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Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">More than 3 weeks ago on October
11th and 12th, AL/TESOL
hosted the 9<sup>th</sup> meeting of <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">LANSI
(The Language and Social Interaction Working Group)</i>. We
are finally pleased
to share photos of the event: </span></p>
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"Century Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman""><a
href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/LANSITeachersCollege/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2549726978440281">https://www.facebook.com/pg/LANSITeachersCollege/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2549726978440281</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic"">We would like to take this opportunity to thank Di
Yu—our LANSI President for the
past 2 years—for her stellar service and for being the creator
and creative
director of our signature project #HumansOfLANSI since
#lansi2016, and please
join me in welcoming Carol Lo, another member of our #lansibunch
(ALTESOL
doctoral students, graduates, and faculty in language use), in
her new role as
the 3<sup>rd</sup> President of LANSI!</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-family:"Century Gothic"">This
year’s LANSI participants come from Australia, Finland, Germany,
Hong Kong,
Japan, Mexico, Norway, Russia, UK, the Netherlands, and all
around the US-from
Hawaii to New Jersey! Live tweets of their LANSI experience
throughout the
conference are searchable by #lansi2019. The 2019 edition of
#HumansOfLANSI is
still ongoing, but to get a look at what has been posted so far,
please go to:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b><a
href="https://twitter.com/lansi_tc">https://twitter.com/lansi_tc</a></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Throughout the two days, many
participants—both old-timers
and new-comers—continued to share with us their appreciation for
the intimate
and deeply engaging forum LANSI provides, and all this would not
have been
possible without the help of our wonderful volunteers, including
our <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Humans of LANSI</i>
interviewers:</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:IT"
lang="IT">Sarah Carey </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">John Davis </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Ayano Kawasaki </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Allie King</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Carol Lo</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Yizixin Chen </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Esther Chung </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Xu Feng </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Kelly Frantz </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Tinglei (Sunshine) Huang </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Gahye Song</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Nadja Tadic</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Junko Takahashi</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Yuxin Yang </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Risa Yuminaga </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Xijia Wang </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Finally, we would like to extend a
special thank-you to our
AL/TESOL program associates, Carol Lo and Soo Joo, as well as
our program
secretary Tamika Bota for their invaluable assistance throughout
our conference
preparation and various post-conference matters.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">We hope to see you all for our 10<sup>th</sup>
anniversary at
#lansi2020 next year!</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
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"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Warmly,</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
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"Times New Roman"">2019 LANSI Organizers</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Hansun Waring</span></p>
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normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century
Gothic";
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Roman";mso-ansi-language:IT" lang="IT">Di Yu</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century
Gothic";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:IT" lang="IT">Lauren
Carpenter</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
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Dr. Hansun Zhang Waring
Associate Professor of Linguistics and Education
Box 66, Teachers College, Columbia University
525 W. 120 Street New York, NY 10027
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