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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><font size="4" class="">CALL FOR PROPOSALS</font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="">Intercultural Competence and Mobility: Virtual and Physical</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class="">Sixth International Conference on the</b><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class="">Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence</b><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class="">January 25-28, 2018</b><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class="">Tucson, Arizona<o:p class=""></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps;" class=""><font size="4" class="">Keynote Presentation</font><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Robert O’Dowd</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> (</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">University of León</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Moving from Intercultural Contact to Intercultural Learning in Virtual Exchange</span></i><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps;" class=""><font size="4" class="">Plenary Presentations</font></span></b><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Alvino Fantini</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> (</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;" class="">SIT
Graduate Institute</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class="">Exploring </span></i><i class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class="">Intercultural
Communicative Competence: Concepts, Components and Assessment (A Multinational Perspective)</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Chin-Sook Pak</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> (Ball State University)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Stories and Relationships that Awaken Us: </span></i><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">Service/Community-Based
Learning for Intercultural Competence</span></i></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">As the opportunity and need to move between physical and virtual spaces has increased, more people experience the world as mobile and interconnected (see e.g. Douglas Fir
Group, 2016; Kramsch & Whiteside, 2008). On the one hand, this has enabled participation in dispersed communities and markets; on the other hand, as communication, meaning making, and culture have become deterritorialized, interculturality has revealed itself
as more complex than the ability to mediate across cultural differences. At the same time, patterns of mass migration and economic globalization have meant local contexts are also shaped by transnational flows of capital, knowledge, practices, and modes of
communication. As a result people in today’s world must develop the capacity to negotiate and navigate dynamic demands. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">In 2018, CERCLL will host the Sixth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence which will focus on <i class="">Intercultural
Competence and Mobility: Virtual and Physical</i>. The conference will feature presentations and workshops that consider intercultural competence in connection with global trends of migration, travel, and digitally-enabled mobility. Of particular interest
are contributions that address the changing state of intercultural competence in a mobile world. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">CERCLL invites proposals for individual papers, symposia, roundtables, posters, and workshops (half-day/full-day) with preference given to topics related to the conference
theme of <b class="">Intercultural Competence and Mobility: Virtual and Physical.</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Please choose among the following strands:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Theory and approaches<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Curriculum design and instruction<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Telecollaboration<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Technology and digital mediation<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Study and work abroad/away<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Service learning <o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Teacher training and professional development</span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Proposal deadline:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> <b class="">11:59 pm (Pacific Standard Time)</b> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">on <b class="">May
22nd, </b></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">2017</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">. Confirmation of receipt will be sent via email. Presenters will be notified by email of the conference committee’s decision by</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: red;" class=""> </span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">August
28, 2017</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">. Presenters will need to confirm attendance by September 25, 2017.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0in 6pt;"><b class=""><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps;" class=""><font size="4" class="">Types of Contributions </font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps;" class=""> </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">In-person Presentations</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Proposals for in-person presentations at the conference may be submitted as one of five types: 1) paper presentation; 2) symposium; 3) roundtable discussion; 4) poster;
5) workshop. Each of these is explained in more detail below.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">1. <b class="">Paper Presentation (30 minutes total: 25 minute presentation plus 5 minutes discussion) </b>are best suited for reports on completed research or scholarly
work on a topic related to one of the conference strands. Presenters should not read their papers, but rather present the main points of their work in an engaging manner. Paper sessions will be organized into sessions of four papers by strand. Papers may be
presented in English, French, German or Spanish.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">2. <b class="">Symposium (2 hours total: 90 minutes for presentations and 30 minutes for discussion)</b> provide a venue for a group of authors (3-5) to propose a set of
papers based on a shared theme or topic related to one of the conference strands. The papers may present complementary aspects or contrasting perspectives. Total presentation time is limited to one hour and thirty minutes. Thirty minutes are allocated at the
end to give presenters and symposium participants an opportunity to engage in extended dialogue.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">3. <b class="">Roundtable Discussion (15 minutes total: 8 minutes presentation plus 7 minutes for discussion)</b> present an opportunity for informal, in-depth discussions
between presenters and participants on a specific topic or theme. They are particularly well suited for works-in-progress and are not meant to be formal paper presentations. Roundtable sessions allow for engaging conversations and provide networking opportunities
among participants on common research interests.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Roundtable discussions will be held in a room with several sessions taking place at the same time at different tables. Two presenters will be assigned to a table in each
session and each table may seat up to six attendees. To accompany their presentations, roundtable presenters are encouraged to prepare handouts or PowerPoint slides they can display on their laptop.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">4.<b class=""> Poster Session (55 minutes) </b>are ideal for presenting preliminary results of work in progress or work that lends itself to visual displays and representations.
The maximum area per poster is 4 feet high by 8 feet wide. In these sessions, presenters engage in informal discussion with conference attendees during the assigned period.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">5. <b class="">Workshop</b> <b class="">Presentation</b> <b class="">(half day [3 hours] or full day [6 hours])</b> are best suited for teaching or demonstrating particular procedures or techniques.
These sessions should be structured so that some explanatory or introductory information is provided with ample time for audience interaction, participation, and involvement.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Virtual Presentation</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">This format is intended for authors who are unable to attend the conference in person.<b class=""> </b>The guidelines above for in-person paper presentations apply to virtual presentations as well.
Upon notification that their abstract for a virtual presentation has been accepted, author(s) will have until <b class="">December 11, 2017</b>, to submit their presentation to CERCLL (instructions for how to do so will be mailed with their proposal acceptance).
For examples of presentations created in this format, see the posters submitted for the 2016 Intercultural Competence Conference <span style="letter-spacing: -0.5pt;" class="">(<a href="http://cercll.arizona.edu/development/conferences/2016_icc" class="">cercll.arizona.edu/development/conferences/2016_icc</a></span>)
and digital presentations for CERCLL’s L2DL symposium (linked at <a href="http://cerclldiglit.wordpress.com" class="">
cerclldiglit.wordpress.com</a>).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b class=""><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps;" class=""><font size="4" class="">Online Submission</font></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">All proposals must be submitted using our online form, which will be available in early January on the CERCLL website <b class=""><a href="http://cercll.arizona.edu" class="">cercll.arizona.edu</a>. </b>Proposals
will be accepted beginning January 17, 2017.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Questions? </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Please contact CERCLL at
<a href="mailto:cercll@email.arizona.edu" class="">cercll@email.arizona.edu</a>, (520) 626-8071<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt;" class="">This conference is organized by the</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt;" class=""> <b class="">Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy
(CERCLL)</b> co-organized by the <b class="">Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Program</b> co-sponsored by the <b class="">Center for Middle Eastern Studies</b>, <b class="">Confucius Institute at the University of Arizona</b>, <b class="">College
of Humanities</b>, and <b class="">College </b><b class="">of Social and Behavioral Sciences</b> at the University of Arizona; and the <b class="">Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research</b> (CALPER) at Pennsylvania State University;
t<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">he <b class="">Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition</b>,</span> (CARLA) <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">at
the University of Minnesota</span>; <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">the <b class="">Center for Applied Second Language Studies</b></span><b class=""> </b> (CASLS) <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">at
the University of Oregon;</span> the <b class="">Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning </b>(COERLL) at the University of Texas at Austin; and the <b class=""><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">National
Foreign Language Resource Center</span></b> (NFLRC) a<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">t the University of Hawaii at Manoa.</span></span></div>
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