ICIS Newsletter - November 2016 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  LETTER FROM THE ICIS CHAIR
•  LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
ARTICLES
•  SPARKING CULTURAL SYNERGY THROUGH INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE
•  USING MOBILE SURVEYS TO SHARE ENGLISH EXPERIENCES FROM BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
EXTRA CATEGORIES
•  AN INTERVIEW WITH DR DARLA DEARDORFF
•  BOOK REVIEW: TRANSLANGUAGING: LANGUAGE, BILINGUALISM AND EDUCATION
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  COMMUNTY UPDATES
•  OUR MISSION STATEMENT
•  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

We're looking for:

  • Feature articles (up to 1,750 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 community webpage if you want to check for some references and inspiration.

This call closes on 15 January 2017.

General Submission Quick Guide

Articles should

  • have the title in ALL CAPS;
  • list a byline (author’s name with hyperlinked email, affiliation, city, country, and an author photo);
  • include a 2- to 3-sentence (or fewer) teaser for the newsletter homepage;
  • be no longer than 1,750 words (includes bylines, teasers, main text, tables, and author bios);
  • contain no more than five citations;
  • include a 2- to 3-sentence author biography at the end of the article;
  • follow the style guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition (APA style); and
  • be in .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .txt format.


All figures, graphs, and other images should be sent in separate jpg files.

If the author includes a photo, it must be:

  • a head and shoulder shot
  • a jpg
  • width = 90px, height = 120px
  • clear, clean, professional, appropriate to the article


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”.