Presenters
Angela Jeannette
Technology • Room 201 • 10:00
Ups and downs - Tracking student motivation though motivational panelsLearner motivation / creativity • Data collection
Target group: teachers with adult learners
Understanding what motivates and demotivates learners is an important part of teachers’ responsibilities. One way of achieving this is using questionnaires according to “retrospective panel design”, a method developed for investigating patterns and reasons of motivational changes at different points in time among learners.
After discussing the basic layout as well as...
Angie Lee
(Material and Course Design, Multiple Skills) Webinar Library
Teaching Integrated Skills Through Arts & Crafts in the EFL Classroom
Learner diversity in the classroom is both an asset and obstacle for teachers. Students can contribute a diverse range of human experiences, background knowledge, perspectives, multiple intelligences, and talents to enrich a learning environment. However, learner diversity presents challenges for English language teachers. Affective factors, cognitive differences, and multiple learning preferences influence the efficacy a student learns,...
Anna Loseva (IATEFL YLT SIG)
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Invited Session - International Conference 2015
Exploring World Cultures, Learning More About Your OwnIn light of English being a lingua franca, it makes sense for teachers to equip learners with the knowledge and skills necessary for cross-cultural communication that students might be having in their future. How can we address this need? In this session, the presenter will detail the elements of a culture course for high school students in Tokyo, which emphasizes a critical approach to viewing cultures. Participants will be invited to put themselves in students’...
Anna Twitchell & Euan Bonner
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Anna Twitchell, Kanda University of International Studies
Euan Bonner, Kanda University of International Studies
Abstract
The presenters have developed a collaborative game that acts as a framework for developing narrative discourse among intermediate-level non-native speakers of English. Two versions of this game were created for classroom use: an iPad version that uses virtual spaces and augmented...
Anne C Ihata
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Anne C Ihata, Musashino University, Tokyo
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The research reported here examined possible connections between learners' vocabulary size, phonemic distinction ability, lexical access speed, and reading comprehension ability. It developed from an earlier study that found evidence which indicated a link between phonemic awareness and reading comprehension ability, but a weaker effect for vocabulary knowledge....
Anthony Marshall & Jack Ryan
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Anthony Marshall, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
Jack Ryan, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
Abstract
Many universities in both Korea and Japan have partner relationships with overseas institutions and conduct activities such as study abroad programs, research exchanges and summer intensive language programs. However, to what extent do these relationships actually benefit students? The research described in...
Anthony Walsh
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Anthony Walsh, International Pacific University
Abstract
This forty-five minute workshop intends on applying practical communicative activities which the audience will be able to effectively reproduce in their own classrooms. Taking advantage of Bloom's Taxonomy hieratical model to go further than conceptualize concepts, young learners will apply, analyze, synthesize and then evaluate their language discourse.
Traditional methods...
Asako Takaesu
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Research Report (20 minutes)
Asako Takaesu, Soka University, Japan
Abstract
In today’s increasingly IT dependent society, to avoid falling victim to harmful or misleading information, it is essential to develop media literacy. Media literacy has long been advocated and prescribed in North American and European primary and secondary education. This has been much less so in Japan, and as such, even academically advanced Japanese students have limited knowledge when dealing...
Bala Thiruchelvam & Jeonghyun Kim
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Bala Thiruchelvam, TESOL Sookmyung Women's University
Jeonghyun Kim, English Teacher Paekun High School
Abstract
Secondary teachers often skip or reduce the writing section. This workshop uses examples from one Korean middle school English teacher's practices after completing an in-service teacher training program. In this teacher's previous practice, writing was restricted to only opinion based essays due to time...
Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto & Michael Griffin
KOTESOL National Conference 2018(Featured Workshop)
Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto,
Director, International Teacher Development Institute and Co-author of Let’s Go
Michael Griffin, The ELT Workshop
Abstract
In the past, teacher mentoring programs were largely face-to-face pairings of teacher educators and practicum students, or experienced and novice teachers in the same school, and the focus was largely on building classroom skills. With ever-increasing opportunities for practicing teachers to engage in professional...
Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto (IATEFL YLT SIG)
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Featured Session - International Conference 2015
Creative Teaching for 21st Century LearnersThere’s a lot of talk these days about including 21st century skills in language classes. What are these skills, and do they have any place in a language class where teachers have limited contact time, and the priority is, still, to teach English? In our workshop, you’ll learn teaching techniques to help your learners become strong English users and also critical and creative thinkers. By making every moment of class time count, you can help your students succeed – on exams and...
Bardasz, Suzanne
"Marshmallow Challenge": How marshmallows can help address the challenge of multi-level classes
Suzanne Bardasz
Abstract
Imagine being asked to build the tallest structure with 20 sticks of spaghetti, 1 piece of tape, 1 piece of string, and 1 marshmallow in 18 minutes. Not only that, but imagine doing this with a group of 3-4 other people while communicating in a different language. This is the task that the presenter had her science writing students carry out in order to understand the process of writing a methods section for a science paper. This activity came from a TED...
Benjamin McBride
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Benjamin McBride, Dongguk University, Gyeongju
Abstract
Sustaining a conversation in any language requires a combination of social and linguistic skills. Recently, I have been working with a curriculum that prioritizes the social aspects of communication rather than the linguistic ones. In essence, the curriculum aims to train students how to have an interesting conversation regardless of who you are talking to. In this workshop,...
Benjamin McBride & Wade Chilcoat
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Benjamin McBride, Dongguk University, Gyeongju
Wade Chilcoat, Pukyong National University
Abstract
In many university English programs, students are assessed on their ability to carry out a conversation in English, a task that combines both linguistic skills and social skills. We noticed that Korean university students are often hesitant to share their ideas and experiences, which suggests social impediments to...
Bethany Martens
Technology • Room 201 • 11:00
iPad pro Implementation for L2 instructionTechnology
In this presentation, I will discuss ways in which I have theorized the implementation of an iPad toolkit to better support learners in my “Academic Writing in English as a Second Language” class. Drawing upon the ecological perspectives of linguistic holism, I have designed L2 writing goals and lessons from a Content Based Instruction (CBI) conceptual framework. This presentation will follow my technology implementation journey, including first steps of implementation, adaptations to...
Birsen Tutunis
International Conference 2019
Featured Session
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Classroom management systems are the processes adopted by teachers and school managers to maintain appropriate behavior. However, the variety of classroom management systems sometimes causes confusion between positive discipline and classroom management. Positive discipline encourages students to focus on self-discipline, responsibility, cooperation, and problem solving skills.
Blending positive psychology into ELT classes...
Blake Brunner
(ELT and Culture) Webinar Library
Renouncing "Global Citizenship": Seeking More Personal Ways of Motivating Students
Renouncing “Global Citizenship”: Seeking More Personal Ways of Motivating Students In Korea, the concept of “global citizenship” is being used to motivate students who are studying within a broad spectrum of educational institutions: from kindergarten to university, at schools both private and public. However, research has shown that global-citizenship education in Korea, as well as other countries, may not actually achieve the goal of motivating students...
Bodo Winter
Featured Speaker
International Conference 2017
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Humans perceive the world through their senses and then share their perceptions with others, chiefly through language. The interconnection between language and perception is key to understanding how we can coordinate with others in a perceptual world. Despite the importance of the senses, several branches of mainstream linguistics have largely disregarded them so far. In my talk, I will discuss new research investigating the sensory...
Bodo Winter
International Conference 2019
Featured Session
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Gesture is ubiquitous. When we talk, we can't help but to move our hands, and so far, speakers from all cultures have been found to gesture. The interdisciplinary study of gesture spans research in education, linguistics, psychology, and neuroscience, and it has produced a number of important results: For example, research has shown that speakers have difficulty retrieving words from memory when their hands are occupied. Research has also shown that...
Boyoung Lee
International Conference 2019
Featured Session
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This action research is about Daejeon-based young Korean EFL learners who voluntarily launched their own outreach program to share their English learning experience, which is mainly output-based and communication-oriented, with their peers and those financially underprivileged. They say their positive learning experience led them to become proactive. This has now become a tradition for over five years in a private academy. What do these young learners want to share...
