
A brand-new issue of The English Connection, the Summer issue, is now waiting to make a connection with you -- from multimodality and the multicultural to the writing classroom and teaching speaking; from routines and pair/group work to AI and enmeshment. Take a look at the entire table of contents below.
KOTESOL members can access the Summer issue of TEC by clicking/tapping HERE. (Remember to log in first!)
Table of Contents -- Summer 2025 -- The English Connection
4 Editorial
Alleviating Enmeshment
The English Connection
By Dr. Andrew White
5 President’s Message
Cultivating Community and Connections with KOTESOL
By Dr. Lindsay Herron
ARTICLES
6 Making Sense of Multimodality and Social Semiotics in TESOL
By Dr. Stafford Lumsden
9 Bridging Language and Culture: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in ESL Education
By Marc Santamaria
10 Literature in the Multicultural Classroom
By Aulia Djunaedi
13 Turning Things Around: Generative AI in the Writing Classroom
By Rebecca Bae
16 Beyond “Filling the Gap”: How to Use Pop Music to Spark
Learning, Discussions and Creativity in EFL Classrooms
By Natalie Thibault
19 Sorting Through Class
By Kara Waggoner
21 The Ins and Outs of Pair and Group Work
By Bryan Hale
24 Book Review
More Than a Gap Year Adventure
Reviewed by Christopher Miller
REGULAR COLUMNS
26 The Classroom Connection
Learn Any Language in Six Months: Trust Me!
By Jake Kimball
28 The Development Connection
Getting to the Roots of Routines in Language Teaching
By Bill Snyder
30 The Brain Connection
The Hidden Reason We Should Teach Speaking
By Dr. Curtis Kelly