<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Forwarded From: <b class="gmail_sendername">CARLA</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:carla@umn.edu">carla@umn.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:37 AM<br><br>Register Now: Immersion Conference - October 18-20, 2012<br>
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<p style="margin-top:20px"><i><a href="http://ecommunication.umn.edu/t/311584/2584096/103721/0/" target="_blank"> <b style="color:teal">Register Now!</b></a></i> <br>
<b style="color:#933">Regular registration rates apply until September 28, 2012.</b> </p>
<h2 style="margin-top:0px">Immersion 2012: <br>
Bridging Contexts for a Multilingual World</h2>
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<p style="color:#933"><b>October 18-20, 2012</b><br>
<b>Crowne Plaza Riverfront Hotel</b><br>
<b>St. Paul, Minnesota, USA</b></p>
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<h3 style="color:#7e7145">Featured Plenary Speakers </h3>
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<p><b>Donna Christian</b><i><br>
Center for Applied Linguistics, USA </i><br>
<b>Ester de Jong</b><i><br>
University of Florida, USA</i><br>
<b>Tīmoti Kāretu</b><i><br>
Te Panikiretanga o Te Reo, <br>
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, New Zealand <br>
</i><b>Roy Lyster</b><i><br>
McGill University, Canada </i><br>
<b>Merrill Swain</b><i><br>
University of Toronto, Canada</i></p>
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<h3 style="margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:10px;color:#7e7145">Conference Description </h3>
<p style="margin-top:10px">The fourth international conference on immersion education brings together researchers and educators from one-way world language immersion, two-way bilingual immersion, and indigenous/heritage immersion for language and culture revitalization to engage in research-informed dialogue and professional exchange across languages, levels, learner audiences, and sociopolitical contexts. This unique conference includes five plenaries, <a style="color:teal" href="http://ecommunication.umn.edu/t/311584/2584096/104822/0/" target="_blank">many paper presentations and symposia</a>, two lunches and a fun dinner-dance. And, for an additional fee, participants can choose from the following options:</p>
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<li><a style="color:teal" href="http://ecommunication.umn.edu/t/311584/2584096/103718/0/" target="_blank">Wednesday School Visits</a>–choice of 7 different immersion education contexts</li>
<li><a style="color:teal" href="http://ecommunication.umn.edu/t/311584/2584096/103719/0/" target="_blank">Thursday Pre-conference Workshops</a>–9 options in the morning and 10 in the afternoon<br>
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<h3 style="margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:10px;color:#7e7145">For More Information</h3>
<p style="margin-top:10px"><a style="color:teal" href="http://ecommunication.umn.edu/t/311584/2584096/103720/0/" target="_blank">Find out more information</a> and <a style="color:teal" href="http://ecommunication.umn.edu/t/311584/2584096/103721/0/" target="_blank">register</a> on the conference website.</p>
<p style="margin-top:10px">Register by September 28 to avoid late registration fees. </p>
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