Boyoung Lee (이보영)
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Featured Session - International Conference 2015
English Education in Korea, Now and OnwardAs it is widely recognized that teaching English in a cross-cultural context raises a number of challenges, the difficulties faced by both native and non-native teachers of English in Korea's EFL setting run the gamut, ranging from language itself to culture gaps in addition to what seem to be socio-cultural factors unique to Korea, such as “parents.” Since the demand on Koreans for higher communicative skills in English is being heightened, it is imperative to look into those...
Boyoung Lee / 이보영 (Featured Speaker)
Featured Session - International Conference 2016
Second Language Teacher Education: Enhancing Teacher Training and Professional Development in CLTCommunicative language teaching (CLT) has been used for decades as the most reliable solution for ensuring that English learners become communicatively competent. However, the approach has not been satisfactorily implemented in Korea. In this country, teacher lectures dominate class activity, with little opportunity given to students to be engaged in meaningful communication. With the role of English teachers in ensuring active...
Brian Raisbeck
(Learner Identity) 3:00-3:45 Zoom
Implications of English Names in the Korean EFL Classroom
There is evidence to suggest that the perception of one's name is correlated with employability, likability, academic achievement, and other important life outcomes. This evidence is all the more important in Korea where the use of English names is common. With names being such an important part of who we are, how we are perceived, and a potential force and partially shaping who we might become, it is important to fully understand the consequences that giving English names might...
Brian Raisbeck
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Brian Raisbeck, University of Southern California
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Classroom management goes beyond just a list of rules and punishments, though that is certainly a key aspect. In this workshop, participants will actively take a look at their own classroom management styles through the eyes of their students, their school, the culture in which they teach, and themselves. Participants will also take a look at their own classroom environment and see how...
Brian Rugen
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Brian Rugen, Meiji University
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A ludic approach to student engagement in language learning refers to the incorporation of language play—both playing in and playing with a second language—in order to increase students' interest, attention, and enjoyment in classroom tasks. This presentation builds on the links between theories of playfulness and Csikszentmihalyi's notion of flow as a way of nurturing student engagement to increase...
Bruce Screws
(ELT and Culture) Webinar Library
How is English Conversation class useful? Korean university students' perspectives
Since the 1990’s, South Korean universities have been internationalizing to improve their standing in the world. To be more international, they began teaching subject matter courses in English and requiring students to take English conversation classes taught by native English-speaking teachers (NETs). Students perceive NETs differently than non-native English teachers (NNETS), but how do students perceive the usefulness of their English conversation...
Bryan Hale
Bryan Hale has been teaching in Korea for longer than he likes to admit to his students! He is currently at Yeongam High School in Jeollanamdo, and has experience teaching in public and private settings with all age groups, teenagers in particular. In 2020, Bryan completed a Master of Applied Linguistics (TESOL) with the University of New England in Australia. His master’s dissertation investigated the role of playfulness in EFL speaking activities in the Korean EFL classroom. Bryan has served in various roles throughout KOTESOL, including as national president (2021), first vice-president...
Bryan Hale
Motivation • Room 107 • 11:00
Using Board Games for Conversation PracticeLearner motivation / creativity
Board games can be valuable resources to support conversation practice in many settings including public schools, after school programs, English centers, universities, hagwons, community-focused programs, and language clubs. But some promising-looking games don’t actually motivate much language use, and board games can be expensive. In this session we will explore reasons why some games fall flat, some offer diminishing returns of usefulness, and some seem to almost...
Bryan J. Aguiar
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Workshop (45 minutes)
Bryan J. Aguiar, Kwangwoon University
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Wondering how to get your students to achieve natural, spontaneous debate and discussion using English? Curious about Socratic debate and whether or not it can work in your conversation class? While every instructor has their own idiosyncratic style, given the proper training, guidance and advice, they can successfully actualize Socratic debate techniques in their class.
By being exposed to example Socratic...
Burcu Tezcan-Unal (Featured Speaker)
Featured Session - International Conference 2016
The Demands of the 2020 Job Market, Transferable Skills, and ELTThe competitive working environments demand our learners to be prepared for many skills that are significantly beyond accurate use of English and ICT skills. This workshop will focus on the transferable skills, which a new work environment will demand of our learners. By cultivating these skills, our learners can gain an advantage in the next generation job market. The session will open a platform to discuss and reflect on to what extent English classes,...