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Yongin KOTESOL Chapter December Event:Double Feature Workshop
2PM-2:50 PM: How Do I Teach This?! How to Overcome Inadequate Teaching Materials and Curriculum Items (Daniel Jones) Abstract: Any novice teacher can make decent lessons from great textbooks, but what do you do when you’re forced to use materials that are just…...Events Yongin-Gyeonggi November 23, 2016
National Council Meeting
December 3 will be the last National Council meeting of the year--our annual budget meeting! Details to follow. All members are welcome to attend. Note: This meeting will be held at Hanyang University in Seoul. Here's a map; we're in Building 6. Directions:...Events November 24, 2016
2016 DCC November Symposium
2016 DCC November Symposium BookPublications Daejeon-Chungcheong November 25, 2016
Jeonju-North Jeolla KOTESOL December Workshop
Our final JNJ KOTESOL chapter meeting of the year will take place on Saturday, December 10th at Jeonju University. The workshop will kick off at 2:45pm and will include two worthwhile presentations that we are sure you will find beneficial for your professional development....Events Jeonju-North Jeolla November 26, 2016
Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL December Chapter Meeting & Year-End Dinner
Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter December Meeting . ––– Morning Reflective Practice Session ––– Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm (Sat., Dec. 10) Location: Kenya Espresso Cafe, near GNUE. (The 2nd building from GNUE main gate, towards E-mart. Map at bottom.) ㅡ Topic: Celebrating Our...Events Gwangju-Jeonnam November 29, 2016
Busan Kotesol Winter Social
Location: HQ KSU (Not HQ Gwangan) http://dmaps.kr/33r84 Schedule: 3:30 – Sign in 4:00 – Teaching Speed Dating You and a partner will discuss anything related to teaching that you want to learn more about. Problems, research, activities, etc. are all...Events Busan-Gyeongnam November 30, 2016
The English Connection (TECv20n4) Winter 2016
The English Connection (TECv20n4) Winter 2016 . . Contents include: Editorial - by Gil Coombe President's Message - by Lindsay Herron Features KOTESOL International Conference 2016: Thoughts from the Floor Quality-, Effort-, and Improvement-Based Grading for...Publications The English Connection (TEC) December 1, 2016
TEC - The Winter 2016 Issue Now Online
You can begin your holiday reading in ELT now. The Winter TEC is here. Scoot you and your laptop over close to the warmth of the fireplace (or the space heater) and scroll through the pages of The English Connection. Read others' take on the just-completed international...News The English Connection (TEC) December 1, 2016
December 2016 Issue of KOTESOL News Is Out!
The December 2016 issue of KOTESOL News was emailed on December 2, 2016, to 1,962 subscribers. Highlights of the newsletter include details about the annual Leadership Retreat, the Winter 2016 issue of The English Connection, chapter year-end parties, and more! Read, share, or...News Membership Committee December 2, 2016
KOTESOL Proceedings 2015
KOTESOL Proceedings 2015 . (c) 2016 Korea TESOL Transitions in Education ㅡ Transitions in ELT Proceedings of the 23rd Annual KOTESOL International Conference ㅡ Contents ㅡ . Invited Speaker 3 Teenagers: Why Are They Like That? What Can We Do About It? ㅡ Virginia...Publications KOTESOL Proceedings December 7, 2016
Yongin KOTESOL Chapter Officers (2017)
The Yongin KOTESOL Chapter recently held its election for new chapter officers through Survey Monkey and onsite voting in the December 10, 2016 double workshop feature at Kangnam University. Here are the results: Martin Todd: President Duksoon Han: First Vice-President...News Yongin-Gyeonggi December 11, 2016
KOTESOL Proceedings 2015 Now Online!
