Presenters

Gereltuya Damdinsuren

(Material and Course Design) Webinar Library

Organizing and finding creative ways to develop an English resource cabinet is a continual challenge for English teachers. This presentation reports the process of developing and setting up an English resource cabinet. It examines the importance of resources as seen by teachers and students. The research methods used include questionnaires and interviews. Some reasons to have resources are to engage students in learning and also that students’ levels are different....

Glenda Rose

Featured Session (Workshop)
International Conference 2017

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How do we integrate technology effectively into our instructional practice? In this session, participants explore the five levels of technology use – from entry to transformation – and how to align them with characteristics of the learning environment (such as active learning and goal-directed learning)  using the Tech Integration Matrix (TIM). We then practice plans for integrating technology using the TIM as a guide through a Hyperdoc. Through the Hyperdoc,...

Gordon Blaine West

(Concurrent Session) 

Gordon Blaine West, Sookmyung YL-TESOL
 

Abstract
Teachers who are interested in doing social justice work in ELT have an enormous number of possible entries. They can select content that focuses on social justice, give students more control over the classroom, work to build community within the classroom and links to the broader community outside the classroom to make learning relevant, and they can work to create positive change. Critical practitioner research...

Grace Kudlack

(Technology) Webinar Library 

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...

Graves, Danny

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 Thompson

(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

(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:

Gunther Breaux

(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...

Hannah Bradbury

(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...

Harrison, Sarah

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...

Hee-eun (Renee) Kim

Research • Room 203 • 15:00

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....

Heidi Nam

(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:...

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,...

Hong, Juanita

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,...