JALT Intercultural Communication in Language Education โย ICLE SIG โ This SIG aims to explore various ways language teachers could help shape their studentsโ intercultural minds, raise their studentsโ cultural self-awareness, and educate for intercultural understanding. It promotes discussion about various approaches to teaching intercultural communication in a language classroom, allowing educators to become better informed about language intercultural education theory. We also promote the development of resources appropriate to a foreign language teaching environment while considering the practical challenges of taking culture into account in the language classroom. With globalization on the rise and intercultural contact becoming more common than ever before, a radical change in our mindsets, educators and students alike, is required in order to embrace the transformations a multicultural society brings with it.
In summary, weย are an international community of educators in Japan that
- teach students of various ages;
- teach various languages;
- recognize the importance of culture in language education;
- support each other; and
- welcome new members.
Contact: icle@jalt.org
Website: icle.jalt.org
Officers:
- President: Prateek Sharma
- Vice President: Roxana Sandu
- Treasurer: Ran Kuperman
- Membership Chair: Maria Gabriela Schmidt
- Program Chair: Roxana Sandu
- Publicity Chair: Javier Alberto Salazar Vilchez
- Publication Chair: Emily Marzin
- Publication Editor: Emily Marzin, Gaby Benthien, and Javier Salazar
- PanSIG Liaison: Prateek Sharma
- Web Administrator: Andrew Johnson
- Conference Chair: Emily Marzin
- Conference Manager: Prateek Sharma
