As we are continuing publication of thematic newsletters, the theme for the November issue reflects our IS’s theme for the year 2016–2017: Cultural Synergy. The idea ofsynergy in intercultural communication points to the importance of the cooperation and mutual effort of everyone in reaching understanding. If this theme speaks to you, we would love to showcase your work!

We're looking for:

• Feature articles (up to 1,500 words). Share your research projects, classroom practices, professional development, etc.
• Anecdotes and stories (up to 1,000 words). Have you observed something interesting or unique? Do you want to share your thoughts and reflections on something that happened in your practice? There is space for that in our newsletter!
• Compilation and evaluation of useful resources (up to 700 words). Share a bibliography or a list of references that always comes in handy.
• Reports and reviews (up to 700 words). Write about a great book or an article that you read, or talk about a conference that you attended.
  
  

There are copies of past newsletters on our TESOL IS webpage if you want to check for some references and inspiration.

This call closes on 1 October 2016.

Submission Guidelines

Full-length articles and brief reports should

• be no longer than 1,500 words
• include a 50-word (500 characters or fewer) abstract
• include author affiliation and a 75- to 100-word bio
• contain no more than five citations
• follow the style guidelines in the Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition
• be in MS Word (.doc or .docx) or rich-text (.rtf) format
• include authors’ headshot
  
  

InterCom is a great venue to showcase your work and share your ideas with our community. We look forward to seeing your submissions! Please send your articles to Natalia Balyasnikova at natbal@mail.ubc.ca with the subject line “ICIS Newsletter Submission”.