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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif">Dear Colleagues,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif">I would very
much like to thank all of you for participating in the European and
International Survey </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/po4XVJ0H9sCzoseR2" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://goo.gl/forms/po4XVJ0H9sCzoseR2</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif">about the status of teaching Sign Language as a first language to Deaf
children.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif">Here is an
exciting update:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif">More than 150
colleagues from forty five (45) countries have responded, so far.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif">We have data
from:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Belgium
(Flanders), Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador,
Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Guinee, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Lithuania, Malta, México, New Zealand, Nigeria,
Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, UK and the USA. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif">As you can see,
we have received a number of responses but we would like to obtain data from as
many countries as possible. I would appreciate if you could participate and
also forward the survey information to as many people you know around the
world!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif">Please, spread
the word through your international mailing lists.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif">Our Survey will
be accepting responses for one more week, up to May 29th , 2017.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif">We will e-mail  you the results of the survey when completed.
 The results will also be available on the projects</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif"> website <a href="http://www.sign1st.eu/" target="_blank">www.sign1st.eu</a>.   A conference will be
held in Athens, Greece the first week of October 2018 where all outcomes of our
project will be presented . Mark your calendars!   </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times,serif">Thank you for
your participation and your support!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><b style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(79,98,40)">Counsellor A,<span> </span></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Institute</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">of</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Educational</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Policy</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(79,98,40);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> </span></p>

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<p><b style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(79,98,40)">URL:<span> </span></span></i></b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.iep.edu.gr/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.iep.edu.gr </span></a></span><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)">     </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.prosvasimo.gr" target="_blank">http://www.prosvasimo.gr</a>/</span> </p></font><font color="#4f6228" size="3"><p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(79,98,40)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(79,98,40)"><b>E-mail:   </b> </span></i></span><a href="mailto:vk@iep.edu.gr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">vk@iep.edu.gr</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,104,28)">              (Work)</span></b></span></span><b><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></b><a href="mailto:kourbetis1@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">kourbetis1@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">   </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,104,28)">(Personal)</span></b></p><p></p></font><p></p><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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