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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We are delighted to invite you to the Language Policy Forum 2018, taking place on Thursday 31 May and Friday 1 June 2018, at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The two-day conference forms part of our recently launched BAAL (British Association for Applied Linguistics) Language Policy special interest group (</span><a href="http://www.langpol.ac.uk">http://www.langpol.ac.uk</a>)<span lang=EN-US>, and our theme will be 'Language policy in the age of diversity: Dilemmas and hopes'. Our plenary speakers will be Prof. Marilyn Martin-Jones (University of Birmingham) and Prof. Tony Liddicoat (University of Warwick).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This is a low-fee conference (no fee at all for a range of people with limited means), aiming for maximum inclusivity. For more information on the conference, including venue, registration, and fees, please visit </span><a href="http://www.langpol.ac.uk/view/langpol/events/2018-lpforum">http://www.langpol.ac.uk/view/langpol/events/2018-lpforum</a> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We look forward to discussing language policy with you in Sheffield. And please pass this on widely in your own networks and to anyone you think may be interested!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Elisabeth Barakos and Florence Bonacina-Pugh (on behalf of the committee)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Dr Elisabeth Barakos<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Lecturer in Applied Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Co-Convenor of the BAAL SIG Language Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Aston University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Birmingham, B4 7ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Email: </span><a href="mailto:e.barakos@aston.ac.uk"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue'>e.barakos@aston.ac.uk</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Room MB 732b<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Phone 0121 204 323<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.aston.ac.uk/lss/staff-directory/dr-elisabeth-barakos/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue'>http://www.aston.ac.uk/lss/staff-directory/dr-elisabeth-barakos/</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://aston.academia.edu/ElisabethBarakos"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue'>https://aston.academia.edu/ElisabethBarakos</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>@Barakos_E <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Recent book</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>: </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Discursive Approaches to Language Policy</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><a href="http://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9781137531339" target="_blank" title="http://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9781137531339
STRG+Klicken, um Link zu folgen"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue'>http://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9781137531339</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Forthcoming: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>‘</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The nexus of language policy, ideology and practice in businesses in Wales’. In Nekvapil, J. & Sherman, T. (eds.). <i>English in Business and Commerce: Interactions and Policies</i>. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>