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Adamson, John teaches EAP in Japan and has previously worked in the U.K., Germany and Thailand. He is active in journal editing and is interested in interdisciplinary collaboration and discourse analysis.

Adamson, Callum is a high school English teacher working for Kyoto Gaidai Nishi High School in Kyoto, Japan. Since obtaining a CELTA teaching certificate in 1995, he has taught English in the U.K. and Australia before arriving in Japan in 1999. He has been working in high school for six years, working with Japan-educated and returnee students and currently works in a limited immersion program where learners study in English for three classes each day. Since completing an MA in Applied Linguistics in 2008, he has been most involved with research in content-based studies and the related field of content/language integrated learning since this area best reflects his current environment. However, he also has interest in effective learner assessment and feels an eclectic approach to methodology and classroom practice best supports his students in their learning He has presented at several workshops and teaching conferences such those held by the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) and has been published in the JALT journal.

Agawa, Grant holds an MA in TESL from Hawai'i Pacific University. He has taught in American college EAP programs and has a range of experience in EFL environments in Japan. A lecturer at NUCB, his interests are in assessment and materials development.

Ahmed, Pir Suhail is a lecturer at English Language Institute, King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia. He has obtained an M.A in English Literature and an M.A in Linguistics from his home country,Pakistan.He has taught English as a Second/Foreign language in Pakistan, Oman and Saudi Arabia for the last eight years.He has conducted various teaching workshops nationally and internationally. His research interests include Testing, Language Teaching Approaches and Methods,English Grammar and M-learning (Mobile Learning).

Alam, Mohammad Rabiul is working with a charity school named Royal Rangers Public School & College, Bogra-a remote area in Bangladesh.
He has been teaching English in the primary and secondary level students since 1999. Mohammad Rabiul Alam obtained Masters of Arts in English Language Teaching (ELT) and has participated many national and international seminar, workshops & Symposiums. Currentry he is the head of the department of English in the above mentioned school in Bangladesh.

Allison, Gabriel has worked as a teacher, writer, and curriculum developer in Spain, S. Korea, and Argentina. He is certified in TESOL from EBC International in Madrid, Spain and holds a Bachelor of Arts from High Point University. Among his other accomplishments, he has been a contributing author and editor on the EFL titles Talking Trinity, Easy Talking Trinity, More Step By Step Listening, Reading Town, Reading World, and Reading Planet. He was also a contributing writer on an Internet-based EFL learning program entitled Online Content: Speaking E-tutor and Writing E-tutor. Gabriel is currently working towards a Master's degree from West Virginia University.

Anderson, John has been teaching at Kwassui Women's University for 20 years. His research interests include learner development, testing and evaluation and global issues in language education.

Anderson, Charles J. is currently a full time lecturer at Kyushu Sangyo University in Japan. He also currently enrolled in the Doctoral program at Kumamoto University. His research interests center on the role of feedback in learning, vocabulary acquisition, and the use of technology in educational contexts.

Arra, Adam, while working on his Masters at the University of Birmingham, Adam is currently teaching at Shin Heung College/University in Uijeongbu, South Korea. He has been teaching in Korea for ten years, having spent time teaching pronunciation, conversation, writing and listening comprehension in Kyungsan, Kangwon and Gyunggi provinces. Adam is interested in research regarding teacher strategies and beliefs, student motivation, and learning strategies.

Arthur, Phillipa is a native of Trinidad and Tobago but considers herself a citizen of the world. Ms. Arthur has a BA from City College of CUNY and an MA in TESOL from New York University. She has resided in and taught an array of ELLs in a multitude of programs in the United States, China and Korea. Currently, she is a full-time Language Lecturer at Yeungnam University's Foreign Language Institute in Gyeongsan, Korea. Ms. Arthur enjoys all aspects of English language instruction.

Aubrey, Scott is an English language lecturer at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Kyushu, Japan. He has a M.Ed (Studies of Asia) and a M.TESOL from the University of Auckland. Scott has taught EFL for over 8 years, which include teaching posts in both Korea and Japan. Scott's main research interest is in the field of L2 motivation, specifically the psychology of second language/culture acquisition. His past research projects have been concerned with how learners use their second language to establish relationships with people from different cultural backgrounds, and how an international outlook can influences L2 motivation. Scott has recently been awarded a grant by JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) to lead a research project investigating the effect of intercultural contact on L2 motivation in Japanese university environments. Scott has presented at conferences across Asia and has been published in several academic journals.

Barbaree, Justin is an American whose wanderlust led him into the EFL field and brought him to Korea in 2004. He holds an MATESOL from The School for International Training and is always trying to find new approaches and methods to motivate Korean university students. He currently resides in Chuncheon where he works at Hallym University teaching freshman English and TESOL Methodology.

Barron, Jody currently instructs classes in writing, presentation, and international culture at Sungkyunkwan University, and designs classes in current events and social business theories among other subjects. He has taught every possible age category at one point or another in Canada, Germany, or South Korea. He has worked in many teaching relevant capacities including teacher trainer, martial arts instructor, personal trainer, and ESL textbook editor.

Barrs, Keith is currently an English instructor at Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba, Japan. His primary research interests are in the field of sociolinguistics and World Englishes, with a particular focus on the English-based vocabulary integrated into the Japanese lexicon. He is also interested in the application of technology to classroom practices and is currently exploring pedagogical practices which involve encouraging the analysis of the Japanese linguistic landscape through the use of student-owned mobile devices.

Bayley, Oliver is the Asia Product Manager at Oxford University Press. A graduate of the University of Birmingham (England) he has taught a wide variety of students including kindergarten, primary, secondary and adults. In his current role he travels widely in Asia giving presentations to teachers. Most recently, his work has taken him to Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia. His interests include Critical Thinking, using movement and song in class, Extensive Reading and e-learning.

Bill, Allison started her own second language learning at the age of 5. She completed her B.Ed. in Elementary French Education at the University of Ottawa, and her M.A. TESL/TEFL at St. Michael's College in Vermont. She is currently studying for an Ed.D. at the University of Exeter, England. Allison has taught FSL in Canada, and EFL in France and South Korea. She is a native of Ottawa, Canada. She has lived in Korea since 2000, and teaches at Jeonju University.

Black, Grant is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Communication at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business. He has an MA in East Asian Languages and Cultures from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to joining NUCB he worked in international operations for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and in intercultural training. His current research interests are language acquisition strategies, intercultural competence and global management skills.

Bolen, Jackie has been teaching English in Korea for 6 years, four of which have been at Hoseo University in Cheonan/Asan. The other 2 years were at private language institutes, teaching kindergarten kids to adults. She is the creator of the blog, "My Life! Teaching in a Korean University." It covers a wide range of topics having to do with the practicalities of teaching English in a Korean University. It also offers some observations and commentary on the ESL industry in Korea as a whole. Feel free to visit the site at: www.eslteacherinkorea.blogspot.com

Boon, Andrew is an associate professor at Toyo Gakuen University, Japan and an Aston University PhD student. He is also program chair for JALT West Tokyo chapter. He has published articles on teacher development, motivation, and methodology.

Bosiak, Ian is an EFL instructor, teacher trainer and ELT material writer. He has spent eight years in second language classrooms in South Korea, Germany and Canada as both a teacher and a student. He holds a CELTA and is working toward his MA in TESOL. He is currently working at e-future, one of Asia's fastest growing ELT publishers where he is involved in research and development as well as teacher training.

Bottiger, Wayne has been a professional educator for more than 34 years. He has held a number of teaching positions in virtually every area of the academic spectrum from Elementary to University classrooms. During the last 14 years he has specialized in two specific areas of second language acquisition. He was an instructor of American Sign Language as a world language for 7 years at the secondary and university level in the United States. He moved to South Korea in 2004 and began teaching English at the secondary level. He now works as a visiting professor of English at Kangwon National University where he teaches English composition and speaking classes. His specific areas of interest have to do with the training of TESOL/TEFL instruction and research in the area of linguistics. His interest in the field of second language acquisition has led him to develop a better sense of what is needed to help those who are learning English as a Second Language.

Boustany, Michael has a BA from York University, a TESL Certificate from the University of Toronto, and an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Birmingham. Michael currently teaches in the Department of Literature and Culture in English at Tokyo Woman's Christian University. Michael also taught at the University of Toronto for six years. Michael's research interests involve the prosodic elements of spoken English: specifically, how the rhythmic patterns present in spoken English can be combined with movement to increase awareness of the suprasegmental features of the language and ultimately improve the spontaneous speech of L2 learners.

Bozek, Chrisopher has taught English for more than 20 years. He has taught in China, the USA and Japan. He currently teaches English to Japanese university students where he is interested in vocabulary acquisition and student motivation. He enjoys wearing Japanese traditional clothing and encourages his students to do the same.

Breaux, Jake is a lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba, Japan, where his research interests include technology and language learning (CALL), trilingualism and language identity, and sociolinguistics. He holds a Masters of Applied Linguistics (Hons) from the University of Melbourne, and has been working in the field for the last four years.

