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New Classroom Observation Program

KOTESOL is pleased to announce the start of our new Open Door Classroom Observation Program! Throughout 2014, the Membership Committee will facilitate connections between members who wish to observe classes and members who are willing to let themselves be observed.

We're currently seeking KOTESOL members in Korea who have been teaching for 3+ years and who are willing to open their classrooms to other KOTESOL members. If you're willing to open your class, please join our database! For more information or to volunteer as a host, please visit http://koreatesol.org/content/open-door-...

Call for Papers Extended to March 16 - National Conference

The Call for Papers deadline for the KOTESOL 2014 National Conference has been extended to Sunday, March 16th.

The conference takes place in Daegu May 31.

In consideration of the busy "start of school term" season, a couple extra days have been added for those unable to send in their submission.  The webform is at http://www.koreatesol.org/nc2014CallForPresenters

Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL Conference Coming Soon

Theme: Addressing the Multifaceted World of ELT
Date: March 15, 2014 (Saturday).
Location: Chosun University Main Building, North/Left Wing

10:30-11:50 Pre-Conference Workshop Sessions (Concurrent; No Admission Charge)
--- Workshop on Getting Started in Research
Joanne McCuaig (KOTESOL Research Comm. Chair)
--- Reflective Practice Workshop on Assessment
Brian Raisbeck (KOTESOL Reflective Practice SIG)

- - - - Lunch - - -   (Make your own arrangements. Campus student cafeteria open.)

12:00...

KOTESOL Video Library Adds 2013 International Conference!

All recorded videos from the 2013 KOTESOL International Conference are available to view. linked from http://www.koreatesol.org/video

All videos from the 2012 KOTESOL International Conference are also available.

KOTESOL has built an extensive library of videos hosted on the official KOTESOL YouTube channel. Special features such as bios, abstracts, presenter-written articles, visual displays and additional resources are also available for KOTESOL members (requires login and current membership). These articles include papers from our quarterly newsmagazine The English...

National Council Meeting Jan 26

The National Council of KOTESOL will meet on the 26th of January (Sunday).
Sookmyung University's Injaegwan, room 207 *
Seoul.

All KOTESOL members are welcome to attend. The meeting will start at 11 am, and is scheduled to be completed by 4.30 pm.

* Injaegwan is also known as the Sookmyung Professional Center and/or Sookmyung TESOL Center. The location can be found at the Seoul Chapter Workshop Directions page - http://koreatesol.org/content/workshop-directions

Jeju Chapter Elects 2013-2014 Executive Officers

The Jeju Chapter of KOTESOL held its annual elections on November 15, 2013. The elected officers for the 2013-14 term are as follows:

President - Erin Williams

Vice President - Stephanie Hennington

Treasurer - Christina Geiman

Events Co-ordinator - Alister Martin

Membership & Publicity Officer - Alexis Oesterle

Webmaster - Darren Foley

EPIK Teacher Representative - Harold Dale

(For more information about the elected Executive Officers for the 2013-2014 term, please refer to the Executive Profiles.)

KOTESOL Video Library

The wait is over! KOTESOL has built an extensive library of videos hosted on the official KOTESOL YouTube channel. Furthermore, special features such as bios, abstracts, presenter-written articles, visual displays and additional resources are also available for KOTESOL members (requires login and current membership). These articles include papers from our quarterly newsmagazine The English Connection, KOTESOL Proceedings, Korea TESOL Journal, and sources beyond KOTESOL. All content is copyright the author, and where published through KOTESOL publications, co-rights are held by Korea TESOL...

Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter Selects 2013-14 Officers

Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter of KOTESOL held its annual elections on November 9, 2013. The elected and appointed officers for the 2013-14 term are as follows:

President
Dr. David E. Shaffer
Chosun University

Vice President
Maria Neliza "Ynell" Lumantao
Chonnam National University

Treasurer
Lindsay Herron
Gwangju National University of Education

Membership Coordinator
Henry Gerlits
Jeollanam-do Educational Training Institute

Membership Coordinator
Amanda Serrano
Gwangju Office of Education / Yongbong...

Call for Presentations - National Conference 2014

The Call for Presentations for KOTESOL's 2014 National Conference is now open.

“Change in the Classroom: Principled Pragmatism”
Saturday, May 31st 2014
Global Plaza, Kyungpook National University
Daegu

Our goal for this year’s event is to explore Principled Pragmatism in both the Korean and Global ELT settings.  The theme means that we are not committed to a single theory or aspect associated with the SLA process.  Instead, we choose to explore how problems, issues and challenges are dealt with in real teaching contexts using a divergent range...

Research Grants Opportunities

As in years past, KOTESOL is proud to support the efforts of its members by offering two types of research grants through the Research Committee. This year, we will offer one "Research Paper Grant" and up to five "Conference Presentation Grants." Please read on for more
information about each type of grant.

Research Paper Grants
Research Paper Grants are offered for the purpose of stimulating new research, especially by beginning researchers, of high quality and worthy of appearing in the Korea TESOL Journal.

For 2014,...

Are you "LinkedIn" to KOTESOL?

Did you know KOTESOL is on LinkedIn? http://www.linkedin.com/groups/1392557

Conference Archives activated

By popular demand,

Archives of the last three major KOTESOL conferences are now available on the KOTESOL website.  International Conference 2013. National Conference 2013. International Conference 2012.

Also, Program Books and Extended Summaries from many of the conferences of the past decade (and more) are online, or will soon be online.  More will follow as we locate electronic versions.

Check the "black pulldown menu that runs across all page, or go to http://koreatesol.org/conferences

President's Podcast 2013 - October

The first "President's Podcast."  By new KOTESOL national president Peadar Callaghan. These will be coming regularly.

As mentioned in this podcast, it is hoped that future podcasts will include an element of "question and answer."

Feel free to contact Peadar --

Email:  peadarcallaghan@gmail.com
Facebook personal message:  http://www.facebook.com/peadarc
Twitter:  @peadarcallaghan

Farewell Wishes to Marlene Wilkinson!

The Jeju Chapter of KOTESOL would like to thank Marlene Wilkinson for her devoted contributions to the organization.  She truly breathed new life into the chapter and we’re going to miss her.

Best wishes to Marlene on her next journey!