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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;background:white">The Penn State Institute for Korean Studies is hosting the 1st Korean Applied Linguistics conference, <i><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Innovative
Perspectives, Methodologies, and Approaches in Korean Applied Linguistics.</span></i></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Theme:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">
<em><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Innovative Perspectives, Methodologies, and Approaches in Korean
Applied Linguistics<o:p> </o:p></span></em></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Keynote Speakers:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext">Dr.<b></b><span style="background:white">Danielle O. Pyun (Ohio
State University), </span>Dr.<b></b><span style="background:white">Susan Strauss (Penn State University),
</span>Dr.<b></b><span style="background:white">Jongoh Eun (DL</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Batang;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;background:white">I</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;background:white">),
and Hyunwoo Sun (Talk to me in Korean CEO and Developer)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">We ask prospective speakers to submit their proposals on any topic that addresses the general objective of the conference. The organizing
committee welcomes abstract submissions for 20-minute oral presentations and poster presentations. Abstracts addressing any aspect of Korean Applied Linguistics in higher education are welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to:<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Korean second language acquisition<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Discourse analysis/critical discourse analysis<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Conversation analysis<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Language and society<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Cognitive linguistics<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Pragmatics<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Linguistic perspectives on Korean diaspora/ Linguistic landscape<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">General linguistics and its implications for KSL teaching<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Corpus linguistics and learner corpora in KSL<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Technology-enhanced language learning<o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b style="text-align:center;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Deadline for Submission:<span> </span><span style="margin:0px;color:red">December 15<sup>th</sup>, 2021<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b style="text-align:center;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Notification of results:<span> </span><span style="margin:0px;color:red">January 7<sup>th</sup>, 2022<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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