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TEC - The Autumn 2019 Issue Now Online
It is here! The International Conference issue of The English Connection (TEC)!
Read interviews with our plenary speakers Rod Ellis and Andrew D. Cohen. Additional interviews with featured speakers Thomas Farrell and Boyoung Lee. Articles by featured speakers Curtis Kelly, Kara Mac Donald, Bodo Winter, Peter Roger, and Stephen Ryan. And a lexical look at 27 years of KOTESOL Conference themes by Jocelyn Wright.
Editor-in-Chief Andrew White categorizes conference-goers, and President David Shaffer updates us on KOTESOL happenings.
Find it all HERE.
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By Webeditor Publications on September 2, 2019 - 3:20pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreTEC - The Summer 2019 Issue Now Online
Summer is just around the corner. That means more reading time for a number of us. And for your ELT reading pleasure, the Summer issue of The English Connection (TEC) is available online. Read about the upcoming International Conference, at-risk students, Korean education mis-beliefs, NK refugees, writing feedback, and air pollution lessons.
Dr. Farrell writes on reflecting on EMI, and Dr. Kelly writes on the mis-diagnose of weak working memory as bad attitude.
Members can start reading now at the link below (but remember to log in first).
Web: https://koreatesol.org/...
By Webeditor Publications on June 6, 2019 - 12:55pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreTEC: Looking for an Editor
Position Now Filled.
Thank you for your interest.
Korea TESOL is looking for an editor for The English Connection (TEC), its quarterly ELT magazine. We are looking for an individual with experience in publishing and in production. Once selected, this editor will work with the present TEC editor-in-chief on the upcoming Spring 2019 issue, and will take over as editor-in-chief beginning with the Summer 2019 issue.
We are looking for a candidate with, or capable of doing, the following:
ㅡ KOTESOL membership.
ㅡ Familiarity with the magazine (TEC).
ㅡ Familiarity...
TEC - The Winter 2018 Issue Now Online
Start off your winter vacation with some new ELT reading material from the Winter 2018 issue of The English Connection. This issue contains two feature articles on social justice issues.
Dr. Curtis Kelly discusses classroom stress, and Dr. Thomas Farrell talks about higher education distress. You will also want to read articles on video-recording speaking assignments and on repeat listening. And much more...
You can start reading the Winter TEC now.
Web: https://koreatesol.org/content/english-connection-tecv22n4-winter-2018
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TEC - The Autumn 2018 Issue Now Online
Start off the new semester with some new ELT reading material from the Autumn 2018 issue of The English Connection ㅡ the International Conference Issue. You'll want to read the interview with Scott Thornbury (IC plenary speaker) and the "compelling content" by Stephen Krashen (also IC plenary speaker). Additional content from several of our featured speakers, too!
You can start reading the Autumn TEC now.
Web: https://koreatesol.org/content/english-connection-tecv22n3-autumn-2018
By Webeditor Publications on September 6, 2018 - 1:36am | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreTEC - The Summer 2018 Issue Now Online
Is storytelling a brainy idea? Is there actually a book that applies SLA to ELT? How young to teach EFL? Is ER for elementary school? What was TESOL 2018 like? What will KOTESOL 2018 be like? Does theme-based instruction make a lot of sense? Does reflective practice with an Asian focus? What are collaborative reflective practice cards? And who the heck is Rhea?
The asnswers to all these pressing questions are in the most recent issue of The English Connection ㅡ your Summer TEC.
Start your Summer ELT reading today.
Web: https://koreatesol.org/content/english-connection-...
By Webeditor Publications on May 31, 2018 - 11:41pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreTEC - The Spring 2018 Issue Now Online
Where can we find ㅡ all in one place ㅡ what learner investment is, where reflective spaces are, why we shouldn't grade participation, how to micro-evaluate your classroom, who Julie Ha is, and also what Dr. Thomas Farrell and Dr. Curtis Kelly have to tell us? You guessed it! ㅡ within the pages of the Spring issue of The English Connection.
Start your spring ELT reading today.
Web: https://koreatesol.org/content/english-connection-tecv22n1-spring-2018
By Webeditor Publications on February 28, 2018 - 10:48pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreTEC - The Winter 2017 Issue Now Online
The English Connection, Winter 2017, is now online for your reading pleasure (and professional interest). As you "chill out" over the winter months and think about honing your teaching skills and ELT knowledge, pick up or download The English Connection to read up on what others are doing and thinking about, and on what's available.
Some of these are an interactive method for noticing errors, a personal perspective on University teaching, scaffolding beginners, tips for classroom motivation, teaching Korean history via CBI, and thoughts on whether bto do a PhD.
Dr....
By Webeditor Publications on December 4, 2017 - 10:06pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreTEC - The Autumn 2017 Issue Now Online
The English Connection, Autumn 2017, the pre-conference issue of TEC is now online for your reading pleasure. A great preview of the October 21-22 International Conference. Start off with a conference overview by our conference chair and co-chair, Sean O'Connor and Kathleen Kelley. Read articles by our plenary speakers, Andy Curtis and Nicky Hockly. Enjoy interviews with four of our featured speakers: Glenda Rose, Ted O'Neill, Kathleen Kampa, and Kalyan Chattopadhyay. Find out what the 20 sessions are about that our invited speakers will be presenting.
