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Colleagues,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">We
are pleased to invite you to attend the international conference <i>Rethinking
Directions in  Language Teaching and ​ Researching</i> to be held in
Bielsko-Biala, Poland, ​on June 8-9, 2017.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The
aim of this conference organized by the Department of English Studies at the University
of Bielsko-Biala is to bring together researchers in the fields of linguistics,
translation and teaching to share their research achievements, discuss topics
of interest and exchange views on various aspects of English language studies.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The following
scholars have agreed to give plenary talks during the conference:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">prof. Olga
Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Masaryk University, the Czech Republic</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">prof. Julia
Hüttner, University of Southampton, UK</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">prof.
Renata Povolná, Masaryk University,  the Czech Republic</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Among those who
have already decided to attend the conference there are researchers from such
diverse countries as: Spain, Germany, USA, Hong Kong, Czech Republic, Russia, Colombia,
Taiwan and Poland.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The
extended deadline for abstract submission is 10th March 2017.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">In order to
submit your proposal, please use the registration form available at the
conference website <a href="http://rethinkingdirections.weebly.com/" target="_blank">http://rethinkingdirections.weebly.com</a></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">With
kind regards,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Organizing
Committee:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">​Barbara Loranc-Paszylk, PhD</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">Tatiana Szczygłowska, PhD</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12pt"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">Elwira Lewandowska, MA</span></p>

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English Studies<br>
University of Bielsko-Biala, Poland</span></p>

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