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From https://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-677.html

Instructed Second Language Acquisition welcomes the submission of papers for Issue 4(1), to be published in May 2020. Researchers are invited to submit their manuscripts by June 30, 2019. 

Instructed second language acquisition is a sub-field of second language acquisition which investigates L2 development when the learning processes are influenced, or at least intended to be influenced, by teachers, classmates or pedagogic materials. Research in this area seeks to understand when and how different kinds of instructional intervention have objectively measurable effects on interlanguage development in different populations of learners. 

The Journal welcomes quantitative and qualitative research to address the role of external manipulation on second language development. The following types of material for publication are invited: 
- Full-length articles (8000 words) 
- Short reports and summaries (2000 words) 
- Reviews of books and other instructional materials (1000 words)

View the full call for papers at https://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-677.html

Forging Linguistic Identities Conference
March 14-16, 2019
Towson University
Towson, Maryland

For full details and registration, go to https://alumni.towson.edu/s/forging-linguistic-identities-conference

The 41st annual Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) will be held in Atlanta, Georgia from March 4 through 7, 2019. This event, taking place 40 years after the original meeting of language testers in a Boston hotel room in 1979, is returning to North America for the first time in four years and to the United States for the first time in seven years.

Visit the colloquium website at https://www.iltaonline.com/page/LTRC2019Landing

From http://www.uta.edu/linguistics/current-students/lingua/conference/index.php

On March 1-2, 2019, the UTA Department of Linguistics & TESOL will host the 25th Annual University of Texas at Arlington Student Conference in Linguistics and TESOL (UTASCILT). The keynote speaker for this year's conference is Dr. David Silva (Salem State University). 

This year’s very special session will focus on Second Language Acquisition (SLA) as it applies to Linguistics in a Modern, Multicultural World. We welcome all relevant work on this interface, regardless of language, to submit to this session.

Visit the conference website for full details: http://www.uta.edu/linguistics/current-students/lingua/conference/25-utascilt-2019/index.php

From https://www2.cortland.edu/departments/modern-languages/professional-development-workshop

Live one-day Articulated Performance Assessment Tasks @ SUNY Cortland
March 18, 2019
Dr. Jennifer Eddy

This hands-on design day will guide participants to develop assessment tasks with the three modes and specific “Can Do” statements for articulated outcomes across three levels of learner engagement: Novice High, Intermediate Mid and Intermediate High/Advanced Low. These tasks are designed for learners to engage critical thinking skills with intercultural competence to solve problems and create products of value beyond the classroom. Participants will have a gallery walk of their tasks with feedback, ready for pilot implementation in their classrooms. Participants will also take part in feedback surveys before and after the live session.

For full details about this free workshop, go to https://www2.cortland.edu/departments/modern-languages/professional-development-workshop

From https://mailchi.mp/e43960b428c2/online-course-on-telecollaboration-and-language-learning-at-cu-boulder-1741409?e=d6a5991ab8

LGTC 5040: Telecollaboration & Language Learning
March 30 - May 25, 2019
Fully online

Telecollaboration refers to the practice of pairing students or groups of students to native speakers of the target language through video conferencing tools for the specific purpose of increasing their language and cultural proficiency. In this course, you will learn about the companion methodology and instructional approaches to make such exchanges successful.

This course is part of a 12-credit graduate certificate in language teaching with technology offered by the Division of Continuing Education at the University of Colorado.

Learn more about this course at https://www.colorado.edu/languagetechnologyprogram/lgtc5040

From http://www.ehlsprogram.org/

Native speakers of critical languages are in high demand in the U.S. government. The English for Heritage Language Speakers program trains advanced English speakers to be effective communicators and strong candidates for federal jobs. 

All EHLS participants receive a full scholarship from the National Security Education Program (NSEP) that includes tuition and a living stipend.

The 2020 EHLS Program is open to native speakers of Arabic, Korean, Somali, Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Tajik, Balochi, Kyrgyz, Tamashek, Bambara, Mandarin, Thai, Dari, Pashto, Turkish, Hausa, Persian, Farsi, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Uzbek, Kazakh, Russian, and Vietnamese.

The application for the 2020 program is now available at apply.iie.org/ehls.

The deadline to apply is July 5, 2019.

The Center for Applied Linguistics provides a wide variety of CAL Institutes that provide research-based strategies and practical, hands-on tools, and help teachers develop classroom activities that target the academic language demands of college and career readiness standards, including the Common Core State Standards.

The 2019 calendar of CAL Institutes is now available at http://solutions.cal.org/institutes-events/cal-institutes