<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:11pt">As many of us begin a new academic year, I want to draw your attention to the CFP for a special issue titled “Humanizing Practices in Language Testing and Assessment” for the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/page/ltj/call-for-abstracts" title="https://journals.sagepub.com/page/ltj/call-for-abstracts" style="color:purple">2028 Special Issue of<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Language Testing</i>.</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:11pt">The special issue editorial team is especially interested in articles that expand the readership of the journal through scholarship that offers creative reimaginings of theory, research, and practice in language testing and assessment to foreground humanizing practices.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://journals-sagepub-com.proxy180.nclive.org/author-instructions/LTJ" title="https://journals-sagepub-com.proxy180.nclive.org/author-instructions/LTJ" style="color:purple">Article types</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>include: original manuscripts, systematic reviews, brief reports, book reviews, test reviews, viewpoints, and letters to the editor.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:11pt">Please reach out to me with any questions you may have.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> <a href="mailto:jlschiss@uncg.edu">jlschiss@uncg.edu</a> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:11pt">Take care,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:10pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:11pt">Jamie</span></p></div>