Brooks-English, Gregory W., MS in Education/TESOL, began teaching English in 1997 in Beijing, but, after master's level work in psychology and living in Buddhist monasteries studying with some of the world's greatest teachers, came to Korea in 2004. He taught at DAEIL Foreign Language School for one year, Dongguk University for nearly 5 years, and now is an Assistant Professor at Yonsei University in the College of English. He has been a member of KOTESOL since he came to Korea and founded the KOTESOL Science and SpiritualitySpecial Interest Group. Some of his interests in EFL include Nonviolent Communication, cooperative economics, and mindfulness practice.

Brown, Howard teaches EAP in Japan and has previously worked in Canada and Turkey. He is interested in CLIL & other forms of L2 medium content instruction and faculty development.

Brown,Clara Lee, Ed.D., is Associate Professor of ESL Education in the Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is Program Advisor and Coordinator of the ESL Education program. She teaches courses on Content-Based English Instruction and Curriculum (CBEIC) methods, portfolio assessment, multilingualism/multiculturalism, and action research to graduate students. Her research interests include enhancing ELLs' academic language proficiency through CBEIC, equity issues in large-scale statewide testing programs, and bilingual identity. She has published articles and book chapters in bilingual education, multicultural education, reading, math, and social studies, been invited as Keynote Speaker regionally and locally, and served on the editorial board of the TNTESOL Journal and as an elected executive board member of TNTESOL. She was invited as Visiting Scholar at the University of Guam in 2004. Since 2007 she has been invited to educate elementary school teachers in CBEIC methods in Busan Metropolitan City Schools in Korea. An instructional team of three graduate students accompanies her twice a year to Busan. She is active in presenting at the annual meetings of National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and American Educational Research Association (AERA). She provides numerous workshops to local schools.

Brown, Kathleen has been active in the field of education in Japan for over 25 years. Starting her connection to Japan while in university, she graduated from the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA), majoring in Japanese Studies with a focus on Japanese Education. She completed both her MEd and EdD at Temple University, Japan. She is currently an associate professor in the Institute of Foreign Language Education at Kurume University in Fukuoka, Japan. Her research interests include needs assessment and evaluation in language programs, and also include an undying fascination with language testing. As a faculty member at Kurume University, she has had the opportunity to incorporate her research interests into her work environment, and plays an active role in university committees dealing with curriculum and evaluation. Through conference presentations, academic publications, and further communication with the ELT community, she hopes to generate increasing interest in needs assessment and evaluation at educational institutions.

Burden, Peter is a professor at okayama Shoka University in Japan where he has taught and researched on learner motivation for 20 years. he has published internationally and presented in korea, Australia, the UK and extensively in Japan. He has a doctorate in TESOL from Exeter University in Britain.

Burkhart, Markus has been as an assistant professor teaching chemistry to freshman classes since coming to Korea as a post-doc at Korea's chemical research institute. In the past two years, almost 3000 students have had the chance to take his classes using power teaching as well as problem-based approaches. Before he came to Korea he taught numerous chemistry teacher education courses and held seminars in inorganic chemistry in his home country Germany. In parallel with his research into solar-cell materials, nanotechnology and materials research projects over the past few years, Markus has further developed his interest chemistry education, and in particular the teaching of sciences in English. Markus likes to work with computers and enjoys the countryside and mountains of Korea in particular from the seat of his motorcycle.

Cahill, Michael began his career as a volunteer tutor in the United States. He later moved to Taiwan where he taught adults and young learners. During that time he worked as a teacher trainer and presenter and earned his teaching credentials through the British Council in Malaysia. He moved to publishing in 2000 working as an editor in New York and consultant across Asia. He now works as Regional Director, ELT for Cengage Learning Asia.

Callaghan, Paedar graduated from the University of Limerick with an Ma in ELT. He has been working in Korea for over five years. During which time he taught many conventional listening classes. The classroom techniques in this presentation are a distillation of his attempts to move away from the teacher led listening classroom. Peadar is best known for his presentation on the use of comic books in the classroom. This presentation brings the same practical and imaginative approach to the teaching of listening.

Carley, Harry is an English instructor at Matsuyama University, Ehime Japan. Harry has been teaching for 23 years to all levels and age groups. Having recently made the transition to university level he enjoys his teaching immensely incorporating all forms of modern approaches to learning in the EFL classroom. With an MA in TEFL he is currently studying towards an MA in Education Technology. Harry's main area of interest is elementary education and more recently CALL in the language classroom.

Carter, Peter is a lecturer in English Communication at Kyushu Sangyo University in Japan. His research interests include small-group learning and academic writing development.

Chai, Janet is currently a visiting professor at Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and graduated in 2009 from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona with a Masters in Teaching English as a Second Language & Rhetoric and Composition. Her interests include research on classroom pedagogy, second language acquisition, and generation 1.5 students. She has traveled to several Asian countries including Cambodia, China, and Japan. She is a perpetual student who loves to learn about culture and language. Janet is also trilingual and hopes to be able to learn Korean during her stay here. Her workshop presentation is based on her personal experiences with teaching multilingual speakers of English in the United States and teaching English as a foreign language in China and South Korea.

Cheng, Wanqing comes form China. Born in 1970, she finished her undergraduate study in 1992. Realizing the need for updating her knowledge in English Education, she decided to further her study at Seoul National University in Korea. She graduated in 2006 with a master's degree and was conferred a doctoral degree in English Education in 2011. She is especially interested in curriculum and material development, corpus-based research, teaching methodologies and classroom assessment. She is now working as a full-time English teacher at Honam University in Gwangju, Korea.

Chirciu, Alina is an MA graduate and has been practicing ELT for seven years. She is currently undertaking an EdD in TESOL. Throughout her studies she explored the connection between language, communication and culture by writing her BA Dissertation in Intercultural Communication and taking up an MA degree in Communication and Public Relations. Her MA degree shaped her career as a language teacher as it provided her with an insight in different related disciplines such as discourse, philosophy of culture and mass-media. She strongly believes that society, culture, the media and language teaching are very much interdependent and the underlying factors that shape their respective fields today have an impact on one another. Her international experience in academic institutions offered her the opportunity to experiment with methodology and be creative in her teaching. She is currently an English Language Lecturer at Majan College (University College), Sultanate of Oman and her primary interests are promoting language skills through cognitive activities and independent learning techniques. She is also interested in use of literature to promote creativity in language teaching.

Christian, Sarah has a M.A. degree in TESOL. She currently works at Yeungjin College and Daegu Gyeongbuk English Village.

Ciancio, Julie is the director of the TESOL programs in the College of Extended Learning, California State University, San Bernardino, where she manages the TESOL certificate and International Extension TESOL teacher training programs. Dr. Ciancio serves as advisor and adjunct faculty to over 70 students in the M. A. in Education, TESOL program who are enrolled in the CSUSB online program, coordinated in Seoul by KORUS. She is adjunct faculty in the CSUSB College of Education. Her research interests include discourse analysis and conversational analysis in intercultural contexts.

Clark, Mitchell has a Diploma in Education and a Master of Education in TESOL from The University of Sydney. He has over 20 years of English language teaching experience in Australia and Japan. In Australia, Mitchell taught university entry, academic, business and language test programs to international students at The University of Sydney Centre for English Teaching. In Japan, he has worked in various regions at a senior high school, a junior college and four universities. Since April 2009, Mitchell has been working as a lecturer at Hyogo University of Teacher Education. He is currently teaching academic writing and phonetics courses to postgraduate students in the Department of Language Studies, including prospective and experienced high school English teachers. Mitchell has completed research on the management of university language programs and case studies of language learners at Japanese universities.

Clingwall, C. Dion is a Canadian by birth and has lived in Sweden, Germany, Korea, and Japan. He has taught EFL at all educational levels with his current ESL interests focusing on course development, vocabulary acquisition, nursing ESP and effective listening. Presently, he is working as an English lecturer at Fukuoka University.

Conway, Clare is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. She is Programme Coordinator for the Professional Masters of Applied Language Studies in Language Teaching and also teaches computer-mediated communication at undergraduate level. Her interests are in language teacher education and reflective practice as a form of professional development. She has been involved in the evaluation of professional development programmes for in-service teachers for the New Zealand Ministry of Education, and have published and presented findings from these studies locally and internationally.

Coomber, Matthew has been teaching English in Japan since 2001, having spent his twenties in a variety of unfulfilling jobs in his native United Kingdom. He holds a BA degree in Geography from the University of Exeter, and a MLitt in International Security Studies from the University of St Andrews. Despite initially planning on spending only a year in Japan, he was sufficiently impressed by both the country and his new career that one year has now become ten. After teaching for a thoroughly enjoyable five years at a private conversation school, he moved on to new pastures in 2006, and now teaches at Ritsumeikan University in Shiga. During his time there, he has taught in the Faculties of Science and Engineering, Business Administration, and Economics, with his current classes mainly in the latter. In the past few years, Matthew has presented at international conferences in Japan, Korea and Vietnam on topics including peer review, materials development and group dynamics in the classroom. He is presently studying towards a second Master's degree from the University of Leicester.

Coulson, David works in Niigata in North East Japan teaching ESL and academic English to university students. He has a PhD in ESL reading development, with a particular interest in vocabulary skills. He would welcome comments from anybody interested in my presentation topic.