And more!
Don't wait....
TEC - The Summer 2017 Issue Now Online
Start your summer early with some new ELT ideas. The online Summer issue of TEC is here! Read through the pages of The English Connection for innovation and inspiration. Read Dr. Thomas Farrell's caution on tweeting. Check out Dr. Curtis Kelly's article on learning, memory, and attention. Read about designing courses, immersion programs, teaching debate, teaching computer skills, getting into publishing, and much more in this issue of The English Connection!
You can get started by clinking on https://koreatesol.org/content/english-connection-tecv21n2-summer-2017
By Webeditor Publications on June 1, 2017 - 12:46am | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreTEC - The Spring 2017 Issue Now Online
Start your new semester with some new inspiration. The Spring TEC is here! Read through the pages of The English Connection to get recharged, revitalized, renewed. Read Dr. Thomas Farrell's take on terrorism in ELT. Check out Dr. Curtis Kelly's new column on neuroELT. Read what social justice in English language teaching means to Gordon West. Empathize with Stephanie Ptak's concerns about equity in the classroom. And uncover much more under the cover of this issue of The English Connection.
You can get started by clinking on http://koreatesol.org/content/english-connection-tecv21n1-...
By Webeditor Publications on March 2, 2017 - 12:58am | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreTEC - The Winter 2016 Issue Now Online
You can begin your holiday reading in ELT now. The Winter TEC is here. Scoot you and your laptop over close to the warmth of the fireplace (or the space heater) and scroll through the pages of The English Connection. Read others' take on the just-completed international conference or get some pointers on how to better make out those final grades. Or maybe you want to begin with student-generated tasks, or native-speakerism in Korea, or speaking skill development through pecha kucha presentation. Or choose from much more.
Get started by chinking on https://koreatesol.org/content/...
By Webeditor Publications on December 1, 2016 - 2:29am | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreTEC - Pre-Conference Issue Online Now
The cooler breezes of autumn are wisking off the burdening heat of summer, signaling that the Korea TESOL International Conference is quickly approaching. Part of it is already here - in the form of the pre-conference issue of TEC (The English Connection).
Get to know more about our invited speakers throught 5 TEC interviews and 4 speaker articles, plus an interview with Conference Chair Jaimie Carson and a conference schedule overview and invited speakers' session titles.
Feature articles also on "Profcasting" and Google Classroom. To access this issue of TEC, click HERE....
By Webeditor Publications on September 3, 2016 - 12:19am | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreCelebrate Spring with TEC – The English Connection's Spring Issue Is Online
As the new buds blossom and bloom on spring-time branches, The English Connection springs similarly forth with a fresh-smelling posy of articles on teaching TESOL in Korea, just for you. (Log in to access the Spring issue HERE.)
Three articles focus on teaching writing: one on teaching English through poetry, by Michael Free and Yuri Angie White; another is the book review about academic written English, contributed by Angela Guanying Wu; and our lead feature is on the art of keeping writing students happily motivated via their decisions and choices, by Tim Self.
For most of...
By Webeditor Publications on March 5, 2016 - 12:12am | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreThe English Connection (TEC) Latest Issue Online
As the chill of winter arrives, so does the warmth of the Winter Issue of The English Connection (TEC). Read it online now, or wait for the hard copy soon to be coming off the press.
This issue showcases climate change, illustrating how we can impress the severity of the sitution upon our students while still teaching English. And Dr. Thomas Farrell starts up a new column on Reflective Practice beginning in this issue.
You will also find the regular TEC features and columns that the magazine is noted for. Check out the table of contents, and start reading: HERE.
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By Webeditor Publications on January 6, 2016 - 11:23pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreInternational Conference Issue of TEC Now Online
The 2015 Korea TESOL International Conference and English Expo is still a full month away, BUT the Autumn Issue of The English Connerction (TEC) is now online to bring the conference much closer. This expanded issue of TEC contains over 20 pages of IC-related information -- invited speakers' presentation schedules, articles by invited speakers, and interviews with invited speakers. Download the latest issue of TEC, and learn more about the great invited speakers coming to IC 2015. But this issue is not all about the conference. You will also find the regular TEC features and columns that...
By Webeditor Publications on August 28, 2015 - 10:18pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreSummer Issue of TEC Now Online
The Summer 2015 issue of TEC is here for your summer reading pleasure! In this issue of The English Connection, KOTESOL's quarterly magazine, you will have much to choose from: a preview of the October international conference, an interview with our 1st VP, part 2 of our spring articles on storytelling and "tiger moms," a book review and a National Conference review.
Oh, and check out the International Conference registration fee schedule (page 29). Early-bird registration for the conference has already begun!
Your hard copy of TEC will be in the mail as soon as it is off the...
By Webeditor Publications on July 7, 2015 - 1:06pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreNew Issue of TEC Now Online
Spring is here, and so is your Spring 2015 issue of TEC -- The English Connection, KOTESOL's quarterly magazine. You won't want to miss this issue. It contains a little bit of everything: from tiger moms and singing stories to journal wrriting and storybook publishing; from Dr. Thomas Farrell's piece reflecting of whether teaching is a calling to MOOCs and iPadagogy. Not sure of what some of these are? Find out in the Spring issue of TEC.
