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| LEADERSHIP UPDATES |
| LETTER FROM THE CHAIR |
| Roxanna Senyshyn, Pennsylvania State University, Abington College |
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| LETTER FROM THE EDITOR |
| Sharon Tjaden-Glass, University of Dayton |
Our summer newsletter is full of fresh perspectives and ideas. Find out some of the actions that the ICIS Leadership Team has been taking over the past few months.
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| ARTICLES |
| AVOIDING THE UNFAVORABLE SIDE EFFECTS IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE |
| Jianfen Wang, Berea College |
This conceptual article employs complex adaptive systems as a theoretical framework to visualize the registration of alternative cultural perspectives in a person’s knowledge system and examine the side effects of teaching English as an international language.
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| THE STRATEGIC USE OF DEIXIS IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION |
| Hanh Dinh, State University of New York at Albany |
The use of deixis, a linguistic element that carries referential meaning, is examined to reveal the difference in strategic communication between intracultural and intercultural speakers. Intercultural interlocutors, who cannot assume shared sociocultural frames, conventions, and egocentric communicative norms, used deixis more elaborately and distinctively to co-construct common ground in contexts.
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| THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY ENGLISH TEACHER TO EXPOSE THEIR STUDENTS TO THE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
| Saurabh Anand, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota, USA |
This article discusses the need to expose the concept of Englishes in multilingual classrooms to foster greater awareness among second language students about the richness and diversity of anglophone Englishes. This ensures that English learners learn without internalizing racism and accept that English is spoken in diverse ways and by diverse populations. What initiatives could English language teachers take to spread awareness about this?
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| DEVELOPING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE WITHIN ESOL COMMUNITIES: A REVIEW OF NAVIGATING THE INTERCULTURAL CLASSROOM |
| Andrea Enikő Lypka, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA, and Yesenia Ensminger, Washington DC, USA |
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| ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY |
| INTRODUCING THE ICIS LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR 2019-2020 |
| Sharon Tjaden-Glass |
The positions have been filled and we’re off to a great start for next year! Learn a little more about the ICIS Leadership Team for 2019-2020.
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| OUR MISSION |
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