proposal. If you have any questions after having read the full CFP, please email <a href="https://us-mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/b/compose?to=watesolpd@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">watesolpd@gmail.com</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We welcome your participation in WATESOL 2016!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Exhibitors, please note: <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you would like to exhibit a commercial product at WATESOL 2016, that involves a different proposal submission process. Please visit <a href="http://www.watesolassociation.org/EmailTracker/LinkTracker.ashx?linkAndRecipientCode=xki4y562nE1CRn5SRJctWqfWneIcrvsr0%2foQzfN9AJ30UgBDk%2fQuHxpbBsN26U8V3LTj3561SztBWm5J2F3GgVsmMShoSenuhlWxekVrOB0%3d" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">http://bit.ly/watesolexhibitor2016</span></a> for
the Exhibitor Form, with many thanks for your interest in WATESOL!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Rebecca Sachs, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Professor, TESOL & Applied Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Co-Chair, WATESOL Professional Development<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Virginia International University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.viu.edu/"><span style="color:#1F497D">www.viu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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