Hello everyone! My name is Erkan and I am from Turkiye. We are told to write a blog no more than 500 words. I had been in Indy for two weeks. Let alone 500 words, I don’t think that there are any words to describe this amazing experience. I actually don’t want to mention about …
Read MoreI would like to share my experience in the in-person exchange program “Using Service-Learning to Teach the 21st Century Skills”. It was one of the best experiences I have had in my life. We have met different professors who had presented service-learning in a completely different way. We had the chance to meet professors who …
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Alice is a TESOL M.A. student and is in her last semester at IUPUI. Originally from Myanmar, she moved to the U.S. as a middle school student and started out as an ESL student. She learned English by reading many books and says, “It was a lot of fun since I love reading.” Alice values …
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Miriam is an undergraduate student from IU Bloomington who studies International Law, Spanish Linguistics, and Russian. She joined ICIC in January as an administrative assistant for the center and her duties include planning conferences, managing social media and the online newsletter, and providing administrative support for the center. When asked why she wanted to work …
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At the first annual Welcoming Work Places event, Mayor Joe Hogsett presented ICIC with the Global Educator award for commitment to the local immigrant community as evidenced by providing on-site English classes at the workplace. This award comes in recognition of ICIC’s over 20-year history of workplace English classes and ongoing partnership with SMC Corporation to provide …
Read MoreICIC’s latest publication will appear in Lingua: An International Review of General Linguistics as part of a special issue on metadiscourse. Lingua is a well-regarded international journal that publishes articles on linguistics and closely related fields. Written in collaboration with our most recent visiting scholar, Xuemei (Nancy) Tan of Jilin University, this publication analyzes one example of the diverse range of intercultural …
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As a center in the IU School of Liberal Arts, ICIC is committed to supporting the student body through a variety of opportunities including volunteer, internships, and practicums. These opportunities provide students with the ability to integrate knowledge and theory learned in the classroom with practical application and skills development in a professional setting. After a pandemic-enforced …
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