ICIS Newsletter - Volume 9 Number 1 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATE
•  GREETINGS FROM THE COCHAIRS
ARTICLES
•  COLLECTIVISM MEETS INDIVIDUALISM: LEARNING FROM DIVERSITY IN AN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION CLASS[1]
•  THE CASE OF SANDRA: AN ENGLISH NATIVE SPEAKER OF ENGLISH IN A NONNATIVE CONTEXT NEEDS INTERCULTURAL LEARNING AND REFLECTION
•  TELEPHONE ETIQUETTE: SURVEY RESULTS LEAD TO CULTURAL DISCUSSIONS IN CLASS
•  LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AND SUITABLE TEACHING MATERIALS PROMOTING COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE
TESOL 2011 CONVENTION
•  IC-RELATED SESSIONS, TESOL, 2011
MEET THIS COMMUNITY
•  MEET THE NEW 2011-2012 ICIS NEWSLETTER EDITOR
•  PLEASE CONTRIBUTE!
•  ICIS LEADERSHIP TEAM

MEET THIS COMMUNITY

MEET THE NEW 2011-2012 ICIS NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Laura Jacob

My life is a blend of East and West, for which I am thankful. I grew up in Japan, where my dad worked for an international firm. In college I studied Spanish and spent a semester in Chile. After college, I spent a year in North India, where I volunteered at the Mother Teresa Home and studied the Hindi language. I later married into a Sri Lankan family, whom I love dearly. I am excited to serve as the ICIS newsletter editor, as I am always seeking to learn and grow in the area of intercultural communication. It is an honor to learn from you!

Laura Jacob, lauraruthjacob@yahoo.com