Presenters
Grace H. Wang
Onnuri • Onnuri Hall • 10:00
How to Do Action Research: A Guide for ELT Classroom TeachersProfessional Development
A notable trend in recent literature is the emerging evidence of the transformative power of teacher-led ELT research on the professional development of teachers, especially because of the context-specific nature of the research. Action research projects and other reflective practice forms of teacher inquiry that allow teachers to investigate their local teaching contexts offer better continuous professional development (CPD) than top-down, decontextualized CPD...
Grace Kudlack
(Technology) Webinar Library
Low Tech/High Tech: Technology Integration in the ESL Classrooms
Technology integration has become a key topic amongst educators in the past decades. How, exactly, can ESL teachers utilize technology in their classrooms? What sorts of low-technology options are there for those who do not have the budget or set-up to use more expensive or time-intensive technologies? What measures can be put in place to keep misuse of technology to a minimum? With a focus on pedagogical-approach, this workshop aims to give educators new resources for...
Grant Kimberlin
Research • Room 203 • 14:00
The Evil of Banality: Intersubjectivity and the TextThis presentation compares recent research on L2 collaborative meaning-making with research on the banality that makes up much of the available ELL course material to assert that the traditions of Critical Pedagogy and Critical Theory offer key insights into both learner and teacher motivation. It is the tension between positional and nonpositional advantages to education that stand as one of greatest and most enduring barriers to motivation on both ends of the classroom and this presentation forwards...
Graves, Danny
Large Numbers: A deeper understanding for L2 learners
Danny Graves
Abstract
The purpose of this presentation is to showcase a lesson plan that teaches learners how to identify and pronounce large numbers in English. This lesson has been developed to bridge the gap between the textbooks available in South Korea and student’s ability to use numbers in English. This lesson uses a Communicative Language Teaching approach to teach students: numbers in English from thousands through billions. The aim of this lesson is to teach students how to identify and use large numbers in...
Greg Rouault
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Greg Rouault, Tezukayama Gakuin University
Abstract
In language teaching, one innovative 21st Century trend in Asia has been a move to more student-centered learning. Claims of meeting the students "where they are" can be heard in teacher training and professional development and seen in materials and academic program marketing. However, this call to action presumes that teachers have the ability and appropriate...
Greg Thompson
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Greg Thompson, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
Abstract
Well-designed games may act as powerful classroom activities that present students with challenging, yet entertaining, environments to apply language aligned with curricular goals. Game studies scholars have noted the importance rules play in games, especially that rules encourage or constrain player behaviors. While game design encompasses many areas, carefully...
Gregory Heathco
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Gregory Heathco, Hansung University
Abstract
This workshop aims to show how Korean textbooks and classrooms can be adapted to accommodate communicative language learning and task-based teaching.
Part 1 of the presentation will provide participants with some background information about the communicative approach and task-based teaching, including history, purpose, and "task" definitions.
Part 2 will introduce...
Gregory Heathco
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Gregory Heathco, Hansung University
Abstract
For teachers who are interested in building a career in English Language Training (ELT), this workshop is intended to help visualize long-term career objectives and chart a corresponding development course.
The first half of the session will be focused on the training and certification programs that prepare and qualify ELT professionals for future positions:
Initial and advanced certifications (CELTA/DELTA...Gunter Breaux
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Presentation (45 minutes)
Gunter Breaux, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Abstract
The original goal of English education was conversation ability. Then, grammar became the goal because it’s easy to test. After grammar became the goal, it became the best route to that goal. But it’s the wrong goal. Conversation can be the goal again, because now conversation is now easy to test. This fundamentally changes how foreign languages can be taught.
This presentation...
Gunther Breaux
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Gunther Breaux, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Abstract
Korean teenagers rank at the top of the world in math and science and at the bottom in English speaking ability. Why? Because in math class they have a math test. In science class they have a science test. A conversation class must have a conversation test. This is education, and human nature. What get's tested gets done. In brief: three students have a 17-minute...
Hanaa Khamis
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Hanaa Khamis, Al Ahram Canadian University (ACU)
Abstract
In this workshop, the audience will experiment with creative hands-on techniques to enhance student writing. An integrated communicative language teaching and learning approach is adopted throughout. The Engage-Study-Activate lesson planning model is fundamentally explored where warm-up, controlled, and free writing activities are demonstrated. The activities include both functional...