Curtis, Andy (BEd, University of Sunderland, UK; MA, PhD, University of York, UK) was most recently the Director of the English Language Teaching Unit at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He is member of the faculty of Anaheim University, based in California. He has published in a wide range of journals on English language education, teacher professional development and language program development, and he has worked with approximately 20,000 ELT professionals in more than 25 countries over the last 20 years. His current research interests include leadership in language education and change management in tertiary education contexts. One of his most recent publications is English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner co-edited with Liying Cheng (2009, Routledge)

Dalby, Kristin holds an MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL from the University of Leicester in the UK. She has been teaching English since the summer of 2000 and has taught in Korea, New Zealand and the Czech Republic in a variety of contexts including business English, general English, EAP, FCE, CAE and IELTS. She has been a head teacher as well as a teacher trainer. Her professional interests include motivating students in mandatory classes, curriculum development, syllabus design and teaching spoken English. She currently teaches at Korea Universit.

Dalby, Tim holds an M.A. (with distinction) in English Language Teaching from The University of Reading in the UK. Originally from Portsmouth, England, Tim has been teaching English since the summer of 2000. He has taught in Korea, New Zealand and the Czech Republic in a variety of contexts including business English, general English, EAP, FCE, CAE, IELTS, TOEIC and TOEFL. He has been a head teacher and a teacher trainer and was Korea TESOL's National 1st Vice-President in 2008-9. He currently teaches at Korea University in Seoul.

Davila, Sara (M. Ed) has been teaching and training teachers for over ten years. In Korea Sara has done extensive research on performance assessment and task-based learning. As a teacher she has worked with students from primary years through University. Sara has worked with the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) to train over 4,000 teachers in South Korea. Her personal interests include music, art, reading, writing, traveling and making her own clothes, updated as fashion trends dictate. She is currently training with the School of International Training (SIT) in Daegu. More information and free materials for the classroom can be found on her personal website at http://www.saradavila.com

Dempster, Gilly is an ELT consultant/trainer working part-time for Macmillan based in Korea and has experience as a teacher here and in Scotland. She holds a degree in English/Sociology from Aberdeen University, a Montessori diploma, a TESOL certificate and has developed, and is indeed still developing, resources to aid learning. She has written six workbooks for a children's reading anthology, test material for a six level children's course, was involved in writing and editing for NSE in China, has presented in different Asian contexts, and has lectured at numerous Korean universities on their Y-TESOL programs. When not involved in ELT she is involved in doggie things as she has two wonderful canine companions.

Deubelbeiss, David is a professor, educational consultant and teacher trainer in TESOL, currently in North Bay, Ontario. He is a leader in promoting the use of technology in language teaching and the use of social media. He has taught at Ewha Graduate School of TESOL and the Seoul Education Training Institute in Korea. Find him online at EFL Classroom 2.0 or through his google profile. He espouses the simple teaching philosophy of “When one teaches, two learn.”

Diaz-Rico, Lynne is Professor of Education at California State University, San Bernardino where she coordinates the M. A. in Education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) program. Dr. Diaz-Rico is past president of California TESOL. She is the author of Strategies for Teaching English Learners and Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development Handbook. Her research interests include innovation in teacher education, equity in education, and intercultural education.

Diyantari is a lecturer at Jakarta State University and currently is studying at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, majoring Applied Linguistics. She has been teaching for more than 5 years now.

Edwards, Tom is an instructor at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, Japan. He is the author or editor of a number of English language textbooks, including "Focus Point" and "Checkpoint," as well as titles in the Mobile English series. His primary academic interests are in computer assisted language learning and assessment.

English, Brian J. is an associate professor at Tama University's School of Global Studies in Japan. He holds a doctoral degree in International/Intercultural Education from the University of Southern California. Dr. English has conducted qualitative research on the dissemination of environmental knowledge in small island communities in the Philippines. He has published several papers and book chapters on coastal resource management. His writing is mostly academic and related to either education or environmental issues. However, he enjoys writing short fiction and poems in his spare time. Much of his writing is relevant to the issues and concerns of people living in the Philippines. He has recently finished his first novel in which the central theme addresses issues of coastal resource management with a secondary theme that considers eco-feminist views on the relationship between environmental destruction and patriarchal practices.

Faulkner, Terry is a native of Denver Colorado with nine years combined EFL experience in China and South Korea and a summer ESL music program in the US. He was a university English instructor in China and South Korea as well as being a teacher-trainer with high, middle and elementary school experience in Korea. He specialises in student motivation and removing the affective filter. He is currently a freelance EFL teacher in Changwon, Korea with both adult students and younger learners. He recently received his Masters Degree in TESL/TEFL from the University of Birmingham U.K.

Fletcher, Rebecca is Korea Product Manager for Oxford University Press Korea, has been an educator since 1995, with experience teaching in the US and Korea. Her extensive experience includes teaching young learners, university students, and adults. She has a Master of Arts in English and has completed education courses on the graduate level. She is also a certified Oxford Teachers' Academy Trainer and has experience conducting teacher training workshops for Korean public school teachers. Her areas of interest include Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), developing intensive and extensive reading skills, and student-centered learning.

Forrest, James is an Assistant Professor at the International Graduate School of English here in Seoul, where he lectures on the MA TEFL programme and directs the Cambridge CELTA courses at the Teacher Training Institute. He was formerly Head of Teacher Training Services at the British council in Seoul, and before that ran Teacher Training at the English Department of Yonsei University's Foreign Language Institute. He has taught English and trained teachers in the UK, Germany, Poland, China and Thailand as well as Korea. He first came to Korea in 1985 as Visiting Professor of English at Seoul National University. He is also a CELTA and DELTA Assessor and Regional Team Leader for Cambridge ESOL examinations in Korea.

Free, Michael, before coming to Korea, was a teacher of music history and theory, writer and editor, as well as a practicing musician in Canada. During his five years teaching ESL in Korea he has worked in rural schools in Geoseong County, Sokcho, and, most recently, Hongcheon County as a teacher in EPIK (English Program in Korea). He is presently the Hongcheon Area Coordinator for that program. In Hongcheon he divides his time between three schools: Duchon Elementary School, Cheoljeong Elementary School, and Duchon Middle School. In the present academic semester he is teaching classes at every grade level, and occasionally kindergarten. He has been an active member of KOTESOL for four years and is a past vice-president of the Gangwon Chapter. His interests include humanist education, skills development in ‘conversational English,' issues in team teaching, and the development of learning-centered creative materials.

Fryer, Luke is a teacher. He teaches English. He lives in Japan.

Fusselman, Roger is a TESOL trainer at the Institute of TESOL at Seoul National University of Education, where he currently works as the program's senior trainer. He holds an MA in teaching English as a second language from the University of Central Missouri, a Postgraduate Certificate in TEFL/TESL from the University of Birmingham, a Missouri English teacher's license, and a BA in English and philosophy from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He has over a decade of experience as a teacher in Korea, having taught at Ulsan University, Lee Sang Hee Preparatory School, and in other locations in Seoul, Daejeon, and Nonsan. He has taught at SLP Seocho and later worked as a curriculum developer at SLP's main office on the Sogang University campus. Outside of Korea, Mr. Fusselman has taught at the Intensive English Program at the University of Central Missouri and worked at that university's Writing Center, and has given presentations on TESOL in the USA and Japan.

Gagne, Nicholas is currently a freelance English instructor teaching both adults and children in an institution and after-school English program. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Applied Linguistics and TESOL through the University of Leicester. He has been working in Seoul, South Korea for the past five years and during that time has taught all levels of Korean learners of English, as well as written textbooks for practicing multiple standardized tests used in South Korea.

Geluso, Joe earned his master's degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and currently teaches EFL at Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba, Japan. His research interests range from professional identity to phraseology and the acquisition of formulaic language.

Gibson, Aaron has a M.S.Ed. from Temple University Japan and teaches English conversation at Kyushu Sangyo University in Japan. His research interests include vocabulary and computer assisted language learning.

Gillett, Simon G. is an English language teacher with language teaching experience in England, Scotland, China and Australia and Korea. Prior to coming to Korea, he studied education at Cambridge University, specialising in modern foreign language education. He has taught English, French and German at primary and secondary levels. Currently teaching at Sookmyung Women's University and a doctoral candidate (for a Doctor of Education) at Exeter University, he is interested in researching and teaching TESOL and reading International Relations. He is a keen learner of languages, having knowledge of most modern European languages, fluency in five and sympathy for many more that are not European.

Goldman Shaffer, Mellissa came to Korea in 2006 after earning a master's degrees in English (specializing in American Literature). Her teaching experiences range from hogwans, public middle schools, to a momentous year at Sookmyung Women's University - where she not only met her husband, but also obtained a CELTA and found the college setting to be her "CALLing" in the EFL profession. She briefly returned to the States and taught college courses in public speaking, English composition, and American literature. Professor Goldman Shaffer currently teaches conversation and writing courses at Sangji University in Wonju, South Korea. She may be reached through her class website (http://tesolmelissa.edublogs.org). Ms. Goldman Shaffer's research interests include pedagogical approaches to using CALL/MALL in the classroom and project-based learning. She hopes to use all her experiences as a future applicant for a Ph.D program in TESOL.

Gorringe, Andrew has been teaching at Kwassui Women's University for the past 15 years. His research interests include Testing, evaluation and CALL.

