Come join us at Kangwon National University for our next chapter meeting!
EPIK teachers are especially welcomed to this event!
Session 1
Why doesn’t it work anymore? Adapting activities to student needs.
Sunette Labuschagne, Gangwon EPIK
It can be hard to keep Young Learners engaged in the classroom. So, when we find something that works, we stick with it. But what do we do when something that has worked, stops working? The presenter will share the dilemma she faced with her grade 6 elementary school students at the beginning of the school year and how she had to rethink and rework classroom activities to keep students interested and ensure maximum student participation. Attendees will have small group discussions to share thoughts and activity ideas from their own teaching environments. This session is aimed at but not limited to educators of Young Learners. Participants will take away activity ideas they can implement in their own classrooms.
Session 2
Teaching English Pronunciation to Korean Learners: A Workshop
Michael Free, Kangwon National University
Whether you’re teaching conversation, speaking, or presentation skills, the challenge of teaching pronunciation is bound to come up. This workshop is aimed at providing two things. First a thorough introduction to the specific problems Korean learners face with respect to pronunciation, based on the literature (particularly, but not exclusively, the teaching of English as a Lingua Franca), as well as the facilitator’s own experience and research. Second, it will give participants an opportunity to work on designing their own pronunciation activities, based on best practices and suited to their context. Takeaways will be an enhanced understanding of the challenges Korean speakers face, and (the beginnings of) some activities they can use in their classrooms.
Group Discussion, plus Q&A
- Membership in KOTESOL
- Opportunities in Gangwon KOTESOL + KOTESOL at large
- KOTESOL for EPIK teachers
- Anything else you’d like to discuss!
