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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.55pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Following the closure of our call for papers, it is now our great pleasure to invite non-presenters to attend the inaugural Language Policy Forum (31 May - 1 June 2018, Sheffield Hallam University) to see the fine selection of fascinating papers on offer! Attendance is free for BAAL student members, unfunded PhD students, or anyone who is retired, between jobs, or employed on a fractional/adjunct/hourly-paid basis. For those employed full-time there is a (relatively low) fee. (Top tip: some academic departments fund non-presenting attendance under ‘training’; worth asking!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>In order to get this notice out as quickly as possible, we’re publicising the accepted presentations before arranging them into the final programme. Details of presenters, their talks and abstracts are on our website, along with information about travel, accommodation etc.: <a href="http://www.langpol.ac.uk/view/langpol/events/2018-lpforum"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://www.langpol.ac.uk/view/langpol/events/2018-lpforum</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>The deadline for non-presenting attendees to register is MONDAY 30 APRIL.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>The conference will feature British Sign Language interpreters - we ask deaf delegates to contact us to ensure interpreters are present in their chosen parallel session. We are extremely grateful to the Humanities Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University for making this possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>Please pass this message on to anyone you feel may be interested, and/or retweet us here: <a href="https://twitter.com/langpolicy/status/982256553599295491"><span style='color:#1155CC'>https://twitter.com/langpolicy/status/982256553599295491</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>And of course, do get in touch with us on <a href="mailto:langpolicy@gmail.com"><span style='color:#1155CC'>langpolicy@gmail.com</span></a> if you have any queries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.55pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We look forward to seeing you in Sheffield!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.55pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.55pt;orphans: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>BAAL LP SIG committee (Elisabeth, Florence, Tae-Hee, Yongcan, Rachel & Dave)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.55pt;orphans: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.langpol.ac.uk/"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://www.langpol.ac.uk/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Dr Elisabeth Barakos<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Lecturer in Applied Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>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:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Aston University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Birmingham, B4 7ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Email: <a href="mailto:e.barakos@aston.ac.uk"><span style='color:blue'>e.barakos@aston.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Room MB 732b<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Phone 0121 204 323<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="http://www.aston.ac.uk/lss/staff-directory/dr-elisabeth-barakos/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.aston.ac.uk/lss/staff-directory/dr-elisabeth-barakos/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="https://aston.academia.edu/ElisabethBarakos"><span style='color:blue'>https://aston.academia.edu/ElisabethBarakos</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>@Barakos_E <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Recent book</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>: </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Discursive Approaches to Language Policy</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><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='color:blue'>http://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9781137531339</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Book chapter: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Managing, interpreting and negotiating corporate bilingualism in Wales. In Nekvapil, J. & Sherman, T. (eds.). 2018. <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><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>