Graham-Marr, Alastair, M. Appl. Ling., has been teaching in Japan for 21 years. He is an Associate Professor at the Tokyo University of Science. He is an avid conference participant and over the years has presented at many events around the world including: Thai TESOL, KOTESOL, TESOL Arabia in the UAE, TESOL in the US and Canada, ETAROC in Taiwan, BrazTESOL and LAURELS in Brazil, IATEFL in the UK and others. His research interests are varied and include the effect of student language output on overall language accuracy; the effect of explicit instruction on overall listening proficiency; the effect of explicitly teaching communication strategies on overall communicative competence and the effect of communicative teaching methods on intrinsic student motivation. He has also worked over the years in publishing and has authored and edited a number of successful course books that are used in many markets around the world. He is an optimist who believes more often than not, the profession is on the right track.

Green, Amanda L. completed her MA in TESOL (University of Northern Iowa, 2010), and received her undergraduate degree in Interpersonal Communications (Eastern Washington University, 2005). Ms. Green presented at the 2010 TESOL Arabia Conference (“Increasing Learner Motivation Through the Ideal L2 Self”), the 2010 and 2009 University of Northern Iowa Graduate Student Research Symposium (“The Ideal L2 Self,” and “Effective Strategies for TESOL Teachers,” respectively). Her research interests include the following: ‘Self' and visualization research; motivation; foreign language anxiety; language and identity; and content-based instruction. Ms. Green is an English Language Teacher at the Daegu Gyeongbuk English Village (associated with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA and Yeungjin College, Daegu, Korea) and plans to continue her education by pursuing a PhD (Applied Linguistics) in the future.

Greenberg, Michael holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics, Certificate in TESL, and B. Comm in Management; all from Canadian universities. He is currently teaching full-time at Wayo Women's University in Chiba, Japan.
Michael's research interests include cross-cultural communication and English for Business Purposes, while his teaching interests include spoken communication and pronunciation. Michael has several publications, which focus mostly on cross-cultural business communication.

Greenier, Vincent is a Visiting Professor of English in the young learners program at Kyungpook National University in Daegu, South Korea. He has been an EFL instructor in Korea for 7 years and holds a B.S. in Psychology from Eastern Michigan University and is currently completing his MA in TEFL/TESL from the University of Birmingham. He has presented at several conferences related to critical thinking in the EFL classroom and wishes to continue his research and contributions to the EFL field through his desire to better understand, facilitate and develop the practice of critical thinking skills in his students (and himself). His primary interests are Critical Pedagogy, Dialogic Learning, social linguistics, and reflective practice.

Gregg, Heather began teaching English in a hogwan in Mokpo, South Korea, just after completing her BA. in journalism. Though still not planning to make a career of teaching, she followed that experience with a one-year stint as an English instructor at Mokpo University and then two years of service in the Peace Corps, serving as a teacher/teacher-trainer in the Republic of Armenia. As her Peace Corps service came to an end, she decided that with her interest in studying foreign languages and her love of teaching, it made sense to pursue a TESOL career. While working on her MA in TESOL at the University of Minnesota, she spent two summers in China, teaching in the Wuhan University Summer Intensive English Program. She completed her MA in 2006 and has been working as a full-time instructor in the College English Program at Seoul National University since March, 2007. She has a special interest in writing instruction and serves as Course Coordinator for the College English Program's intermediate writing course.

Hafenstein, Patrick has over 15 years experience in ELT. His extensive experience spans; teaching, training, management, examining, editing, writing and consultancy. He is currently employed by Macmillan Publishers as an Education Consultant for the East Asia.

Han, Yeji graduated MA program in Applied Linguistic at Georgia State University in May 2011. She studied music and English education at Korea National University of Education during undergrad. After graduating Ma program, she has been teaching English.

Hawkes, Martin has been an English language teacher in Japan since 2003. In that time he has taught mainly in secondary education and university contexts. Originally from the United Kingdom he graduated from the University of Leeds with a bachelor's degree in pharmacology. In 2005 he completed a Cambridge CELTA, and then in 2006 he began an MSc in TESOL with Aston University in the United Kingdom. During the time studying his master's degree he developed a keen interest in task-based approaches to teaching and learning. After graduating in June 2009 he presented the findings from his dissertation study ‘Using task repetition to direct learner attention' at the 2009 JALT international conference in Shizuoka, Japan. Since 2010 he has been teaching in the Department of Science and Engineering at Ritsumeikan University in Shiga, Japan. His current research interests include task-based interaction, task-based assessment, and the simplification of authentic materials.

Heiman, Trudie affiliated with University of Birmingham CELS MA Distance Education Program as in country tutor; Lexicalport.com as founder/ president;Tokushima Bunri University, Kagawa Campus, Japan: Faculty of British and American Language and Culture as professor from 1993 until recently. An ESL/EFL specialist professor/ teacher, program developer /manager, materials developer and as consultant for language/ literacy/ immigrant workers programs, and fine arts programs with extensive and broad experience in the ESL/ EFL communities in colleges and universities in Canada and Japan. Member of JALT: CALL; KOTESLGraduate degrees/diplomas from University of Birmingham, (UK) MA TESL University of Alberta (Canada,) Graduate Diploma in Adult Ed. ESL with undergraduate/ graduate studies in Fine Arts. University of Manitoba (Canada) and Pennsylvania Sate University (USA).Key areas of interest are: Corpus- based learning, Vocabulary Acquisition; ESL/EFL Writing using corpus- based/content- based strategies for Pre-EAP language learners especially serving low-intermediate level students, CALL, Content- based learning using authentic text. Publications include: The Song of Myself, a writing textbook for pre-EAP learners, now in digital version: The Lexical Portfolio Course: a 4-skills lexical; approach to language learning: fully online in the cloud.

Henneberry, Stephen holds an MA in Educational Technology & TESOL from the University of Manchester and is currently a lecturer at the University of Shimane in western Japan. His primary areas of interest are Computer Assisted Language Learning, cross-cultural exchange in the language classroom, and mobile technology. He never leaves home without his iPad(s) and iPhone, so he has found many ways to make practical use of them in the classroom. You can read some of his thoughts on Educational Technology and Language Learning on his EdTechTESOL blog (www.edtechtesol.org), or follow him on Twitter @swh_japan.

Herath, Sreemali is a doctoral student in Second Language Education (SLE) at OISE University of Toronto. She is currently conducting her doctoral research with pre-service English language teacher candidates in Sri Lanka. Prior to starting her academic career at OISE she taught at the York University English Language Institute (YUELI). She is a certified ESL teacher with experience teaching and coordinating programs in different contexts. Her research interests include second language teaching and learning, second language teacher education and critical discourse analysis.

Hiver, Philip is an instructor at the International Graduate School of English in Seoul. He has been involved in in-service teacher-training in Seoul since 2007. He holds an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Nottingham and his doctoral research is being conducted on the issues of motivation and cognition surrounding teacher development in the EFL context.

Hong, Chanmi is currently an Educational Consultant and Researcher at Bridge Learning Ltd. based in Seoul. With prior experience in teaching and researching US based School textbooks including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt products, she had been working as an educational sales consultant and teacher-trainer for South Asia supporting teachers and curriculum coordinators with K-12 school products in local and international schools. Her passion and vision in teaching and English education lead to continue her research for efficient instructional strategies after completing the SMU-TESOL certificate program and her Masters Degree in MA-TESOL program at Sookmyung Women's University.

Hott, Lyndon has been an English Instructor in Korea since 2007 where he has taught high school, middle school and university students. He is currently working at Dongguk University as leader of the Freshman Integrated Program in Gyeongju and is doing a M.A. in TEFL/TESL through the University of Birmingham, England. Lyndon is also the Vice President of the Busan-Gyeongnam Chapter of KOTESOL.

Howarth, Mark has been teaching English in various contexts in Japan for more than ten years. He holds a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He is currently a full time lecturer at Kyushu Sangyo University in Fukuoka, Japan. His research interests include speaking assessment, affective factors in language learning, and vocabulary acquisition.

Hwang, Julie is a children's author and an ELT consultant. Her diverse experience includes teaching English at various levels ranging from preschool to elementary school students to adults, and developing textbooks for young English learners. Julie studied TESOL at the graduate level and her recently published titles include songbooks for preschool students. One of the most exciting things she finds about her work is meeting new teachers and sharing new ideas and creative teaching methods!

Jimarkon, Pattamawan works for School of Liberal Arts, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand. She received her PhD in Education (English Language Teaching) from the University of Nottingham. Her research interests lie in discourse analysis, spoken language, learner interaction and classroom language.

Jinks, Stephen-Peter is originally from New Zealand, and he has been working in Korea since 2005; he is currently teaching EFL and TESOL at Hoseo University in Cheonan. His previous conference presentations (Manila, Taipei and Chiang Mai) have covered syntax through content-based learning, group work in an East Asian context and strategies-based learning. As well as presenting at conferences overseas, Jinks has also been involved in the organisation of KOTESOL's International Conference since 2006 as Technical Director, Programme Manager, Student Volunteer Manager and 2010 Conference Chair. He has an MATESOL from Victoria University, Wellington (NZ).

