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Happy September to you all! Our hearts and our support are with you as we begin another school year.

Today, we continue our series on language learning strategies targeted at helping learners understand and improve their intercultural communicative competence (ICC). This week, we provide one observation strategy for improving ICC: the observation of discourse markers in interpersonal contexts.

There are a few ways to get connected with us this week:

• Join our InterCom Live! session. We connect on Facebook every Monday at 11:00 am Pacific. To join us, open CASLS's Facebook page at the designated time. Can't make it? The InterCom Live! events are always recorded, and you can find them on our Facebook page.
• Check out the Activity of the Week. This activity entails the understanding and observation of discourse markers, or words and phrases that structure interactions. Learners will create their own vocabulary lists of discourse markers as part of the activity.
• This BBC resource provides a digestible overview of discourse markers in English as well as some supplementary resources.

Happy exploring! We are excited to continue engaging with you this week.