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TEC - The Summer 2025 Issue Now Online

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

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