Jolly, Aaron D. is an English teacher, a curriculum designer, a reading coach and reading researcher. He is also a professional workshop presenter and teacher trainer, and writes and edits textbooks for both international and Korean publishers. He has taught students of all ages in Korea, including work at private institutes for kindergarten, elementary and teenage children. He has also been a private middle school teacher as well as a university lecturer. At present he is the National 2nd Vice President of Korea TESOL, and an official KOTESOL teacher trainer. He gives teacher training workshops & presentations all over Korea and in Asia. He is also the co-Facilitator of the KOTESOL Extensive Reading Special Interest Group. From 2004-6 he was President of KOTESOL in Daejeon-Chungnam.

Jung, Jou Hwi is currently a fourth year undergraduate student at The Catholic University of Korea (CUK). She is double majoring in French Language and Literature and English Language and Culture. Since December 2011, she has been an active member of "SHARE", which is a student volunteer club at CUK's School of English that works with underprivileged youth in the community. She has been serving as an officer of the club since March 2011.

Jung, Miji is an editor and a presenter for English Language Teaching at e-future. She has worked as a teacher and curriculum coordinator for several years and also has experience as a judge of presentation and debate competitions for elementary students. Miji holds a Bachelor's degree in Portuguese and Business Administration from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Due to her college education in the United States, she has more effective and useful knowledge of teaching English speaking. She has been contributing to e-future's publications and giving practical advice at seminars.

Kang, Gemma was an English teacher for 16 years and currently has worked as an ELT consultant and a teacher trainer for 7 years and has reviewed various ELT books such as for Oxford, McGraw Hills, Person, Cengage(Thomson Heinle), and Longman. Her presentations and seminars are well-known with sharing practical teaching ideas for American textbooks, reading, writing, speaking, phonics, and grammar. She also has been a specialist on American school text books and critical thinking skills based on her sixteen-year teaching experience from young learners to adults.
Her teaching experience provides a differentiated seminar from the point of view of teachers. She suggests not only new visions and methods of teaching English but also practical, fun, and more easily applicable teaching skills.

Kang, Jia is a native of Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. She is a 2008 graduate of Duke University, where she graduated with a B.A. in English and Cultural Anthropology and a certificate in Film/Video/Digital Studies. She has taught Korean ESL students from elementary to high school in reading, writing, TOEFL, and the SAT. She currently works for Neungyule Education's Build&Grow department as a writer and editor for elementary-level ESL textbooks

Kawamura, Akemi has taught English in Japan for 30 years at a business school and the university level. She is currently teaching at Tokyo International University in Kawagoe, Japan. She has an MEd.. in TESOL from Temple University, Japan. Her professional interests include language acquisition of hearing impaired children and the development of CALL resources in the classroom.

Kienzle, Robert (Bob) has a B.A and M.A. in Communication from the University of Arkansas with minors in Anthropology and Religious Studies. His Masters research focused on political speech and rhetoric as well as cross-cultural communication. Robert also taught Fundamentals of Communication, communication theory and public speaking course, at the University of Arkansas. He was a visiting scholar at Oxford and Cambridge universities in 2005. In Korea, Robert has taught a middle school, a high school, and has conducted teacher training courses for Korean English teachers. He currently teaches classes at Sungkyunkwan University including presentation, writing, global culture, and specialized courses for Korean professors who teach in the English language. In addition to teaching, Robert has created two new courses at Sungkyunkwan University and is currently creating a third focusing on advanced presentation techniques. Robert is a Distinguished Toastmaster, Club Founder, and Club President in Toastmasters International and is a member of multiple clubs around Seoul.

Kim, Eun-Jeong is Professor of English Education at Gyeongsang National University in Jinju, S. Korea. Dr. Kim received her PhD at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her research interests include discourse analysis, critical literacy, and teacher education in secondary schools.

Kim, Hye Jeong is a visiting professor at Busan National University of Education. She is also on Animation Division Committee in STEM(The Society of Teaching English through Media). She has published various English books using some movies such as 'Movie Buffet', 'TOEIC with Movie', 'Movie English for Jock', 'Back to the future', 'Shakespeare in Love', 'Titanic', 'Thelma and Louise' etc. She has been giving a lecture on 'Movie English for Listening' for years. She also has been giving many presentations in many conferences with various themes such as 'A pragmatic approach of the conversation in a movie', 'Coherence and cohesion in sitcom discourse', 'A study on a comparison between movie and sitcom for English listening', 'A study on how to teach academic English in College', 'Learning grammar using routine' etc. She is interested in authentic materials, a pragmatic approach and a discourse analysis.

Kim, Sang Kyung received her Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University. In her dissertation research, she developed a web-based English composition instruction model grounded in contrasting theory, which led ESL students to acquire extensive knowledge beyond linguistic knowledge. While working as a Computer Assisted Language Learning Coordinator at the Intensive English Program of Pratt Institute, she explored many ways to bridge theory and practice. For example, electronic portfolios were adopted for the first time in the Program. After returning to Korea, she developed three online English courses and concentrated on increasing cultural awareness while learning English. Currently she serves as a professor in the English Department of Seoul Women's University. Her research interests include teacher education, English writing curriculum using social network systems, and cultural content-based teaching.

Kim, Jean holds a Ph.D in Language Education from the University of British Columbia and a MA in English as a Second Language from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Since 2009, she has been teaching as a visiting professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at The Catholic University of Korea. She has extensive experience teaching ESL/EFL and language education-related courses at universities in the U.S, Canada and Korea. Her research interests include language socialization, language and identity, and the education of immigrant youth in multicultural societies. In addition to her teaching and research activities, in September 2010, she created and has since been the advisor to a student English volunteer club, "SHARE", at the Catholic University of Korea.

Kim, Yeo Sun graduated with a Bachelors degree in elementary education from Pusan National University of education. Upon graduating, she has taught English at a public elementary school in Seoul for five years. She is currently studying TESOL at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul. She presented a paper entitled “working language” during 7th CamTESOL conference in 2011. Her currently research interests include material development, teaching underachieved learners, and teacher' language and language use.

Kim, Ye-Kyoung teaches in the TESOL graduate program at Sung Kyun Kwan University (SKKU) as an adjunct instructor, where she teaches Multimedia English Teaching Methodology, English Language Testing and Assessment, and Sociolinguistics. Before joining SKKU, she was an Assistant Professor of TESOL/Instructional Technology graduate program at University of Guam (UOG), where she was recognized as "the first Korean Female Professor at UOG." During her tenure at UOG, she taught both undergraduate and graduate students from U.S., Asia, and Micronesian Islands. While teaching in the Pacific Island being close to her homeland, Korea, she determined to return to her homeland to educate Korean teachers, students and work for the community. Coming from Guam through U.S.A. to Korea, she identified those more than a decade of professional career abroad as her formative years in understanding and making meaningful connections among teaching, research, and public relations in her academic, professional career.

Kim, Geo has worked in English education for over 10 years. She has worked as a teacher, trainer, curriculum developer, and educational consultant. Currently, she travels extensively around Korea conducting educational seminars for teachers and parents. Her areas of focus include phonics, reading skills, communicative language teaching, listening, discussion, debate, writing for EFL students, and the direction of English education in Korea.

Kim, Sarah is an ELT consultant and teacher trainer at Language World. She worked with ESL learners at Storefront Orientation Services and Brentwood Nursery School in Vancouver, Canada. Prior to joining Language World, she worked as an assistant director at a language school in Korea. She has degrees in Early Childhood Education and TESOL. She is currently involved in on-line teacher training programs as well as off-site workshops.

Kim, Joohee is an education consultant / presenter at Language World. She has obtained a TESOL certificate from SMU-TESOL and a TEFL certificate from THE TEFL INSTITUTE in Bangkok.
She has many years of teaching experience and specializes in teaching young learners, including curriculum developing and teacher training. She always seeks the new ways EFL students to motivate to learn foreign languages.

Kimball, Jake has been teaching children in Korea for fifteen years, logging well over 20,000 classroom hours as a practicing teacher. As Director of Studies at ILE Academy in Daegu, the most challenging, yet satisfying, aspect of his workday is balancing educational ideals with classroom realities. His professional interests include literacy development, program evaluation, and curriculum issues. Jake facilitates the KOTESOL Young Learners & Teens Special Interest Group.

Krug, Nathan P. is an Assistant Professor at Saitama University, Japan. He has research interests spanning the fields of conversation analysis, discourse analysis and CALL. Nathan is interested in the development of tasks and approaches which make use of the computer-mediated environment, particularly in terms of guiding students to use language productively, to negotiate meaning, and to extend critical reasoning skills.

Kruger, Frans has been living and teaching in South Korea for the past five years. He is currently teaching a course in practical English skills at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He has obtained a Master of Education (TESOL) from the University of Tasmania, Australia, and will be awarded a Master Of Philosophy (African Archaeology) from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, in 2011. His research interests include the linguistic landscape, issues of globalization and TESOL, and peace and nonviolence theory.

Lander, Bruce is an English instructor at Kurume University, Fukuoka Japan, He has been teaching at the university level for 7 years and in Japan for 13. Bruce's main area of interest is Learner Autonomy and the designing of innovative projects that involve learners more in their learning. His main philosophy of teaching runs on the premise that Teachers should not teach facts and knowledge rather they should simply teach how to learn.

