<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:50% 50%/cover no-repeat transparent"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;max-width:100%"><h1 style="text-align:center;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:26px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1em;font-weight:500">2023 NFLRC Summer Institute: </h1><h1 style="text-align:center;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:26px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1em;font-weight:500">Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) in Action<span style="background-color:transparent"> </span></h1><div style="text-align:center"><b>May 31-June 7, 2023</b></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 20.0469px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:50% 50%/cover no-repeat transparent"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102)"></p></div></div><div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_la2xmavr1" alt="image.png" width="472" height="266" style="margin-right:0px"></div><p style="text-align:center;box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102)">At various points in our lives, we each find ourselves immersed in experiences that move us in deeply powerful ways, inspiring intellectual change, personal transformation, and social action. Join us in exploring the use of project-based language learning (PBLL) as a framework for crafting compelling environments and experiences for language learners. During the <a href="https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/2023-si/" target="_blank">2023 NFLRC Summer Institute</a> held at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, participants will learn how to orchestrate rich, experiential language learning opportunities that draw on a diverse array of disciplines and how to develop a plan to research the effectiveness of their project design and teaching.  </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102)">After participating in a short face-to-face, project-based language learning experience, each participant will design a well-scaffolded project for use in their own language classes. Join a team of experts with background in PBLL, language pedagogy, action research, and assessment to redefine what it means to teach, transform what it is possible for students to learn, discover, and make real-life impacts in the process!</p><div aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;clear:both;color:rgb(102,102,102);height:20px"></div><h2 id="m_-6258409151150387093m_-4051988894909761496m_-1787434437765485086gmail-section0" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:26px;vertical-al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-June 7:</font><font size="4" style="font-weight:normal"> PBLL in Action Summer Institute at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa</font></li></ul></h3></div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><b>For more information, including FAQs, or to apply for the summer institute, visit our <a href="https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/2023-si/" target="_blank">summer institute webpage</a></b></font></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small"><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">**********************************************************************</div></div></span><b>National Foreign Language Resource Center</b></font><span style="font-size:small;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa</font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1890 East-West Road, Moore Hall 256 (**new address**)</font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Honolulu, HI  96822</font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Phone: 808-956-9424</font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fax: 808-956-5983</font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:nflrc@hawaii.edu" target="_blank">nflrc@hawaii.edu</a></font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Website: <a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu" target="_blank">http://nflrc.hawaii.edu</a></font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">NFLRC Facebook page: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/NFLRC/" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/NFLRC/</a></font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">NFLRC Twitter page: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/NFLRC/" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/NFLRC/</a></font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">NFLRC YouTube channel:  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nflrchawaii" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/user/nflrchawaii</a></font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">NFLRC listserv: <a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/about/11/" target="_blank">http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/about/11/</a></span></font></div><div style="font-family:"Lucida Grande";word-wrap:break-word">**********************************************************************</div></div></span></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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