ITAIS Newsletter - May 2013 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
LEADERSHIP UPDATES
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
•  LETTER FROM THE CHAIR ELECT
•  LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
ARTICLES
•  SUPPORTING ITAS THROUGH THE STAGES OF MASTERY
•  SUCCESSFUL ORIENTATIONS FOR NEW ITAS
•  DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES FOR THE ITA CLASSROOM
IN MEMORIAM
•  IN MEMORY OF TOM SCHROEDER
ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY
•  WHAT IS THE ITAIS?

LETTER FROM THE CHAIR ELECT

Rebecca Oreto, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Hello to all of my friends and colleagues in ITA programs everywhere!

My name is Rebecca Oreto and I am the associate director of the Intercultural Communication Center at Carnegie Mellon University. I have been working with ITAs for about 12 years, and I have found the ITAIS to be an essential source of information for research and best practices regarding ITA training.

As the chair elect, I am in charge of putting together relevant intersections, which involves trying to organize conference sessions between our ITAIS and other TESOL interest sections that address the current needs and interests of ITAs. I would be very interested to hear your ideas for planning these sessions, and what you think relevant topics would be. Based on your input, I will see what is possible to arrange.

I hope you all wrap up your semesters successfully and I look forward to hearing from you.

Rebecca