Lawson, Shelley has been teaching English in Germany and Korea for more than a decade. She has worked at private institutions, the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg and Munich, and currently teaches at Shinheung College University in Korea. She has taught students of all ages a range of subjects, including the British National Curriculum and preparation for German Abitur, Cambridge, BEC, TOEIC and NATO examinations. She is completing an MA in Applied Linguistics at the University of Birmingham and her areas of interest include discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, in particular matters of cultural significance which affect the learning environment.

LeBlanc, Josette (MA TESOL from The SIT Graduate Institute) is a teacher trainer in the Intensive English Teacher Training Program at Keimyung University in Daegu, which is provided for Korean private and public school EFL teachers. Here she has developed, and also teaches, the Writing Skills and Methods course, as well as Practices in Teaching. Each semester she supports, observes and gives feedback on lessons designed by her participants. She has also co-designed and taught curriculum for the month long TEE (Teaching English in English) Specialist program provided at Keimyung. The courses included in this program are Advising and Supporting Teachers, Classroom Management, and Microteaching. In her spare time, Josette facilitates and organizes a practice group focused on the conflict resolution process of Nonviolent Communication. Josette's teaching philosophy revolves around experiential learning, and the reflective process. She sees teaching as an ever-evolving practice of building and breaking down beliefs around learning and teaching. You can join the discussion about such beliefs at her reflective teaching blog, www.throwingbacktokens.com.

Lee, Nancy Shzh-chen is a new lecturer at Kyoto University, Japan. She teaches English academic writing and reading classes to university freshmen students. Nancy teaches predominatly engineering and science major students but also teaches students from other arts majors such as economics and law. She is interested in the English academic literacy of EFL students. Her research interests are EAP (English for Academic Purposes) and ESP (English for Specific Purposes) reading and writing, especially the usage of peer review in acaecmic writing. Nancy has published two papers about the usage of peer rievew in developing academic writing ability of Japanese university students. Her other research interests include student and teacher motivation, teaching methodology and material development. She is currently interested in integrating CALL components into her writing classes.
Nancy was born in Taiwan, raised in Australia and completed her grdaute studies in Japan.

Lee, Hsiang-Ni has a Ph.D. in Language Education. During her time teaching at several different institutes, she has noticed that many adult students express a great amount of frustration and disinterests in learning English. One reason, she argues, may be that Taiwan's examination-orientated curriculum has driven most language classrooms into grammar and drill practices. Similarly, she believes another reason for students' lack of interest in English learning may be caused by the often inappropriate selection of teaching materials in the language classrooms; in particular, the reading materials are sometimes either too difficult for students' current linguistic development or are made of unnatural, over-simplified language. Because it is suggested that one's literacy proficiency contributes to his/her overall language development, exposure to interesting and authentic texts is necessary for motivating L2 learners.
Based upon her own observations of the difficulties Taiwanese students are facing, Hsiang-Ni Lee has focused her attention on researching and coming up with alternative instructional approaches and materials for EFL reading. Her current interests include children's literature, family literacy, critical literacy, literature-based reading instruction and material development. In the future, she also wishes to explore the multiple possibilities of utilizing technology in language education.

Lee, Yoo Jeong is a fourth year undergraduate student at The Catholic University of Korea (CUK). She is studying Japanese Language and Literature as her first major and English Language and Culture as her second major. She has been an active member of "SHARE" since January 2011, which is a student volunteer club at CUK's School of English that works with underprivileged youth in the community. She has been serving as an officer of the club since March 2011.

Lee, Cheri has worked in the field of ELT for over 14 years, working as an EFL teacher, curriculum developer, lecturer, presenter, teacher trainer, writer, editor and columnist. She is devoted to developing quality ELT materials for EFL teachers and learners. She currently runs CETL KOREA (Center for English Teaching and Learning, Korea), the sole independent ELT materials development company in Korea. CETL is unique in that it is not a subsidiary of a publisher or private language institute. In her role at CETL, Cheri has developed diverse materials for prestigious private language schools and publishers. Her wide knowledge and abundant work experiences have allowed her to expand her professional expertise in this field.
At Western Washington University, Cheri earned her undergraduate degree in General Studies with a focus in TESOL. She was also TESOL certified at WWU and earned her ESL teaching certificate in the state of Washington. She completed her Master's degree in English Education at Yonsei Graduate School of Education including an official secondary-school English teaching certificate. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science at the Graduate School of Yonsei University in Seoul. Her research has focused on both immersion programs and EFL materials development.

Lee, Anna S Y is a researcher at ELT R&D department of Kyobo Book Centre. She has managed the development of ENation's new intermediate listening series, Listening CHEST designed for upper elementary school students. She has been in ELT education field for over 5 years and received TESOL certification in 2008.

Lucantonio, Damian is associate professor at the University of Electro-Communications, a national science university in Tokyo. He is also a part-time lecturer in the law and business faculties at Keio university, Tokyo. He has an MA in Applied Linguistics and a PhD in Language Education. He has worked in TESOL as a teacher, teacher trainer, researcher, and Director of Studies in Australia, Indonesia and Japan. He has presented and published widely in TESOL and applied linguistics throughout the Asia-Pacific region. His research interests focus on the applications of systemic functional linguistics to English language education, in particular, genre theory.

Ludwiczak, Robert has an MA in Applied Linguistics, TESL from Ohio University and over 17 years of ESL teaching experience in the US and abroad Since January 2011, he has been teaching for a Yeungjin college program at DGEV near Daegu, Korea. From August 2001 until November 2009, he was a full-time faculty member at Texas A&M University in the English Language Institute. Also, he taught at Rochester Institute of Technology's English Language Institute in Rochester N.Y. (7/98-7/2001), in Japan for Southern Illinois University's IEP (6/95-6/98), and in Korea for the Samsung Corporation's IEP (3/88-8/93). All programs prepared pre-academic learners of English for university studies, as well as other career goals. I have taught all skills and levels of pre-academic English preparation, which include elementary through advanced reading, grammar, composition, listening, oral skills, and a computer workshop.

Maeda, Joyce has taught ESL/EFL at various levels in the United States and Japan for 30 years. She is currently teaching at Tokyo International University in Kawagoe, Japan. She has a M. A. in linguistics from the University of Hiroshima. Her professional interests include pragmatic development in study abroad programs, vocabulary acquisition, and EAP writing.

Maitland el Amri, Amanda, MA ELT, Nottingham University, UK; BA Applied linguistics 1.1, University of East London, PGCE in teaching post compulsory level , UK. University of London, UK. Diploma in Counseling and Therapy, UK Diploma in Criminology. Amanda is currently teaching at Chonbuk National University, Jeonju Jellabukdo South Korea after moving from the University of East London in the U.K.
Amanda has experience of teacher training in Universities in both the UK and Korea and has ESL experience in the UK and in the Middle East, Turkey and Korea. She has several publications in the field of reading and computer talking books. In addition to this she has been published in the field of reflective diary writing for teachers. Amanda also participated in the development and design of the national literacy test for teachers developed by the teacher training agency in the UK. She has worked also writing articles for the Times Educational Supplement a news paper for teachers based in the UK. Amanda also worked recording and transcribing for the corpus of Natural Spoken Grammar created by Cambridge University Press for the use of ESL/EFL teachers and students.

Mallinder, Mark has a master's degree in TESOL and has been teaching a variety of college-level courses to Taiwanese EFL learners. He frequently incorporates music in his curriculum design hoping that students can gain a deeper appreciation for, and understanding of, English language. Additionally, reviewing current studies done in the field, he takes the position that language and culture are so closely connected that they must be taught together if educators want to ensure that EFL students receive the most effective language instruction. He also proposes that teachers can effectively bring cultural information into the classroom by using the Internet, mass media, guest speakers and culture oriented games in order to create a more enjoyable language learning experience for EFL students.
Mark Mallinder is currently a full-time instructor at National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan. His current interests include teaching culture, alternative reading instruction and using multimedia in language classrooms. He is particularly interested in investigating the effectiveness of using Youtube as an instructional tool for EFL listening and speaking courses.

Massey, Michael is an university teacher who has been working in Korea for almost 10 years. He did his masters degree in applied linguistics at the university of Birmingham with a concentration in discourse analysis and functional grammar. He is interested in developing a critical awareness of language in students that emancipate learners to think for themselves and resist predatory discourse through critical thinking skills.

Masson, Marie-Emilie is a lecturer at Kyushu Sangyo University in Fukuoka, Japan. Her research interests include learner beliefs, feedback, CALL and phonology.

Mazloomi, Siamak is a faculty member at Islamic Azad University ? Islamshahr, Tehran. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran. He has published several books and textbooks on English reading, grammar, idioms, games and activities for Iranian EFL learners.

McCloskey, Mary Lou, PhD is a former TESOL President and currently serves as the Director of Teacher Education and Curriculum Development for Educo in Atlanta. As a consultant, author, and teacher educator in the field of English language education she has worked in 32 countries and in 34 US States. Having taught at Emory, Georgia State, and the University of Memphis she has also collaborated in developing eight programs for English Learners, including On Our Way to English, Visions, and Making Connections as well as many professional texts. She also served on the TESOL Task Force to develop TESOL/NCTE Teacher Standards.

