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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">Dear Educational Linguists,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">The CFP deadline for the 2017 Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture is a week away! Proposals for paper and poster presentations, workshops, colloquia, and panel discussions are invited until DECEMBER 5,
2016.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">Our goal in focusing on teacher education this year is to involve language teachers, teacher educators, graduate students, administrators, researchers, instructional designers, language assessment specialists, and
other professionals at all stages of their careers in a multidirectional sharing of expertise that will contribute to all participants’ professional development.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">We are especially excited about this year’s plenary speakers and encourage you to visit the conference website (http://conference.viu.edu/cllc/plenaries/speakers) for more information on the content of their talks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">THEME: Enhancing and advancing teacher education: Professional identities, communities, beliefs, and practices<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 5, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">CONFERENCE DATES: April 7-8, 2017<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">LOCATION: Virginia International University, 4401 Village Drive, Fairfax, VA, 22030 (just outside Washington, DC, USA)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">PLENARIES: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">-- Dr. Rashi Jain - Towards a translingually responsive pedagogy: Implications for teacher education, practice, and research
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">-- Dr. Ari Sherris - Agency and activism in teacher education: Exploring situated teacher practices<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">-- Dr. Joy Peyton - Cross-national, multi-language professional development experiences: Challenges and success stories from teachers of adult immigrants
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">To submit a proposal, please visit http://conference.viu.edu/cllc/content/call-for-proposals<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">To register, please visit http://conference.viu.edu/cllc/content/registration<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">We welcome your participation in CLLC 2017!<o:p></o:p></p>
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