Directions: Teacher Training Center (교사교육센터), Rm. 101, Gyeongin National University of Education, Gyeonggi (Anyang) Campus - https://koreatesol.org/DirectionsGyeonginGyeonggi
Topics: The English Musical Project in Goyang Middle School Based on Drama-based Instruction
Details:
The Suwon-Gyeonggi KOTESOL chapter’s September workshop features one speaker, Hyuk Ko presenting “The English Musical Project in Goyang Middle School Based on Drama-based Instruction.”
As always, attendance is free and refreshments will be provided.
Questions or comments may be directed to the Suwon-Gyeonggi KOTESOL chapter president Tyler Clark at sparkyclarky@gmail.com.
More detailed directions and information about KOTESOL may be found at http://koreatesol.org/suwon.
Abstract:
Topic: “The English Musical Project in Goyang Middle School Based on Drama-based Instruction”
From March of 2015 to present, the students of Goyang Middle School have experienced communicative English classes founded on Drama-based Instruction. The project is composed of a semester-long collaborative activity, and each student in the project has plenty of opportunities to express their ideas and feelings in a group while they take steps to make an English musical together. It is a process-centered project, so each step is a meaningful stand-alone class to enhance students’ communicative abilities. All the steps are arranged to make a decent English musical that all the students in class can participate in. The survey after a performance showed that the students were motivated in improving the four skills and had more confidence and self-efficacy. In addition, the interview after the project revealed that their affective filter was lowered and that they could change their affective attitude toward learning English.
Speaker Bio:
Hyuk Ko has been teaching English at Goyang Middle School since 2014, and has previously taught at Jangsung Middle School (Goyang), Baekshin High School (Goyang), and Pucheonbuk High School (Bucheon). From 2013 to 2014, he completed his Master’s Degree in Foreign Language Education at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2010, he attended the Customized TESOL Course for Overseas Teachers of English (COTE) at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia where he passed with distinction. In 2008, he received a Certificate of TESOL from Sookmyung Women’s University, and in 2004 he received a Certificate of Completion from the Yonsei University TESOL Certificate Program. In 2003, he graduated from Yonsei University with a B.A. in English Language and Literature and a B.A. in Korean History.
