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LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
Amy Alice Chastain, Emirates College for Advanced Education, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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LETTER FROM THE CHAIR-ELECT
Heidi Faust, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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DON'T FORGET YOUR ABCs: TAKING CARE OF YOUR OWN NEEDS
Sundae Schneider-Bean, Sundae Schneider-Bean, LLC, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

You take excellent care of your students, but who is taking care of you? Here are four tips from an intercultural expert for making sure your own needs are met when you live an intercultural life as a TESOL professional. Read More

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REFLECTING ON THE CONCEPT OF IMPOLITENESS: INSIGHTS FROM RESEARCH
Elena Shvidko, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Politeness has received generous attention in scholarly research; not so with impoliteness. Even when studied, impoliteness is often treated merely as a failure to achieve politeness in social interactions. What can research teach us about impoliteness, and what future directions should be taken? Read More
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LETTER FROM THE *NEW* COMMUNITY MANAGER
Austin Pack, Shantou University, Shantou, China
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