In recognition of the multiplicity of perspectives and paths our members represent, we are pleased to present KOTESOL Voices, a monthly publication designed to amplify the voices and share the experiences of our many diverse members, with an emphasis on the human side of being a teacher. Please enjoy the multifaceted jewel that is the manifold stories, creations, and insights shared in these pages!
2023
March 2023: Garth Elzerman: "A Short Piece, A Long Journey"
February 2023: Angela Jeannette, "Ben and Me: Teacher Training with a Great Dane"
2022
November 2022: Anonymous, "Enjoy Every Lesson"
September 2022: Lisa MacIntyre-Park, "Rest, Recharge, and Reward: Creative Connections with Community and Self"
July 2022: Joe Tomei, "Getting Old Sucks: Lessons from an Urgent-Care Scare"
May 2022: Phillip Schrank, "Changing My Perspectives—And Pedagogy—Through Games"
April 2022: Yeon-seong Park, "'He was my North': The Journey into Auden with Prof. Bom"
March 2022: Heidi Nam, "The Word Thieves"
February 2022: Gregory S. Lewis, "What-Ifs"
January 2022: Sydney Lee, "Finding Balance"
2021
December 2021: Melvin Dixon, "Lessons in Mud"
November 2021: David Shaffer, "Two Score and Ten: Flashbacks on Korea"
October 2021: Kirsten Razzaq, "Collaboration in the Classroom"
September 2021: Wayne Finley, "A Korean Birthing Story"
July 2021: Kara Waggoner, "Into the Thick of It"
June 2021: Jared McKee, “Departure from Korea: A Journey in Healing and Wellness”
May 2021: Francesca Mazzucato, "From Italy to KOTESOL: A Story of Collage and Passion"
April 2021: Pinar Sekmen, "Does the Human Touch Approve of the Digital Touch Today?"
March 2021: Lim Jia Lih, "Future-Proof Skills for My Rural Pupils"
February 2021: Kara Mac Donald, "Belonging and Identity: The Value of Academic Association Membership"
January 2021: Anika Casem, "What's Your New Year's Resolution?"
2020
December 2020: Luis R. Caballero, "Get Out and Go for It! Pathways Beyond Korea"
November 2020: Virginia Hanslien, "On Gratitude"
October 2020: Michael Free, "On the Value of Empathy"
September 2020: Kara Waggoner, "The Right to Diverse Views"
August 2020: Elexis Nelson, "Teaching in the Wake of Social Injustice"
July 2020: Matkhiya Usmonova, "Celebration of Eid al-Adha in Uzbekistan"
June 2020: Lucinda Estrada, "The Narrators' Voices"
May 2020: Kristy Dolson, "Teaching in a Time of Crisis"
April 2020: Sunil Mathani, "Once Upon a Time..."
March 2020: James Rush II, "Our VOCAtion, Voices in Harmony"
February 2020: Maria Lisak, "Grokking Myself"
January 2020: Travis Frank, "Multiplicity"
KOTESOL Voices Special Supplement
One Is Not Enough: A Poetry Anthology by T. R. Frank
A Word about KOTESOL Voices
KOTESOL is first and foremost a professional organization, but the professional is rarely completely discrete from the personal. Our experiences and backgrounds color our perspectives, beliefs, and understandings of the world, which in turn shape how we regard teaching, our students, our purpose, and even ourselves. The personal inevitably inflects our perceptions of and responses to our context, informing our values, attitudes, and the ways we exist in and interpret the world around us. What does it mean to be a teacher, an expat, a learner, a human? Our responses to these questions are inextricably entwined with our personal pasts, our present teacher-selves, and the ways we (have/do/will) experience life in Korea.
It is thus with great pleasure that we present the manifold personal sides of teaching--an effort to explore the many angles of refraction that characterize our lives; the crystalline nature of truth, which looks different depending on the angle from which you view it; and the plethora of ways of being in the world. Happy reading!
— Lindsay Herron
KOTESOL President
January 2020
KOTESOL Voices is curated and edited by Lindsay Herron.
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