McGaughey, John MA (Applied Linguistics), is a PhD Candidate in linguistics and applied linguistics at York University, Canada. Prior to beginning his doctoral studies, he taught English at the university level in South Korea for five years. His research interests include: sociocultural theory/activity theory as applied to second/foreign language acquisition, teaching and learning; the role of the first language in second/foreign language education; bilingual/multilingual pedagogy; classroom based research focusing on classroom interaction; and computer-mediated language learning.

McKay, Shawn is an educator from Canada. He has been passionate about getting students interested in English for over 4 years through a variety of methods, including media, games, and film-making. He is currently living and residing in Chuncheon where he works at Hallym University.

McKibben, Justin is a professor at Woosong University in Daejeon. He has a B.A. in English from The Ohio State University and a Master's in Educational Leadership from Antioch University- McGregor. Justin has worked with students of all ages and in multiple countries. He is also currently the Vice-President for the DC chapter of KOTESOL.

Meyer, Douglas has been teaching EFL since 1995. After a year cutting his teeth at hagwons in Ulsan and Seoul, he moved to Japan where he has been very active in the English teaching field. He completed his M.Sc.Ed. in TESOL and is a very active member of the Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT), presenting on a number of topics of interest. Such topics include motivation and study abroad, CALL projects for high school students, the movement for educational change in Japan, as well as the overall working conditions for foreign language teachers.
He was a columnist for the Step Eiken magazine, publishing articles primarily for the Japanese English-teacher community. Along the way, he became a test examiner for Eiken, IELTS, and BULATS. This created a solid grounding in testing and language evaluation, and supplemented his experience with speaking tests in general. Presently, Douglas is looking into PhD programs in Applied Linguistics and how he might spend the next forty years of his career.

Miles, Scott is an assistant professor at Daegu Haany University. Scott has an MA in TESOL and is currently working on a doctorate degree in Applied Linguistics in language acquisition. He is the Editor of the TESOL Review journal and has published a reading course book for Macmillan publishers (Essential Reading). He is the co-chair of the Extensive Reading SIG at KOTESOL, and is a board member of the Extensive Reading Foundation and the Korea English Extensive Reading Association. His research interests include extensive reading, grammar and vocabulary acquisition.

Miller, Geoffrey has been teaching ESL/ESP/EAP writing for the past 14 years in Korea (Sook Myung Women's University & Seoul National University of Technology), Japan (Ayoyama Gakkuin University) and Qatar (Qatar University). His past research grew out of his studies at Manchester University where he focused on motivation while earning a MEd in Educational Technology. This area continued to interest him and he has focused primarily on developing student self-confidence and motivation both inside and outside of the classroom via technology. However for the past two years at Qatar University, he has taught writing courses as a part of the Core Curriculum which states as one of its primary objectives ? develop student critical thinking skills ? he has been afforded the opportunity and support to cultivate a new research direction; critical thinking and cognition in the writing classroom. This has allowed him to combine his previous studies in psychology (BA Psychology, Dalhousie University) with his experience teaching both general psychology (Dalhousie University) and educational psychology (Sook Myung Women's University) with the primary focus of his professional life; writing. This presentation here at KOTESOL 2011 marks the end of a two year project and the beginning of a new research direction.

Miller, Richard has a bachelor of arts, Masters in business, and a Masters in TESOL and a doctoral candidate. He is a lecturer in the Foreign Languages Faculty at Kansai University in Osaka, and has lived in Japan for the past 16 years. In addition to teaching, he writes a column for The Language Teacher, a JALT publication, is active in the JALT CUE SIG and an organizer for the 2011 Peace as a Global Language conference to be held in Nishinomiya, Japan. He travelled to Sado Island in October, 2010 to interview Charles Jenkins about his teaching career in North Korea. His research areas include professional development, geopolitics, content-based instruction and monetary policy.

Mills, Daniel J. works as a lecturer at Ritsumeikan University in Shiga, Japan where he instructs classes in the economics faculty. In addition, he works for several large Japanese corporation as a TOEIC and business English instructor. Daniel has worked for the past five years in Japan, in a variety of settings, teaching English as a foreign language, but started his teaching career as a martial arts instructor in Southern California. He holds a master's degree in education specializing in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Shenandoah University. Currently he is working to complete a doctorate in education (Ed.D.) specializing in Instructional Technology. Daniel's research interest include computer mediated communication, foreign language anxiety, willingness to communicate and the effect of culture on learning. In his free time he enjoys practicing karate and exploring new restaurants in Kyoto with his wife Megumi.

Min, Isabelle is a “cultural interpreter” specializing in cross-culture and communication. She spent her formative years living on five continents and speaks five languages. At TCK Institute, she combines her cross-cultural upbringing with a 25-year career that includes marketing, broadcasting, public relations, training, writing, simultaneous interpreting, and coaching.
Since 1999, Isabelle has developed and facilitated interactive workshop programs for Koreans and non-Koreans both in and out of Korea. Her cross-cultural programs are specifically tailored for Koreans working with non-Koreans and non-Koreans working with Koreans in Korea and abroad. She was invited to train and speak at the Korea Trade Association's (KOTRA) Invest Korea Foreign CEO Forums for three consecutive years, as well as the Overseas Korean Foundation (OKF), the Australian Embassy, and many of the Fortune 500 corporations, including GM, Citibank, Volvo, Samsung, Battelle, and BAT.
Her ability to interpret Korean and non-Korean cultures combined with her persuasive communication skills earned from seven years of national TV broadcasting and coach training helped her win clients' trust, which led her into several interesting long-range projects mediating and coaching through organizational conflicts in multinational corporations.
Since 2006, Isabelle has been teaching as Adjunct Professor at Seoul's Sungkyunkwan University, and in 2010, she founded the Korea Chapter of Families in Global Transition. She was a columnist for Seoul Selection's weekly e-newsletter for over a year and has published "Riding in Seoul" in English.

Morrison, Ken is an Assistant Professor of New Media & Cultural Communications at Linton Global College (Hannam University). Ken earned his Masters Degree in Instructional Design & Technology from Emporia State University in 2008 and has been teaching, living, and learning in Korea since February of 2009. He recently completed a course on participatory learning from leading technology author and Stanford professor, Howard Rheingold in April, 2011. Ken focuses his research on finding new ways to use technology to help students personalize their learning while building a more participatory classroom environment. Before his career in education, Ken was a television commercial producer and news reporter for both television and print media. He comes from a long line of teachers up and down both branches of his family tree. Ken's most rewarding teaching moments include teaching the poor children in the hill tribes of northern Thailand near the Burma border. This was part of a a Royal Project sponsored by the Queen of Thailand. You can reach Ken at on Twitter: @kenmorriosn30, or at http://www.scoop.it/t/new-media-technology.

Myhre, Duane A. lectures at Hoseo University in South Korea. He teaches undergraduate EFL communicative courses as well as English composition. Duane also dedicates a large amount of his time teaching Hi-TESOL and teacher training programs to graduate students and other academic professionals. He is currently the head lecturer for the Hoseo University gifted children program and took part in the curriculum development. Duane also coauthored the current textbook, Social Issues: International Education for the Gifted, published by Chungnam Province Ministry of Education and Hoseo University. Duane has a Masters of Education in Language and Literacy from Deakin University and specializes in the integration of language learning and new technologies. Duane has been a member of KOTESOL for four years and a technical manager for the international conference committee for the past three years and has close ties with the KOTESOL community. He has most recently served as the technical manager for the KOTESOL national conference. Most recently, Duane has been chosen to represent KOTESOL at the JALT International Conference in Japan this coming November.

Nam, Heidi Vande Voort set forth from the US to teach children in Korea 1997, planning to stay only one year. The more she taught, the more she enjoyed it, and the longer she stayed. Heidi currently teaches in the Department of English Education at Chongshin University, where she coaches English education majors in classroom English and essay writing as they prepare for student teaching and the national English teachers' exam. Heidi also teaches pronunciation and general English courses for non-English majors. She is a contributing author to Elementary School English 3, 4, 5, and 6 (Kyohaksa) and several secondary school English textbooks. Within KOTESOL, Heidi serves as a roving presenter for Korea Teacher Trainers (KTT) and facilitates KOTESOL's Christian Teachers Special Interest Group (CT SIG), a group that organizes events and on-line discussions for Christian English teachers. Heidi holds an MA TESL/TEFL from the University of Birmingham. She lives in Seoul with her husband Taek-Hyeon and their two children.

Nelson, Rocky was invited by Yeungnam University in 1996, He taught 3 years at the Department of English and was 1st VP, Taegu chapter, KoTesol in 1999.He moved to Andong National University, 1999 to 2001, and was the Academic Coordinator during his final year there.
Now teaching at Pusan University of Foreign Studies, he is the developer of several popular "intensive fluency" courses now used on campus, as well as Extensive Reading courses. His ER course has been taught continually for the College of English since 2002, and is a popular elective choice among content courses given by the International Language Experts program/ILEC department. Since 2007, Extensive Reading has been a core course for the In-service Teacher Training program (Ministry of Education) at PUFS.

