ICIS Newsletter - August 2019 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
•  LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
ARTICLES
•  AVOIDING THE UNFAVORABLE SIDE EFFECTS IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE
•  THE STRATEGIC USE OF DEIXIS IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
•  THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY ENGLISH TEACHER TO EXPOSE THEIR STUDENTS TO THE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
•  DEVELOPING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE WITHIN ESOL COMMUNITIES: A REVIEW OF NAVIGATING THE INTERCULTURAL CLASSROOM
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  INTRODUCING THE ICIS LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR 2019-2020
•  OUR MISSION
•  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Sharon Tjaden-Glass, University of Dayton

Happy summer, fellow ICIS members!

Firstly, thanks to all the ICIS members who completed the online survey to guide our intersection’s priorities for the coming year. In general, we heard that you are interested in participating in webinars related to intercultural communication and you would like access to “easily digestible” content related to key topics in intercultural communication. In the coming months, we will be deciding more specific details about our action items for the year.

In this issue, we welcome contributors who explore topics in intercultural communication from theoretical, practical, and personal perspectives.

To begin, Dr. Jianfen Wang from Berea College shares a conceptual article that examines how the theory of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) can be used to make sense of how interlocutors understand other cultural perspectives. She concludes her piece by connecting CAS to the context of the teaching of English as an international language.

Next, Hanh Dinh of the University at Albany, SUNY shares her research into the use of deixis in intercultural, intra-cultural, and intra-intercultural groups, noting some interesting differences in how a speaker’s assumptions about the listener can influence their use of deixis.

On the heels of these conceptual and research-based articles, Saurabh Anand from Minnesota State University shares a personal narrative that implores teachers of English to expose their students to the diversity of World Englishes. In doing so, he argues, English teachers can help broaden students’ understanding of what it means to be a competent English speaker.

Finally, ICIS co-editor, Andrea Lypka, and Yesenia Ensminger review the newly published book, Navigating the Intercultural Classroom (TESOL Press, 2018) by Tuula Lindholm.

We hope that you are enjoying your summer and finding time to refresh yourself before the academic year begins again.

Here’s to another great year!