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National Conference 2015 Call for Papers

Saturday 30 May 2015

Sookmyung Women’s University

Call for papers

Korea TESOL invites interested parties to submit a proposal to present at the 2015 national conference to be held at Sookmyung Women’s University, Saturday, 30 May 2015. The 2015 national conference will feature three strands:

(Techniques and tips for online instruction, academic research etc.)

Yongin Chapter's Newly Elected Officers

The Yongin Chapter proudly anounces its newly elected officers after balloting through Survey Monkey and during the December 13, 2014 Chapter workshop at Kangnam University in Yongin.Here  are the following new chapter officers:

President: Karlene Blackburn

First Vice-President: Martin Todd

Second Vice-President: Lauren SJ Choi

Treasurer: David D.I. Kim

Secretary: Alaric Naude

Student Representative: Angela Wu

On behalf of the chapter, the officers will work hard in helping English teachers of various backgrounds, expereinces, and grade...

Registration for KOTESOL@EnglishExpo

It's easy. The expo (in general) is free for KOTESOL members, and KOTESOL sessions are only 10,000won.

http://koreatesol.org/ee2014registration

See information about KOTESOL sessions at http://koreatesol.org/ee2014sessions

General information about KOTESOL @ English Expo 2014 is available at http://koreatesol.org/ee2014

Mini-conference registration will be open from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

KOTESOL@EnglishExpo2014 Program Available

KOTESOL will host two tracks of language teaching sessions during the Expo on Saturday, December 13th, hosted at COEX in Seoul.

The full Program Booklet is now available for download! <Program Booklet LINK> (this document subject to revision)
 

Registration is easy for the English Expo and KOTESOL sessions! http://koreatesol.org/ee2014registration (Registration will be open from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.)

Travel information and any late updates will be available from http://koreatesol.org/ee2014

KOTESOL@EnglishExpo2014 - Abstracts Available!

December 13th (Saturday) at COEX features a new event for KOTESOL --

KOTESOL@EnglishExpo2014.

KOTESOL presents participant-oriented workshops in the heart of Korea's largest English-language bookfair.

Abstracts for these sessions are now available!

General info page: http://koreatesol.org/ee2014

Registration info: http://koreatesol.org/ee2014registration (Mini-conference registration will be open from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.)

Abstracts & Timetable: http://koreatesol.org/ee2014sessions

New KOTESOL Job Board!

KOTESOL is pleased to announce the start of our new Job Board at http://www.koreatesol.org/Job-Board. We are starting today with a few posts, but our long-term goal is to create a place for employers to publicize jobs targeted at the dedicated and talented members of KOTESOL. There are numerous job boards on the internet, but we think many organizations will choose to post directly to our page in the future.

Since this is a new project, we ask for your patience while the Job Board develops. As of today, all posts are view-able by the general public. However, we reserve the right to...

Jeju Chapter Autumn Newsletter

Jeju Chapter Makes Donation to Jeju Furey

Jeju Furey is one of the largest foreigner run, charity organizations on Jeju Island. Furey hosts two huge volley ball tournaments yearly with proceeds going to help families in need on Jeju Island.  They also buy, wrap, and deliver gifts to some of the orphanages every Christmas.

With Furey's October BVB12 Tournament approaching, the Jeju Chapter contributed to the raffle prizes, a gift certificate for pair of tickets our annual holiday dinner (worth 40,000 won).  

Mark your calendars:  Jeju Chapter Holiday Dinner, Saturday December 13, 2014.  Location and time, TBD.

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Special Event: From Explorers and Missionaries to Vagabonds and Potential Criminals: Two Hundred Years of Teaching English in Korea

Ten Magazine Book Club invites KOTESOL members to their October meeting on Saturday, 25th October, featuring very special guest Matt VanVolkenburg, who writes the highly popular, acclaimed blog 'Gusts of Popular Feeling'.

This event will be FREE for all KOTESOL Members. (Flash your membership card, or print out your profile from the KOTESOL website - http://koreatesol.org/user)

From the first-recorded English lesson in 1816 to Lee Myung-bak's promises of a "native speaker in every school,” English has played many different roles in Korea's history: from its use in Korean...

Call for Papers: KOTESOL Proceedings 2014

The KOTESOL Publications Committee is now accepting papers for KOTESOL Proceedings 2014. Submissions may be made by presenters at the 2014 KOTESOL - KAFLE International Conference based on presentations made at the conference.

http://koreatesol.org/content/kotesol-proceedings

Changes to the constitution and bylaws passes

The proposed changes to the amendments to the constitution and the bylaws, as previously published, were voted on at the ABM and were passed. The amended version of both documents will be available online soon.

Discounted Car Parking at Conference

Discounted parking pass can be bought for 20,000won per day at parking management company, Global PMCO, on COEX 1st floor near Hall A.

More info: http://koreatesol.org/content/discount

Voting 2014

The KOTESOL 2014 Election Details (Notice) is attached (link is below).

May we remind you that Results will be announced at the Annual Business Meeting Sunday, October 5th, 3-5pm, in room 307A at COEX.

Jeju Chapter - September 2014 Workshop Review

“Games and Communicative Activities: Not Just Entertainment”

September 20, 2014

Do you incorporate games as part of your teaching routine?  Of course you do, we all do in one form or another.  The September workshop welcomed thoughts and ideas about effective strategies for keeping students engaged in all aspects of English Language learning with an emphasis on games and activities.  Presenter, Tory Thorkelson (BA, B.Ed., M.Ed. in TESL/TEFL), who has been a KOTESOL member since 1998, opened up by having us compare games and activities, with regard to the EFL/ESL classroom....