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<div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed"><font size="4">The UMBC Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Program <br></font></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed"><font size="4">Presents <br></font></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed"><font size="4">a Virtual Session in Recognition of</font></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed"><font size="4">English Language Day</font><br></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed"><br></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed"><font size="6"><b>English in a Multilingual World</b></font></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed"><font size="4"><b><br></b></font></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed"><font size="4"> A conversation with Constant Leung
and Francis Hult <b><br></b></font></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed"><br></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed"><br></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;text-align:center"><font size="4">Friday, April 23</font></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;text-align:center"><font size="4">12:00 - 1:00 pm</font></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;text-align:center"><font size="4">Online - Eastern US Time</font></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed"><br></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed"><font size="4"><br></font></p><p style="line-height:14.95px;margin:0pt 0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><font size="4">How can the power of English be balanced
with respect for linguistic diversity? In this
session, Constant Leung and Francis Hult
discuss the state of English in the world today
and the social responsibility of English
language educators who teach multilingual
student populations. <br></font></p><p style="line-height:14.95px;margin:0pt 0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><br></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:black;font-weight:bold"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;text-align:center"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:black;font-weight:bold"><font face="arial, sans-serif">* * *</font></span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;text-align:center"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:black;font-weight:bold"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;text-align:left"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:black;font-weight:bold"><font face="arial, sans-serif">
<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:black;font-weight:bold"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Free </font></span></font></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Registration </font></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">by e-mail to <a href="mailto:TESOL@umbc.edu" target="_blank">TESOL@umbc.edu</a></font></span> </font></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:black;font-weight:bold"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;text-align:left"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:black;font-weight:bold"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;text-align:left"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/english-language-day" target="_blank">English Language Day</a> is recognized by the United Nations each year on April 23rd. UN language days aim to raise awareness about global multilingualism and cultural diversity.</font></span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;text-align:center"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:black;font-weight:bold"></span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:black;font-weight:bold"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b>Constant Leung</b> is Professor of <a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/professor-constant-leung" target="_blank">Educational Linguistics at King’s College London</a>. His
research interests include academic literacies, additional/second language teaching
and assessment, language education policy, and teacher professional
development. He is Co-Editor of <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hlaq20/current" target="_blank"><i>Language Assessment Quarterly</i></a>, Editor of Research
Issues of <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15457249" target="_blank"><i>TESOL Quarterly</i></a>, and serves as a member of the Editorial Boards of <i>Australian
Review of Applied Linguistics</i>, <i>Language and Education</i>, and the <i>Modern Language
Journal</i>. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK). His work in developing
the English as an Additional Language Assessment Framework for Schools (funded by
the Bell Foundation) won the 2018 British Council <a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-professor-wins-british-council-award-2" target="_blank">ELTons international award for innovation</a>.<br></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><br></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b>Francis M. Hult </b>is Professor and Director of the TESOL program at UMBC. His work at
the crossroads of sociolinguistics, discourse studies, and education focuses on
language policy, linguistic landscapes, and multilingual education. He serves on the
boards of several journals including <i>International Multilingual Research Journal</i>;
<i>Language, Culture and Curriculum</i>; <i>Language Policy</i>; and <i>Pedagogical Linguistics</i>. His
books include <a href="https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?k=9781847693525" target="_blank"><i>Educational Linguistics in Practice</i></a> (with King) and <a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319759623" target="_blank"><i>Language Policy and Language Acquisition Planning</i></a> (with Siiner and Kupisch). He is editor of the
<a href="https://www.springer.com/series/5894" target="_blank">Educational Linguistics</a> book series for Springer, and together with Ofelia García he
edits the <a href="https://www.degruyter.com/serial/CSL-B/html" target="_blank">Contributions to the Sociology of Language</a> book series for De Gruyter. <br></p><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center">* * * </div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>UMBC offers a postbaccalaureate certificate and master's degree in <a href="https://tesol.umbc.edu/" target="_blank">Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages</a> online, on campus, or a flexible combination of both modalities as well as an interdisciplinary PhD program in <a href="https://llc.umbc.edu/" target="_blank">Language, Literacy, and Culture</a>.<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div>
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