Hannah Bradbury
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Hannah Bradbury, Tokyo International University
Abstract
Academic writing can be viewed as tedious, especially by teenage learners. This workshop focuses on communicative activities that help students understand the writing process and build confidence in their abilities. Exercises include different approaches to brainstorming, peer review, and editing practice, as well as understanding the components of basic, five-paragraph...
Harris & Pak
A Survey of CALL Activities in the Korean Context
Melissa Harris and Richard Pak
Abstract
As technology increasingly becomes a more ubiquitous part of our lives, the potential implications for applying CALL in the classroom also increase. As Bax (2003) points out, systematically creating links between SLA theory and CALL practice will help to integrate technology in the classroom in such a way that will support normalisation. In this process, the major goal is to incorporate technology seamlessly and “invisibly” in the class, to the point where the use of such tools is a...
Harrison, Sarah
Sarah Harrison
Language Learning Beliefs: A comparative study of Korean university students and native English teachers
Abstract
A myriad of factors affect learners’ and teachers’ beliefs; consequently, everyone has their own “mini-theory” of foreign language learning (Hosenfeld, 1978). Interest in possible mismatches between learners’ and instructors’ beliefs about language learning can be traced back to Horwitz’s Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory (BALLI) (1983), revealing students and teachers hold wide-ranging and sometimes disparate views.
Learners’ success...
Heather Reichmuth & Anthony Hanf
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Heather Reichmuth, Korea University
Anthony Hanf, Korea University
Abstract
This presentation will reveal the results of a 16 week action-research based study as to whether focused and extended exposure to a captioned foreign language sitcom can improve learner pronunciation. The theoretical assumptions behind this research are Krashen's Input Hypothesis, Schmidt's Noticing Hypothesis, and the Information Processing Theory. Pre (semester start) and post (...
Hee-eun (Renee) Kim
Research • Room 203 • 15:00
Tag-Talk: “Who’s it?” “I’m it.”Technology
This study explores the process of the Learning-Oriented Assessment (LOA) model assisted by mobile in the classroom teaching IELTS speaking. It is aimed to investigate the characteristics of the mobile learning environment named ‘Tag-Talk’, which the teacher has devised and the impact that LOA tasks via Tag-Talk have on students’ learning performance, motivation and attitudes. A total of 49 students participated in speaking tasks after class by uploading their voice notes via Kakao platform for 12weeks....
Heedal Kim
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Heedal Kim, LIKE Publishing
Abstract
Are you tried of creating a vocabulary list for every lesson that you teach? LIKE Dictionary can help you create vocabulary lists automatically. All you have to do is type in the words or upload excel sheet onto the site. It will create a vocabulary list for you. You can print the list, take quizzes, randomize the list, and do more. Extractwords is another useful tool both teachers and students can...
Heidi Nam
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Heidi Nam, Chongshin University
Abstract
Writing teachers should not have to generate the kind of feedback that a computer can provide instantly. This presentation aims (1) to help teachers select an electronic grammar checker that will support their teaching goals and (2) to suggest practical ways of integrating grammar checkers into a process-based writing course. Different grammar checkers offer different types of feedback:...
Heidi Vande Voort Nam
Heidi Vande Voort Nam holds an MA TESL/TEFL from the University of Birmingham. She currently teaches in the Department of English Education at Chongshin University, where she prepares English education majors for student teaching and for the national English teachers’ exam. Heidi also teaches beginner-level general English courses, including special courses for North Korean and Chinese students. Within KOTESOL, Heidi serves as a presenter for Korea Teacher Trainers (KTT) and facilitates KOTESOL’s Christian Teachers Special Interest Group (CT SIG), a group that hosts meetings and online...
Helen Slatyer
Featured Session
International Conference 2017
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Fundamental to effective communication, listening is a complex cognitive task that occurs within a social context. We listen in different ways to different types of input (such as watching a film or listening to instructions), in our L1 or our L2, using automatic and controlled processes that require more or less effort on the part of our working memory. Our current understanding of listening processes combine linguistic, psycholinguistic, cultural,...
