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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear EDLING Community,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The organizers of the <b><i>Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture</i></b> invite you to attend our 5<sup>th</sup> annual conference, with the theme of
<b><i>Making Research Matter: Motivated Inquiry for Actionable Insights</i></b><i>
</i>(April 6-7, 2018, at Virginia International University in Fairfax, VA, USA).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">CLLC 2018 seeks to involve a diverse group of educators, researchers, policy-makers, community members, and others in multidirectional conversations regarding how we can work together to make our research endeavors
as productive and meaningful as possible for a wide variety of potential stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">Our Keynote and Plenary speakers include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b>Dr. Judith Eaton</b>, President of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, on
<b>Inquiry to Promote Effective Practices in Higher Education: Taking Advantage of Actionable Insights from the Accreditation Process<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b>Dr. Jennifer Leeman</b>, Professor at George Mason University, on
<b>Language Teaching for Social Justice: A Critical Pedagogical Approach</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">For abstracts, please visit our Plenary Speakers page:
<a href="https://conference.viu.edu/cllc/plenaries/speakers">https://conference.viu.edu/cllc/plenaries/speakers</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">Other useful links:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b>Conference Website: </b><a href="http://conference.viu.edu/cllc">http://conference.viu.edu/cllc</a>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b>Registration: </b><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="http://conference.viu.edu/cllc/content/registration"><span style="color:#0070C0">http://conference.viu.edu/cllc/content/registration</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b>Schedule of Talks: </b><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://conference.viu.edu/cllc/content/schedule"><span style="color:#0070C0">https://conference.viu.edu/cllc/content/schedule</span></a></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">If you are interested in <b>volunteering</b> in exchange for free registration, or if you will be traveling and would like to share a hotel room with another conference attendee, please email Rebecca Sachs at
<a href="mailto:rsachs@viu.edu">rsachs@viu.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">If you have any other <b>questions</b> about the conference, please contact Kevin Martin (Associate Dean, School of Education) at
<a href="mailto:kevin@viu.edu">kevin@viu.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We hope to see you at CLLC 2018!<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rebecca Sachs and Kevin Martin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CLLC Co-Organizers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">School of Education<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Virginia International University<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Kevin J. Martin</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Associate Dean, School of Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture Organizer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Kappa Delta Pi Liaison</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:red"><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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">4401 Village Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Fairfax, VA 22030<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Tel: (703) 865-8736<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Fax: (703) 591-7046<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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