<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class="">CALL FOR PROPOSALS<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class="">Sixth International Conference on the</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class="">Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">January 25-28, 2018</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class="">Tucson, Arizona<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""> </b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class="">Intercultural Competence and Mobility: Virtual and Physical</span></i></b><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class="">Keynote Presentation</span><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><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)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Moving from Intercultural Contact to Intercultural Learning in Virtual Exchange<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class="">Plenary Presentations</span></b><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Alvino Fantini</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> (<span style="background-color: white;" class="">SIT Graduate Institute</span>)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><strong class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; font-weight: normal;" class="">Exploring </span></i></strong><strong class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; font-weight: normal;" class="">Intercultural Communicative Competence: Concepts, Components and Assessment</span></i></strong><strong class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); letter-spacing: -0.3pt; font-weight: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></strong></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><strong class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; font-weight: normal;" class="">(A Multinational Perspective)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></strong></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Chin-Sook Pak</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> (Ball State University)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Stories and Relationships that Awaken Us: </span></i><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);" class="">Service/Community-Based Learning for Intercultural Competence</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><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.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">In 2018, the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (</span><a href="cercll.arizona.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">CERCLL</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">) at the University of Arizona will host the <b class="">Sixth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence</b> (ICC) which will focus on the theme of </span><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class="">Intercultural Competence and Mobility: Virtual and Physical</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">. 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.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">CERCLL invites proposals for individual papers (in-person or virtual), symposia, roundtables, posters, and workshops (half-day/full-day) with preference given to topics related to the conference theme.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> Proposals should be submitted according to the following strands:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Theory and approaches<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Curriculum design and instruction<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Telecollaboration<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Technology and digital mediation<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Service learning <o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Teacher training and professional development<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class=""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class="">Types of Contributions</span></b><b class=""><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: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" class="">In-person Presentations</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><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.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><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. See below for additional details about virtual papers.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><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: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><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: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><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: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><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><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><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><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" class="">Virtual Presentations</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><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 December 11, 2017, 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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">the </span><a href="tinyurl.com/icc18" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">online CFP</span></b></a><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">(look for links to the 2016 ICC conference and CERCLL’s Digital Literacies symposium under the Virtual Presentation heading on that page).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class="">Online Submission</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">All proposals must be submitted using our online form, which is available on the conference website: </span><a href="tinyurl.com/icc18" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">tinyurl.com/icc18</span></b></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class="">Proposal deadline:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(237, 125, 49);" class=""> <b class="">11:59 pm (Pacific Standard Time)</b> on <b class="">May 22nd, 2017</b></span><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><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">August 28, 2017. Presenters will need to confirm attendance by September 25, 2017.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Questions? </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Please contact CERCLL at </span><a href="mailto:cercll@email.arizona.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">cercll@email.arizona.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><hr size="3" width="100%" align="center" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">This conference is organized by the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL) with a grant from the US Department of Education, co-organized by the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Program, co-sponsored by the College of Humanities and College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, and Confucius Institute, all at the University of Arizona; and by the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at Pennsylvania State University; the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota; the Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) at the University of Oregon; the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL) at the University of Texas at Austin; and the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="border-style: none none solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class="">Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL)<br class="">The University of Arizona<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class="">Web: </span><a href="cercll.arizona.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">cercll.arizona.edu</a><span style="color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class=""><br class="">Email: </span><a href="mailto:cercll@email.arizona.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">cercll@email.arizona.edu</a><span style="color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 78, 121);" class="">Phone: (520) 626-8071</span></div></body></html>