Heyoung Kim
International Conference 2019
Featured Session
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This research is a part of the two-year AI chatbot project funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF). The purpose of this study is to introduce a new idea of integrating an artificial intelligent chatbot into the ESOL classroom and to investigate its effectiveness. The target setting is an elementary English class. AI chatbot-based speaking tasks were provided, and the participants, fifth and sixth graders, in small groups interacted with AI speakers to complete...
Hong, Juanita
Mobile Phones in English Education
Ms. Juanita Hong
Abstract
Smartphones have now become a widespread phenomenon for people to connect and communicate, which can benefit language learning tremendously due to its convenient size and availability, especially in South Korea and with the use of the smartphone application, KakaoTalk. KakaoTalk is a free mobile messenger application that includes text, call, media sharing, URL links, and even voice messages. Although the students in South Korea have been studying English for several years and have intermediate proficiency levels,...
Hsiu-chuan Chen
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Hsiu-chuan Chen, Kang Ning University
Abstract
The present study was an attempt to utilize films in one culture class to explore students' perceptions and outcomes of intercultural learning. The participants watched four films that contain intercultural topics such as culture adjustment and stereotypes. After viewing the films, each participant was required to complete worksheets. Questionnaires, semi-structured interviews,...
Huynh Phu Quy Pham
KOTESOL International Conference 2016
(Concurrent Session)
Huynh Phu Quy Pham, University of Education Foreign Language Center Branch 2, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
Abstract
Group work is undeniably a crucial factor in the success of learning any language since it enhances not only students' language competence but also their transferable skills such as communication or negotiation. However, when team members do not accept each other, group work may bring counterproductive effects in that...
Hyunwoo Sun
Invited Session
International Conference 2017
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Millions of people have learned Korean through Talk To Me In Korean's online lessons and textbooks. How well have they actually learned? Is it really possible to learn a new language purely through online courses? What are some challenges of online learning and how can we overcome those difficulties? We will be answering all these questions and more during ㅡ there will be take-away for the learner of Korean as well as the teacher of English.
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...Ian Brown & Tim Knight
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Ian Brown, Matsuyama University
Tim Knight, Shirayuri University
Abstract
Language-Learning Sound Labs have a long history from tape to cassette and then to computer. Teachers have many reasons for students to make voice recordings from dialogues, and presentations, to pronunciation, self-study homework, and assessment and now student smartphones are shaping up a 2st century sound lab that does not need computers. Different...
Im, Sunny
Blogging to Motivate EFL Middle School Students in Korea: For More Competent Readers & Writers Using Critical Reading Skills
Sunny Im
Abstract
This study focuses on how effective blogging activities are for middle school students to motivate for reading and writing in the sociocultural theory. This started from the gloomy reality that many teenage students avoid reading, which results in getting distracted easily in class, besides, much worse in English class. By using ‘Matilda’ and ‘blogging’, I intended to lead them to discover how fun English stories are through...
Jack C. Richards
Onnuri • Onnuri Hall • 15:00
PRODUCT AND PROCESS IN COURSE EVALUATIONThere are two ways of thinking about course evaluation. One is the dominant approach in educational planning that considers evaluation as a set of activities to develop efficient and effective ways of achieving learning outcomes. The rigor with which course development is carried out – drawing on procedures that include needs analysis, planning learning outcomes, designing a course and syllabus framework, and using effective methods of teaching and learning – will determine the success of the outcomes. Curriculum...
Jack Ryan
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Jack Ryan, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
Abstract
In EFL contexts like Korea and Japan one of the major challenges learners face is finding opportunities to speak English. The time we have students in our classroom as a captive audience is often the only chance they have to speak English in an average week. Information gap activities are a great way to ensure that students do most of the talking in class.
In this workshop,...
Jack Ryan & Edward Sarich
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Jack Ryan, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
Edward Sarich, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
Abstract
Content courses at the university level in both Korea and Japan are increasingly being taught in English. Research indicates that content-based instruction and English-medium Instruction is effective (Grabe, W. & Stoller, F. L. 1997). Research also suggests scaffolding of activities and varying techniques and activity...