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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Three
Rivers TESOL:<span> </span>Call for Spring Newsletter
Contributors<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The theme of the 3RT
Spring Newsletter is TESOL’s 6 Principles, which include:<span></span></span></p>
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them at:<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.tesol.org/the-6-principles/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.tesol.org/the-6-principles/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.<span> </span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We invite 3RT members to
contribute to the newsletter on this topic by writing about one of the
principles from the perspective of one of our varied educational contexts.<span></span></span></p>
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member would <b>choose a principle</b> and <b>write a 300-500 word article</b> that:<span></span></span></p>
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your context), and<span></span></span></p>
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the classroom.<span></span></span></p>
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contributing, please send the following to the 3RT president at:<span> </span></span><a href="mailto:president@threeriverstesol.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">president@threeriverstesol.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">:<span></span></span></p>
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vetted to ensure balance: The goal is to have each principle represented by a
variety of contexts and individual perspectives.<span> </span><span></span></span></p>
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with name, email, affiliation, and headshots will also be collected at that
time. <span></span></span></p>
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