The English Connection - Article Series

Article Series is a compilation of articles from popular columns appearing in The English Connection (TEC) in years past. Some of these columns have been selected for their value as ELT material applicable to today's classroom, while others have been selected for their historical value. This is an ongoing project; look for more columns to appear here in the months to come.

ㅡ The Classroom Connection
ㅡ Reflective Practice
ㅡ Action Research
ㅡ Materials Design
ㅡ Writing Right
ㅡ Grammar Glammar
ㅡ Professional Development
ㅡ Young Learners
ㅡ Training Notes
ㅡ Teachniques

ㅡ Korea of Decades Past
ㅡ Chapters in History
ㅡ Presidential Memoirs
ㅡ KOTESOL People
ㅡ Membership Spotlight
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Korea of Decades Past
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"Korea of Decades Past" is a series of four articles written in 2004 about life and education in Korea 10, 20, 30, and 40 years earlier by four KOTESOL members living in various parts of Korea at those times.
(Downloadable PDF at bottom of page.)

"Korea 10 Years Ago" by Mike Duffy
ㅡ TEC 8-1, p. 21, March 2004
"Campus Life in Korea 20 Years Ago" by Steve Garrigues
ㅡ TEC 8-2, p. 23, June 2004
"Korea 30 Years Ago, in the Fourth Republic" by David Shaffer
ㅡ TEC 8-3, pp. 28-29, 31, September 2004
"Korea 40 Years Ago - Coups and Black Rubber Shoes" by Yangdon Ju
ㅡ TEC 8-4, pp. 28-29, December 2004
 

Chapters in History
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"Chapters in History" is an eight-article series of eight separate histories of KOTESOL's eight active chapters at the time of writing (2005-2006). Each article is written by one or more members of that chapter.
(Downloadable PDF at bottom of page.)

"Cholla: Where KOTESOL Began"                                      
KOTESOL’s First Steps: The Birth of Chonbuk Chapter - by Jack Large
Cholla Chapter: From Fledgling to Full-Fledged - by Joo-Kyung Park
ㅡ TEC 9-1, pp. 18-19, 26, March 2005
"Taejon Chapter: The Early Years" by Carl Dusthimer
ㅡ TEC 9-2, pp. 12-13, June 2005
"Busan: A Chronicle since AETK" by Mike Duffy
ㅡ TEC 9-3, pp. 12-13, September 2005
"Daegu-Gyeongbuk Chapter: Since 1993" by Steve Garrigues
ㅡ TEC 9-4, pp. 12-13, December 2005
"Seoul Chapter: At the Center" by Alice Kim, Peter Nelson, and David Shaffer
ㅡ TEC 10-1, pp. 10-12, March 2006
"Suwon Chapter: ELT Hub" by Mijae Lee
ㅡ TEC 10-2, pp. 12-13, June 2006
"Cheongju Chapter" by Paul Hwang, Erik Newson, and M. Parker
ㅡ TEC 10-3, pp. 12-13, September 2006
"Gangwon Chapter: Meeting in the Mountains" by Ryan Cassidy and Chris Grayson
ㅡ TEC 10-4, pp. 12-13, December 2006
 

Presidential Memoirs
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"Presidential Memoirs" is a series of articles that ran in The English Connection between 2007 and 2010. Each article is written by a KOTESOL president and covered the highlights of that president's term of office.
(Downloadable PDF at bottom of page.)

"Korea TESOL: The First 17 Months" by Scott Berlin
ㅡ TEC 11-1, pp. 12-13, 15, March 2007
"Term 2: Membership Promotion" by Jeong-ryeol Kim
ㅡ TEC 11-2, pp. 12-13, June 2007
"Term 3: Concentrating on Conferencing" by Oryang Kwon
ㅡ TEC 11-3, pp. 12-13, September 2007
"Term 4: Concentrating on Professional  Development" by Joo-Kyung Park
ㅡ TEC 11-4, pp. 11-13, December 2007
"1997-1999: Tandem Terms and Dual Foci" by Carl Dusthimer
ㅡ TEC 12-1, pp. 14-16, March 2008
"Term 6: Strengthening Relationships" by Sangho Han
ㅡ TEC 12-2, pp. 12-13 June 2008
"Term 7: The Finch & Hyun Year, 2000-01" by Andrew Finch & Taeduck Hyun
ㅡ TEC 12-3, pp. 14-16, September 2008
"Recharging the Batteries, 2001-2002" by Robert J. Dickey
ㅡ TEC 12-4, pp. 10-11, December 2008
"Focusing on Member Services: 2002-2003" by Sangdo Woo
ㅡ TEC 13-1, pp. 12-13, March 2009
"Implementing the Mission Statement: 2003-2004" by Myung-Jai Kang
ㅡ TEC 13-2, pp. 12-13, June 2009
"The 2004-05 Presidency: Reflections and Vision" by Kyungsook Yeum
ㅡ TEC 13-3, pp. 12-13, September 2009
"Connecting with National Council & Chapters" by Louisa Lau-Kim
ㅡ TEC 14-1, pp. 16-18, Spring 2010
"Reflections on the Plumlee Presidency (2006-07)" by Marilyn Plumlee
ㅡ TEC 13-4, pp. 12-14, December 2009 
"Change Was the Theme: 2007-08" by Philip Owen
ㅡ TEC 14-2, pp. 14-15, Summer 2010 
"KOTESOL 2008-09: Growing and Thriving" by Tory S. Thorkelson
ㅡ TEC 14-3, pp. 14-15, Autumn 2010
 

The Classroom Connection

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The Classroom Connection column was authored by Dr. Peter Thwaites in 2021 and 2022. As the name suggests, the six articles in this series deal with classroom-related topics.
(Download PDF at bottom of page.)
 

