ICIS Newsletter - March 2014 (Plain Text Version)
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Leadership Updates FROM THE CHAIR
Dear ICIS Members and Friends, Greetings! I am anticipating seeing many of you in Portland, just a few weeks away now! I am very excited for all that this convention holds for interculturalists! We have an exciting Academic Session and InterSection planned. The title of the Academic Session is “TESOL as Intercultural Communication,” with Ryuko Kubota, Ulla Connor, Don Snow, Gayle Nelson, and Adrian Holliday presenting. The InterSection is “Developing Intercultural Competence,” with Thomas Nakayama, Bonnie Norton, Adrian Holliday, Joe McVeigh, and Amy Chastain speaking. Please see the sidebar of the InterCom for the location and times for each. We also have an article in this newsletter with the abstracts for these sessions, so read on for a sneak peek of these exciting ICIS events in Portland. In addition to our Academic Session and InterSection, several of you have wonderful presentations on timely intercultural communication topics. Please search the convention itinerary planner for all of the ICIS sessions. As you might know, Portland is the site of the Intercultural Communication Institute (see www.intercultural.org for more information). Both Janet Bennett and Milton Bennett of ICI are invited speakers for this year’s conference, and both of their presentations promise to add a lot to the convention. We would love to see you at our Business Meeting on Thursday, March 27, 6:45–8:15 in Room B119. After the Business Meeting, we will head out on the town together for our social at Farm Café at 10 SE 7th Ave. (about five blocks from the Convention Center!) at 8:30. Please join us! Thank you, Kris, for working hard to put together another incredible newsletter for us! I love this year’s Conference theme, “Explore, Sustain, Renew: ELT for the Next Generation.” Looking ahead and dreaming of the future for ELT isn’t complete without the work of interculturalists—so let us explore, sustain, and renew together! I look forward to seeing many of you in Portland! Warmly, Laura Jacob |
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