Welcome
The role of KOTESOL is to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with teaching and learning of English in Korea.
Be part of KOTESOL
All English teachers or English-based businesses, of any level or nationality, are eligible to join KOTESOL. Find out more at www.koreatesol.org/join-kotesol
News
Represent KOTESOL at the 33rd MELTA International Conference 2025
The International Outreach Committee is looking for a representative to travel to Selangor next to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the upcoming 33rd MELTA International Conference this September!
33rd MELTA International Conference 2025September 13-14, 2025
Brickfields Asia College, Selangor, Malaysia
HAN - The Spring 2025 Issue Now Online
With this Spring 2025 issue, the Korea TESOL Happenings and News (HAN) is beginning its second year of publication. In this issue, find out what KOTESOL members have been doing, what chapters and SIGs have been organizing, and what KOTESOL's national committees have been offering.
By Webeditor Publications on April 6, 2025 - 4:36pm | Happenings and News | Read moreMarch JNJ Workshop Recap: Teaching English through Music and Culture
March 8th was our first workshop of the year. Natalie Thibault kicked things off with suggestions on how to use pop music beyond filling in the gaps. She brought some music to help us, with the Beatles’ “Penny Lane” and Taylor Swift’s video “You Belong with Me”. Some of the suggestions were vocabulary building, listening comprehension, pronunciation, multiple learning styles, cultural understanding, critical thinking and more, plus my favorite, singing along.
By Webeditor Jeonju on March 31, 2025 - 2:04pm | Jeonju-North Jeolla | Read moreRepresent KOTESOL in Hong Kong!
The International Outreach Committee is looking for a representative to travel to Hong Kong for the upcoming Hong Kong Association of Applied Linguistics conference this July!
By Webeditor Outreach on March 18, 2025 - 9:01pm | International Outreach Committee (IOC) | Read moreTEC - The Spring 2025 Issue Now Online
The Spring International Conference may be coming soon, but the pre-conference edition of The English Connection is here now! In addition to an introduction to the conference by the conference chair, this issue includes a whopping seven articles by our invited speakers to the conference and interviews with another three speakers!
By Webeditor Publications on March 1, 2025 - 12:01am | The English Connection (TEC) | Read moreWebsite Volunteers Wanted
To help create pages in the new KOTESOL website (replicating pages from this current "old" website).
contact the Web Team at admin@koreatesol.org
By Webeditor National on February 2, 2025 - 8:25am | KOTESOL | Read moreGo International with Speaker Grants for Tokyo and Taipei!
The International Outreach Committee is looking for a KOTESOL members to represent our organization at two exciting international conferences:
By Webeditor Outreach on February 1, 2025 - 11:02am | International Outreach Committee (IOC) | Read more2025 Research Grant Applications Now Open!
Research Committee Grant InformationThe 2025 KOTESOL Research Committee invites all members to submit proposals for a research grant. The committee will award up to two research grants, one for 250,000 KRW and another for up to 750,000 KRW, depending on the merits.
By Webeditor Research on January 23, 2025 - 1:30pm | Research | Read moreHAN - The Winter 2024 Issue Now Online
Wondering what's been happening around Korea TESOL recently? Keep up with the news and goings-on with the just-published Winter edition of Korea TESOL Happenings and News (HAN).
By Webeditor Publications on January 14, 2025 - 9:13pm | Happenings and News | Read more