KOTESOL Proceedings 2005

KOTESOL Proceedings 2005
From Concept to Context: Trends & Challenges
Proceedings of the 13th Annual KOTESOL International Conference
Seoul, Korea     October 15-16, 2005

• Completing the Communication Cycle: Enabling Students to Use English  (Ana Lado)
• NLP as a Lever for Conceptual Change in Teachers  (Mario Rinvolucri)
• Podcasts: A Language Lab in Your Pocket  (Thomas Pals, Timothy Randell & Michael Shawback)
• Classroom Concordancing: Increasing Vocabulary Size for Academic Reading  (Pisamai Supatranont)
• Exploration of Students' Attitudes toward Learning English through CALL  (Jitpanat Suwanthep & Sirinthorn Seepho)
• A Communicative Approach to Teaching Large Heterogeneous Classes  (Mary Cole)
• Critical Thinking in Japanese EFL: A Rationale for CT in the Classroom  (Peter J. Farrell)
• From Reader to Reporter: Approaching News English in the Classroom  (Frederick Fearn)
• Warm-up for Language Learning  (Gerry Lassche)
• Popular Music and its Role in the EFL Classroom  (Margaret-Mary Lieb)
• Bringing Extensive Reading into the Korean Classroom (Scott Miles)
• The Great Homework Debate  (Susan Pryor_
• The Development of Critical Thinking Skills Through Debate  (David Rear)
• Student Perceptions of the Integrated-Skills Approach in Taiwan's EFL College Classes  (Ya-Chen Su)
• The Christian Teacher and the Secular Workplace  (Heidi Vande Voort Nam)
• "Academic" Reaction Papers: Focused Training in an EAP Context  (Frederick Fearn & Kristofer R. Bayne)
• Refocusing 'Attention' on Grammar  (John F. Halliwell)
• Increasing Learner Autonomy in the Writing Class Through Experiential Learning  (Poh Leng Mark)
• Adapting to Learning Contracts: An Exploratory Case Study  (Craig Bartlett)
• Japanese-English Language Mixing: Significant Patterns from a Case Study  (Hamish Gillies)
• Child-Adult Differences in Auditory Perception and Pronunciation of Korean Consonantal Stops  (Steven K. Lee)
• The Classroom as a Living Organism A Metaphor for Instruction in an Adult Learning Environment  (James Life)
• Voices from a Junior High School Classroom in Korea  (Minyoung Son)
• Standardizing a University-Level English Proficiency Exam  (Fatma Ataman & Gokcen Baskan Gulsen)
• Group Testing: Student-Designed Tests  (Andrew Finch)
• The Relationships Among Test-Takers' Variables and CBT Reading Scores  (Prateep Kiratibodee)
• Korea's National Curriculum: Form and Function - How Communicative Is It?  (Malika Prasai)
• Failure in an ESP Program: Why?  (Duong Thi Phi Oanh, Bui Minh Chau & Bui Lan Chi)