<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">facesofenglish</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:caesconf@hku.hk">caesconf@hku.hk</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 2:07 AM<br>Subject: Faces of English 2: Teaching and Researching Academic and Professional English - Abstract Submission Deadline Extended<br>To: "<a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Colleague<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Call for paper – Deadline Extended to 1<sup>st</sup> January 2017<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you so much for many of you who are interested in presenting at our 2017 Faces of English 2 International Conference and have submitted your proposals.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The diversity of topics and the originality and quality of your submissions promises to make our conference a memorable and thought-provoking one.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">For the many of you who expressed a strong interest in presenting at the conference but did not have enough time to submit your proposals before the deadline, we have good news:
we have decided to extend the deadline until <b><u>1<sup>st</sup> January 2017 (23:59 Hong Kong Time)</u></b>.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">This gives you a whole extra month to work on your proposals. With so much extra time, we would be grateful if you could inform your colleagues or someone you know who might also
be interested in participating in our conference.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Kindly be reminded that we have five distinguished scholars join us as
</span><a href="http://caes.hku.hk/facesofenglish2/plenary-sessions/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">plenary speakers</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor Vijay K Bhatia<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor Janet Holmes<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor Ken Hyland<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor Anna Mauranen<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor John Swales<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Five EAP/ESP experts will also be joining our conference as
</span><a href="http://caes.hku.hk/facesofenglish2/featured-speakers/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">featured speakers</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr. Gail Forey<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor Azirah Hashim<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor Ann Johns<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr. Jane Lockwood<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor Brian Paltridge<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If you would like to keep up-to-date with the latest news about the conference or just reacquaint yourself with all the key dates and details, please refer to the flyer attached
or visit our conference website: </span><a href="http://caes.hku.hk/facesofenglish2" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">http://caes.hku.hk/<wbr>facesofenglish2</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We look forward to receiving your proposal by the New Year’s Day!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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