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Hello friends and neighbours,
What an exciting time of
year! This will be the first TESOL I have been able to attend in several
years, so I am especially excited to be renewing old acquaintances,
putting faces with the names of new friends I have met long-distance,
and catching up on all the new ideas germinating in our field.
Speaking of new ideas, that’s what this issue of InterCom is all about: a new book that might interest
you, a new look at things we sometimes assume to be universal, a new
website to “story” our lives as interculturalists, and a new convention
with lots of great content we hope you won’t miss.
I hope to see many of you in Portland soon. Regardless, I hope
you enjoy the spring issue of the ICIS newsletter—many thanks to our
contributors and tireless publishing staff.
Cheers,
Kris
Kris Acheson-Clair (PhD in intercultural
communication, Arizona State University, 2008) is director of
undergraduate studies in the Department of Applied Linguistics &
ESL at Georgia State University. She teaches courses in intercultural
communication, sociolinguistics, and teaching methods, and her research
interests include silence, motivation for foreign language study, and
teaching and assessing intercultural competence. |
