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Pre-registration is now open for the Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL Regional Conference 2023. Please pre-register if you would like to join our free Peace Meal dinner at First Recipe in downtown Gwangju! Pre-registration closes October 25. (Onsite registration will be available, cash only.)
Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL Regional Conference 2023
Conference theme:
Undead ELT? Humanizing Language Teaching in Postnormal Times
Date:
Saturday, October 28, 2023 (2023.10.28), 13:00–17:30
Location:
Gwangju National University of Education Teacher Training Center (광주교육대학교 교사교육원/교육연수원)
Find detailed directions to the venue here / (Naver map)
Post-conference Dinner: First Recipe (Naver map)
About the theme:
In a time when artificial intelligence is becoming powerful, stiflingly traditional approaches still dominate many language classrooms, and the future feels uncertain in many ways, language education professionals focused on humanistic and student-centered teaching might wonder where exactly they fit in. These could be called 'postnormal times', defined by Ziauddin Sardar (2010) as "an in-between period where old orthodoxies are dying, new ones have yet to be born, and very few things seem to make sense." We hope that this conference will give language teachers and other language education professionals a space to come together, connect, reflect, and hopefully make some sense of English language teaching in 2023!
Schedule
Full schedule here, including session and speaker details. The schedule is subject to unforeseen changes.
Call for proposals
The call for proposals is now closed. Thank you for your submissions.
Reference
Sardar, Z. (2010). "Welcome to postnormal times". Futures. 42(5): 435–444. doi:10.1016/j.futures.2009.11.028
