
<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_2902">Apologies for not sending this earlier, but it may be possible to request an extension on abstract submission if you are interested in participating. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_2902"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_2902">Bridget Goodman, PhD</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_2902">Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_2902"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3192"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3193"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3194"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3195"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3196"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3197"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3198"><div style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3199"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3200">Dear colleague,</span><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3201"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3202"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "times new roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3203">It is out great pleasure to invite you to the International Conference on Foreign Language Teaching and Applied-Socio Linguistics "Building Cultural Bridges", which will be held on May 11-13, 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan. </span><font face="times new roman, serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3204"><span style="font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3205"><a href="http://fltal.org/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://fltal.org/&source=gmail&ust=1486978089660000&usg=AFQjCNFnJeoyeGfHtsDwZKuWlGXe5VVoww" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3206">http://fltal.org/</a> </span></font><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3207"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3208"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "times new roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3209"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3210">Plenary speakers; </span></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3211"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "times new roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3212"> </span></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3213"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3214"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "times new roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3215">Ben Rampton</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "times new roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3216">, King's College London, UK<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3217"></span><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3218"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; background-image: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3219">David Nunan</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; background-image: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3220">, Anaheim University, USA<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3221"></span><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3222"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "times new roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3223">Guy Cook</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: "times new roman", serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486891943817_3224">, </span><span style="font-siz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