Reflective Practice

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The Reflective Practice column, later referred to as "The Reflection Connection," is a column penned by reflective practice guru Dr. Thomas S.C. Farrell of Brock University. This highly insightful series consists of 20 articles appearing the The English Connection in the 2015-2020 time period.
(Downloadable PDF at bottom of page.)
 

Grammar Glammar

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"Grammar Glammar" is a series of 23 articles on EFL grammar teaching ideas and tips that ran in The English Connection (TEC) during the years 2005-2011. The column was penned almost in its entirety by Ksan Rhubadeau.
(Downloadable PDF at bottom of page.)
 

Professional Development
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"Professional Development" is a series of 33 articles on EFL teacher development that ran in The English Connection (TEC) between 2002 and 2011. Over the years, it had four main article authors: Thomas S.C. Farrell, Bill Snyder, Robert Dickey, and Andy Curtis.
(Downloadable PDF at bottom of page.)

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Training Notes

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"Training Notes" is a series of articles appearing in The English Connection (TEC) between 2001 and 2011. The series consists of about fifty 1- to 2-page articles on topics designed to enhance the EFL teacher's array of teaching skills.
(Downable PDF at bottom of page.)
 

Teachniques
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"Teachniques," is a series of 50 articles on teaching techniques and activities for the classroom. this cornucopia of teaching resources are written by a myriad of EFL teachers and applicable to a variety of learner ages and proficiencies.

This series of articles ran in The English Connection between 1997 and 2011, and has now been compiled into a single PDF file for your resource-searching convenience.  The articles' contents remain quite applicable to today's classroom.
(Downloadable PDF at bottom of page.)
 

Young Learners
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"Young Learners" is a series of 37 articles on teaching techniques, materials, activities and other considerations for teachers working in young learner contexts. This very popular article series ran in The English Connection continuously from 2002 to 2011.
(Downloadable PDF at bottom of page.)
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Action Research

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"Action Research" is a series of nine articles on techniques and tips for conducting classroom research to learn more about your students' perspectives, beliefs, needs, and likes as well as about the effectiveness of your own teaching. These articles appeared in The English Connection between 2004 and 2006.
(Downloadable PDF at bottom of page.)
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Materials Design

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"Materials Design" is a eighteen-article series on the ins and outs of designing materials for use in the EFL classroom. The articles that the series deals with include online and physical materials, pedagogy, goals, needs, input, problem-solving, instructions, graphics, checklists, surveys, and games. These articles appeared in The English Connection between 2006 and 2011.
(Downloadable PDF at bottom of page.)
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Writing Right

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"Writing Right" is a set of eleven articles dealing with teaching writing in the EFL classroom. Topics include pedagogy, online resources, poetry, role-plays, homework, plagiarism, and citations. These articles appeared in The English Connection between 2004 and 2006.
(Downloadable PDF at bottom of page.)
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KOTESOL People
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"KOTESOL People" is part of a long-running series of articles featuring individual KOTESOL members for their contributions to KOTESOL and their interesting work and lives. This series of articles, written and published between 2014 and 2018, feature the following KOTESOL members:

TEC 22-2 Rhea Metituk
TEC 22-1 Julie Hye Seung Ha
TEC 21-2 Gordon West
TEC 21-1 Lizzie May
TEC 20-4 Kathleen Kelley
TEC 20-2 Ian Done Ramos
TEC 20-1 Michael Free
TEC 19-4 Josette LeBlanc
TEC 19-3 Mike Peacock
TEC 19-2 Lindsay Herron
TEC 19-1 Leonie Overbeek
TEC 18-4 Roger Fusselman
(Downloadable PDF at bottom of page.)
 

Membership Spotlight
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"Membership Spotlight" is the name of the segment of the series of articles highlighting KOTESOL members during the period 2004-2011 and continued as "Featured Member" during 2012-2013 in TEC News, the digital KOTESOL news supplement to TEC at that time. This set of articles features the following KOTESOL members:

TEC News: Featured Member
TN 03-2 B. T. Stoakley
TN 03-1 William Mulligan
TN 02-4 Michael Griffin
TN 02-3 Tim Thompson
TN 02-2 Kyeongsook "Kathy" Moon
TN 02-1 Bradley Serl

TEC: Membership Spotlight
TEC 15-1 Peadar Callaghan
TEC 14-4 Ingrid Zwaal
TEC 14-3 Grace Wang
TEC 14-2 Julien McNulty
TEC 14-1 Eric Reynolds
TEC 13-4 Stephen-Peter Jinks
TEC 13-3 Jennifer Young
TEC 13-2 Sherry Seymour
TEC 13-1 Tim Dalby
TEC 12-4 Maria Pinto
TEC 12-3 Bob Capriles
TEC 12-2 Kara MacDonald
TEC 12-1 Bill Snyder
TEC 11-4 Scott Miles
TEC 11-3 Ksan Rubadeau
TEC 11-2 Heidi Vande Voort Nam
TEC 11-1 Gye Hyoung Yoo
TEC 10-4 Mary-Jane Scott
TEC 10-3 Marilyn Plumlee
TEC 10-2 Kevin Landry
TEC 10-1 Allison Bill
TEC 09-4 Tony Joo
TEC 09-3 Stephen Bew
TEC 09-2 Brian & Tammy Heldenbrand
TEC 09-1 Phil Owen
TEC 08-4 Kyungsook Yeum
TEC 08-3 Sharon Morrison
TEC 08-2 Maria Lisak
TEC 08-1 Louisa Kim 
(Downloadable PDF at bottom of page.)

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