In this volume of the Proceedings, we offer 19 papers, from KOTESOL International Conference presenters working in South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Laos, Taiwan, Vietnam, the UK, and the USA. They span the spectrum in variety. KOTESOL Proceedings 2015 contains articles on speaking...News KOTESOL Proceedings December 13, 2016
01. President
Lindsay Herron was first vice-president of KOTESOL before becoming president in 2015. She has been on the International Conference Committee since 2012, serving as Registration Chair for the 2013-2015 conferences. She has been chair of the Membership Committee since 2014 and is...Bio's December 13, 2016
01. National President
Dr. David E. Shaffer is an early member of Korea TESOL and a long-term resident of Gwangju, where his career has been as a professor on the English Department faculty at Chosun University. He holds a PhD in Linguistics (theoretical) but has done much of his more recent research...Bio's December 13, 2016
08. Immediate Past President
Lindsay Herron was first vice-president of KOTESOL before becoming president in 2015. She has served as president for two years (2015-17). She has also been on the International Conference Committee since 2012, serving as Registration Chair for the 2013-2015 conferences. She has...Bio's December 13, 2016
03. Second Vice-President
Ingrid Zwaal is currently a member of the faculty at Jeonju University. Before that, she spent sixteen years at Jeonju National University of Education. Ingrid has an MS in education (secondary English) from Canisus College (USA). She has been a member of KOTESOL since 1998, a...Bio's December 13, 2016
04. Treasurer
Phil Schrank has been a member of KOTESOL since 2013. He has served on the International Conference Registration team (2013) and as the Associate Editor of TEC (2013-2014). He is currently the facilitator of the Content-Based Instruction SIG. Phil came to Korea in 2009 and has...Bio's December 13, 2016
05. Secretary
Christopher Miller has been involved in ELT for nearly a decade. He began his career in Peace Corps Moldova in 2007 and holds an MSEd in TESOL from Shenandoah University. He has been active in KOTESOL for the last five years at both the chapter and national levels. His research...Bio's December 14, 2016
06. Past President
Peadar Callaghan completed his two-year term as KOTESOL president in 2015. Prior to that, he was 1st Vice-President and Daegu-Gyeongbuk Chapter President. He graduated from the University of Limerick with an MA in ELT. Presently, Peadar is teaching at King Fahd University of...Bio's December 14, 2016
10. International Conference Committee Chair
Sean O'Connor has been a member of KOTESOL for many years. He has served on the KOTESOL International Conference Committee (ICC) since 2001. For most of those years, he served as director of the Technical Team. His ICC service earned him an Outstanding Service Award from the ICC...Bio's December 16, 2016
11. International Conference Committee Co-chair
Kathleen Kelley has been teaching in Korea since 2011. She is presently on the faculty at Andong National University. Before that she taught in a public middle school and elementary school in Busan. Kathleen has been a KOTESOL member since 2013. She has a master’s degree in...Bio's December 16, 2016
12. Nominations and Elections Committee Chair
Mike Peacock is an instructor at Woosong Culinary College in Daejeon. He received his MA in TESOL-MALL from Woosong University. Mike received his BEd (Elementary Education & Teaching) and BA (Psychology) from Crandall University. He loves to promote professional development...Bio's December 16, 2016
13. Publications Committee Chair
Dr. David Shaffer is an early member of Korea TESOL and a long-term resident of Gwangju, where his career has been as a professor on the English Department Faculty at Chosun University. He holds a PhD in Linguistics (theoretical) but has done much of his recent research in...Bio's December 16, 2016
14. Membership Committee Chair
Lindsay Herron has been chair of the Membership Committee since 2014. She arrived in Korea in 2005 and has been teaching at Gwangju National University of Education since 2008. Lindsay is also KOTESOL National President and Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter treasurer. She has master’s...Bio's December 16, 2016
15. International Outreach Committee Chair
Allison Bill started her own second language learning at age five. She completed her BEd in elementary French education at the University of Ottawa and her MA TESL/TEFL at St. Michael’s College in Vermont (USA). She is currently studying for her EdD at Anaheim University....Bio's December 16, 2016