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LETTER FROM THE CHAIR

Roxanna Senyshyn, Abington College, Pennsylvania State University, Abington, Pennsylvania, USA

Find out the Intercultural Communication Interest Section sessions at TESOL 2020 that you will not want to miss, including collaborative presentations with the Second Language Writing, Social Responsibility, Refugee Concerns, and English for Specific Purposes Interest Sections. Read More
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Sharon Tjaden-Glass, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio, USA

This issue of InterCom takes us into the EFL teaching context and the complexities of growing as a teacher while also developing personal intercultural competence in an EFL context. Read More
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KOLB'S EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING: DEVELOPING PRESERVICE TEACHERS' INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND CAREER PROSPECTS

Thao Nguyen, University of Foreign and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam Tung Vu, University at Albany-SUNY, USA

Kolb’s experiential learning framework serves as a student-centered approach towards English instruction, which can be an easy starting point for Vietnamese teachers of English in the classroom. The implementation of this framework in the curriculum can help instructors conceptualize how to teach intercultural communication in culturally diverse classrooms. Read More
TEACHER AGENCY AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: HELPING AN ENGLISH FOR YOUNG LEARNERS TEACHER'S PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN VIETNAM

Tung Vu, University at Albany, USA

Teacher agency has received increased scholarly attention among pedagogues and educational researchers because of its contributions to learners’ academic development and strengthening of professional communities. Amidst international and interdisciplinary research on teacher agency, Vietnamese teachers, with particular regard to English for Young Learners, have been neglected in research, leaving a gap in understanding the role that teacher agency plays in the development of their professional careers. Read More

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