Your hard copy will be in the mail as soon as it is off the press and into its envelope.
If you are not getting your TEC regularly, access...
By Webeditor Publications on April 30, 2015 - 11:12pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read more"The English Connection," Pre-conference Issue, Now Available
The pre-conference issue of The English Connection, Fall 2014, is now available online for download. It may be downloaded by all who are interested in the 2014 KOTESOL-KAFLE International Conference on October 3-5 at COEX in Seoul. See schedules of the highlights of the conference and of the pre-conference workshops. Read articles by two of our invited speakers (Long and Diaz Maggioli). Read interviews with three more of our invited speakers (Thornbury, Mahboob, and Angel Lin). Find out more about the authorities who will address our conference, and enjoy some of our regular features....
By Webeditor Publications on September 24, 2014 - 10:33pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreTEC Seeks August Submissions
KOTESOL’s quarterly newsmagazine The English Connection (TEC) seeks article submissions for the Autumn issue.
For this issue we are looking for articles that are relevant to the upcoming 2014 KOTESOL-KAFLE International Conference. Ideas for articles could include an article about last year's conference and how you have been able to use things learned in your classroom. Another great article idea would be writing a conference guide so that members will be able to maximize their time at the International Conference this year. Of course, if you have another idea you would like to...
By Webeditor Publications on August 4, 2014 - 3:26pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreLatest TEC Now Available Online to Members
The lastest issue of KOTESOL's newsmagazine, The English Connection, is now availble for download by current members of KOTESOL.
You must log in to access TEC volume 18, issue 1/2, Spring/Summer 2014.
URL: http://koreatesol.org/content/english-connection-tecv18n12-springsummer-...
(Access to this issue restricted to members only until next year.)
TEC available and on the way
The Autumn issue of KOTESOL's quarterly newsmagazine, The English Connection, is now available online for members only, and will be going out in the mail in approximately two weeks. Please be sure your postal mailing address is current in your website user profile!
TEC is at http://koreatesol.org/content/english-connection-tecv17n3-autumn-2013
Go to http://koreatesol.org/user to sign in and update your user profile. Your address should look like a mailing label when you are in profile edit mode (it will always appear as a string in "view" mode).
By Webeditor Publications on November 8, 2013 - 5:30pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreIn the mail
The Summer issue of The English Connection (TEC) has been mailed (August 16th) and -- if you are a current member -- should be arriving in your letterbox soon.
The mailing labels were printed exactly as the data appears in your online personal profile. If the mail comes with a peculiar-looking address label, you need to log in and clean up your address within your profile page. REMINDER: as with Amazon and other web-based shipping services, You are responsible for your delivery details. We won't tinker with it (any longer).
(if your name appears twice, don't worry about that...
By Webeditor Publications on August 21, 2013 - 8:29am | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreLast "missing issue" of TEC found!
The last "missing issue" of our official news-magazine, KOTESOL's The English Connection, has been scanned and uploaded.
Volume 1, Number 4 (November 1997) is now available for all to see: http://www.koreatesol.org/content/english-connection-tecv1n4-november-1997
Though it's nearly 15 years from the past, there are still many timely elements for contemporary teachers of English in Korea.
(Many thanks to Dr. David Shaffer for tracking this down and getting it scanned.)
By Webeditor Publications on August 1, 2013 - 11:32pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreLost and Found: an old TEC!
As we anticipate the Summer issue of our quarterly newsmagazine - The English Connection - we'd like to whet your appetites with the issue from exactly ten years ago that had been missing from our online archives. Newly found and uploaded! Available at http://koreatesol.org/content/english-connection-tecv7n4-july-2003
Featured articles included
Learning English Pronunciation by Contrasting with Korean (Kevin Landry) Why Do We Assess Students Anyways? (Sang K. Hwang)plus interesting columns such as
Word Whys: Why Isn't Enough "Enuff"? Professional... By Webeditor Publications on July 16, 2013 - 10:04pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreTEC Print Error - "Remail" forthcoming
To all KOTESOL members,
In our current (winter) issue of The English Connection, there were numerous print production errors that make it unreadable. These errors were of a technical nature and were not detected and corrected by our printing shop in time. They will have to reprint and reship all the issues to you, our members, at their expense. On behalf of myself, and the staff of TEC, we apologize for any inconvenience this causes. We realize that TEC is an important membership benefit, and we are tryingour best to make sure it goes out to you.
In the meantime, please enjoy...
By Webeditor Publications on January 15, 2013 - 1:18pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreThe English Connection - Conference News! now available
The latest issue of The English Connection (TEC) is now available for members and non-members alike.*
It is filled with information about this year's international conference, as well as the rich panoply of ELT-based articles and information.
Find it on The English Connection page.
* Available to non-members as a special pre-conference service. Ordinarily non-members may not read The English Connection online until the one-year "moving wall" has passed.
By Robert Dickey on October 3, 2012 - 6:26pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read more