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Now Seeking an International Conference Co-chair

Do you enjoy organizing events and coordinating volunteers? Do you have people skills, drive, and vision? Have you been a KOTESOL member for at least twelve months? 

Do you love the KOTESOL International Conference and want to see it thrive?

If you answered yes to all of these questions, please consider volunteering for the position of International Conference co-chair! The IC co-chair position is a two-year commitment: the first year is spent in the role of "co-chair," which primarily involves learning the ropes. The second year is spent as the conference chair, bringing...

TEC - The Winter 2019 Issue Now Online

What do you do on a cold winter day, when the elements outside deter you from going outdoors to go shopping, to go hiking, or from just going out?

ㅡ You pick up the latest issue of The English Connection to warm you inside.

The Winter issue of The English Connection (TEC) is now online. Relax within the warm walls of your cozy home and read what this issue of TEC has to offer: opposing views on culturally responsive teaching, teaching North Korean refugees, codeswitching, a review of the 2019 KOTESOL International Conference, and much more. Access it HERE.
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DC Chapter Year End Party

It's our Year End Party! We'll hold it in Ashley in Eunhaengdong (NewCore Department Store, 7th floor). All are welcome, but you must register as we'll reserve only enough seats for those that have registered. To register, please email dcc.kotesol.membership@gmail.com. We'll make the booking on the 11th, so make sure you confirm before then.

Address in Korean: 대전광역시 중구 은행선화동 3-14
Google Map: https://goo.gl/maps/mgdfijwAAoAAnHFMA

We'll once again have a gift exchange- please bring a gift valued between W10,000 and W15,000.

After the gift exchange we'll go to...

KOTESOL Service Awards Announced

Korea TESOL is quite fortunate to have so many members so willing to sacrifice so many hours of their time to the benefit of the organization. It is this service that makes KOTESOL strong and thrive.

Each year at international conference time, KOTESOL recognizes a number of its members who have contributed exceptional service to the organization.

At the 2019 Korea TESOL International Conference on October 13, the following KOTESOL members were recognized for their service to the organization at the national level:

Lindsay N. Herron

KOTESOL Patron Award Presented

From time to time, Korea TESOL bestows the KOTESOL Patron Award upon a deserving person who has made exceptionally generous contributions to the organization over the years. This year the KOTESOL Patron Award, only the second in its history, was presented during the opening ceremony at the 2019 Korea TESOL International Conference. President David Shaffer presented the award to Dr. Thomas S.C. Farrell of Brock University in Canada.

Dr. Farrell is an internationally renowned authority on reflective practice and inquiry, and was a featured speaker at...

Research Paper of the Year Award Announced

This year’s Korea TESOL Research Paper of the Year Award was announced at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Korea TESOL International Conference in Seoul. The award recipient was announced by the Korea TESOL Journal Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Kara Mac Donald.

The award was presented to Michael D. Smith of Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, for his research paper “Centre–Periphery Agency Dynamics During Linguistic Imperialism: An Investigation of Korean Perspectives,” which appeared in issue 1 of volume 14 of the Korea TESOL Journal. Smith formerly taught at the Republic of Korea Naval...

National Council Election Results

Thank you to all KOTESOL members who voted in the 2019-2020 National Election. 

Our newly elected national officers are:

Lindsay Herron, our new National President of KOTESOL! 

Bryan Hale as been confirmed as the First Vice President.

Rhea Metituk is picking up the mantle as Second Vice President.

Philip Schrank has been voted in to take on the role of Treasurer. 

Mike Peacok will be 2019-2020's Nomination and Election Committee Chair.

Congratulations to all incoming officers for 2019-2020!

Also, thank you to our outgoing officers!...

Annual Business Meeting & Bylaws Proposal

KOTESOL’s annual business meeting (ABM) will be held on Sunday, October 13, starting at 4:15, following the closing ceremony of the international conference. Reports on KOTESOL’s past year will be given, and election results will be announced.

Also at the ABM, proposed amendments to the constitution and by-laws may be voted on. Prior to the submission deadline, we have received one bylaws amendment proposal with the requisite endorsements. It is being made available here to the membership to fulfill the 30-day advance notice requirement. Discussion of the matter and voting will...

KOTESOL Proceedings 2018 Now Available Online

KOTESOL Proceedings 2018 is now available online. This is a volume of papers submitted by presenters at the 2018 Korea TESOL International Conference held in Seoul in October of 2018. The volume contains contributions by our conference invited speakers as well as research session papers, techniques and activities reports, and workshop reports ㅡ 38 papers in all, nearly 400 pages altogether. We hope you will find within its pages much information of relevance to your research and your work situation.

The link is https://koreatesol.org/content/kotesol-proceedings-2018

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Online Ballot Invitations Sent (1st batch)

Invitations for online voting in the 2019 KOTESOL National Elections have been sent through Survey Monkey to 471* current members of KOTESOL.

Online voting remains open until Friday, October 11th, at noon. Voting will reopen at the International Conference (paper ballots only, not online) Saturday 10am - 4pm and Sunday 10am - 2pm.

If you think you should have received an online voting invitation, but have not, please

Extended Summaries of Conference Presentations Now Online

Eager to see what our 2019 International Conference has to offer in the way of presentations? Well, here is an initial peek. A number of our presenters have made the extra effort to prepare an extended summary of their presentation to be included in this publication of 30 summaries of workshop presentations, research presentations, poster presentations, and even an invited presentation and a "101" presentation!

Presentations run the gamut from picture books to chatbots, from Vygotshian perspectives to data-driven learning. Find it all HERE.

What exactly is an "extended...

Happy Chuseok 2019

Greetings at this special time of the year, Chuseok, one of Korea's most traditional and most important of holidays. Chuseok (a.k.a. Hangawi, Jungchu-jeol, and Gabae) is at once a joyous, thankful, and solemn period. Joyeous, in that it is a time to gather and spend time with family and friends. Thankful, as it is a time to give thanks for the "harvest" that the year has provided. And solemn, in that it is a time to remember family who have now passed but have made us what we are.

As the KOTESOL family observes this Chuseok 2019, let us enjoy meeting with family and friends,...

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.

Web: https://...

KOTESOL Research Grant Applications Open

Are you thinking about doing some EFL-related research -- action research, quantitative research, qualitative research? Korea TESOL may be able to help you.

Korea TESOL, through its Research Committee, awards up to three 200,000-won grants a year. For research grant information and the application process, click HERE.