Nowlan, Andrew has been an EFL instructor at Kwansei Gakuin University near Osaka, Japan for nearly 3 years. He has several years EFL teaching experience, which include positions in Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. Andrew is interested in educational issues that fall under the umbrella of cross-cultural communication. Being passionate about preparing students to play a role in the international community, he believes that through autonomous learning and a heightened interest in international issues, student can increase their intercultural competence and have a better chance of succeeding on the world stage. He has recently been involved in projects which attempt to investigate how domestic Japanese university students benefit from contact with international students. He is currently a collaborator on a JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) funded research project concerned with this field. In the past year, Andrew has spoken at language teaching conferences in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Uruguay. Among his several publications, Andrew's approach to language teaching is best outlined in “Creating a More Globally Conscious Classroom”, Language Education in Asia, Volume 1, 2010.

Otsu, Tomomi is a senior lecturer in the Japanese Language Center for International Students at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Her research interests include ordinary conversation, conversation analysis, and their implications for language teaching and learning. She is currently interested in the study of second language conversation in Japanese.

Overbeek, Leonie has worked in the fields of mineral extraction research, business startups, and departmental administrator at Stellenbosch University, before turning to languages. She holds a Masters degree in Value and Policy Studies (Communication) from Stellenbosch, and taught TEFL and TEYL courses in Cape Town, South Africa, before moving to Korea and entering the public school teaching system.

Packard, William serves as an educational consultant and international school sales representative for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt International Publishers in Asia. Having originally moved to Korea in 2002, his teaching career with elementary, adult, business, and aviation English students eventually led him into the educational publishing industry where he has worked with teachers and schools all over Asia. A native of the United States and a graduate of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, his focus is currently on developing the use of HMH school materials in markets around Asia as well as adapting new educational products and technologies to the ever-changing battleground of education in Korea.

Park, Yunjeong was born in September 23rd, 1972 in Deagu, Korea. She had lived in Daegu until she graduated high school. She didn't have many friends when she was in her puberty. She used to stay at home and prefer reading books to enjoying with friends. After graduation she moved to Seoul and apply to HUFS, Italy for major but after 2years she quit the school and moved to Kyeongin National University of Education and after 4years finally she became a elementary school teacher usally as a homeroom teacher that means could teach various subjects. She really enjoyed her job and loved children for several years but she realized that she acted in habitual behavior so she got the intensive 5months course for becoming English teachers which changed a lot her life. Now she is an English teacher in her school and attending at Dankook graduate school. She is excited her new life at new field. Teaching English is very interesting and exciting now she really want to let her students know the fun of English.

Park, Kyungnan is currently a full-time English Instructor and the coordinator of Shadowing English at the Language Center, Ewha Womans University. She taught English in universities in Hong Kong and Korea for more than 13 years while she was also actively involved in teacher training. She was a full-time English lecturer in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. As a chief of Education Department in TOSS English Franchise headquarters for 5 years, she was also at the center of developing shadowing programs which attracted more than 35,000 elementary and middle school students nationwide.
Kyungnan Park obtained BA in English Language and Literature in Ewha Womans University and M.Ed in TESOL in University of Pittsburg She has been active in giving presentations in KOTESOL workshops and conferences. Among her publications is included the article ‘Using Videos to Promote Speaking Fluency' in The English Connection, the KOTESOL magazine, in 2007.

Park, Yeon-seong has been teaching English at Chonnam National University. She majored in English literature and holds a PH. D. for a thesis on W. H. Auden. She has been a lifetime member of KOTESOL and served as a Gwangju-Jeonnam chapter membership coordinator, treasurer and president. She was awarded excellent teaching in 2007 and her co-authored book, Studies on Modern British/American War Poetry was awarded by Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2011.

Parrish, Michael has a Bachelor of Arts in English, a Master of Arts in Latin American Studies, and a graduate diploma in TESOL. His research interests include literacy, English for Professional Purposes, and student autonomy. He currently lives in Kyoto Japan.

Peloghitis, John is presently teaching as a Junior Assistant Professor in the Foreign Language Center at Tokai University in Japan. He serves on several committees that design course materials and evaluative measurements. He has been living in Japan for over nine years and plans to stay another ten. He is married and has a two-year-old daughter. He is an active member of Japan Association of Language Teachers and Japan Association of College English Teachers, and is interested second language writing, learner strategies, syllabus design, and discourse analysis. In the near future he would like to pursue a PhD in Applied Linguistics.

Pinto, Maria has been teaching English at Dongguk University, in Gyeongju, since 2006. She worked at Woosuk University in Jeonju for a year before that, and has also taught English in Mexico, El Salvador and Australia. She is working on her Doctor of Education degree, through the University of Southern Queensland.

Pollard, Andee is an alumnus of Yonsei University currently lecturing at Kangwon National University, Korea. He is the recent recipient of the Palgrave Macmillan (Australia) Award for Applied Linguistics and holds a MA (Applied Linguistics) with Distinction from Curtin University. Andee's research interests have an emphasis on the East Asian context and primarily lay in English as a Lingua Franca, second language acquisition and multilingual education. He has published articles and presented at numerous international and regional conferences on issues relating to ELF and World Englishes in the East Asian Context, as well as currently exploring Korean phonetics and Romanization. Andee is currently pursuing his PhD.

Pritchard, Tim is a lecturer at Kyushu Sangyo University in Western Japan and gained a Masters degree in TEFL from the University of Birmingham in the UK. As well as Vocabulary Acquisition, his interests also include Student Motivation, in particular how motivation is affected by students' attributions for success and failure.

Prosser, Andrew is an Assistant Professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, where he works in the Department of English Education. Mr Prosser has been working in the English language education for over 15 years and holds a Masters degree in Educational Technology and TESOL from the University of Manchester (UK), as well as the Trinity College Licentiate Diploma in TESOL. In addition, Mr Prosser is a qualified Cambridge CELTA Teacher Trainer. His research interests include corpus research and its application to the classroom, the issues surrounding the use of synchronous computer chat tools in language learning, and developing LMS platforms.

Provenzano, Christie (B.A., M.Ed.) is a Canadian TESOL practitioner living and working in Fukuoka, Japan. She is employed as one of the team members in the newly-established AEP program at Fukuoka Women's University (where the campus-wide wireless network and the requirement that all students possess a laptop computer make blogging on campus a breeze!). Christie's research interests include blogging in TESOL, extensive reading, oral communication strategies instruction and learner autonomy.

Pryor, Susan is currently at Waiariki Institute in Aotearoa New Zealand, Susan Pryor is a Literacy Consultant and Advisor. Her role is to coach and mentor lecturers, tutors and course faciliators or teachers in embedding literacy into their practice; and design DATs for embedding literacy into tertiary education programs.
Susan is also a Speech Communication Teacher with Speech New Zealand and works primarily with Korean ESOL students of all ages. Susan worked for approximately a decade in South Korea in academies, public schools and Universities - she is currently involved in a research proposal on 'Glocalisation of Indiginous Cultures and Westernisation Through English as the Lingua Franca'.
A past international conference presenter and published academic writer, her credentials and affiliations include; B.Tch/Lng (NZ), NZ Teacher Reg, NZ Speech Comm. Teacher Reg, Cert TESOL (USA) Cert TESOL Young Learners (Oxford Korea), Professor Emeritus (Korea), Member of Cambridge Professor's Club (Korea).

Rahman, Ohee is currently a co-ordinator and a teacher with the British Council in Seoul. He was a teacher in Japan for almost four years before moving to Seoul. He is currently studying M.A. in TESOL with Sunderland University; his interested includes current approaches and methodologies in TESOL; developing learner autonomy and understanding technologies to enhance language learning.

Restuningrum, Novi Rahayu is a lecturer at YARSI University and has been teaching young children, young adults, and adults. She obtained her diploma in TESOL in 2007 and joined several short courses in TEYL and others.

Rho, Yoon-ah has been teaching English for 9 years in Korea. She's especially interested in teaching English and cultures though media, such as movies and American TV dramas. In addition,she has given presentations at international and national conferences with the related theme. (e.g. The Association of Teaching English through Movies, The Society of Teaching English through Media etc.)

Richards, Heather is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. She is Programme Coordinator for the Certificate in Language Teaching to Adults (CLTA) which forms a core part of an undergraduate TESOL Minor. Her interests are in language teacher education and the practical application of research findings for teacher professional development.

Ritchie, Zane has a bachelor of arts, a Masters in Japanese history as well as a Masters in TESOL. His research interests are Content-Based Instruction, Computer Assisted Language Learning ,Task-Based & Project Based Instruction and learner autonomy as well as the geopolitics of oil. He currently lives in Japan.

Roberts, Tim joined the faculty of Dongguk University Gyeongju in 2010. He has taught at universities in South Korea a total of nine years, as well as teaching in Japan, Russia and Thailand. He holds an MA in English Literature from the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Salimi, Asgahr is a PhD in TEFl teaching at Science and Research University in Urmia, Iran. His main areas of interest are Second Language Acquisition, Syllabus Design, and specifically Focus on Form and Corrective Feedback. He has participated in several international conferences in different countries.

Sanchez, Eddie taught English in Korea for three and a half years and is currently working as assistant director of the international program at Sakae Higashi Junior / Senior High School in Saitama, Japan. He is completing his MA in TESOL at Teachers College, Columbia University. His research interests in language teaching include improvements in educational language policy and foreign / second language instruction using technology.
Eddie specializes in teaching second language speaking, reading, and writing. He has taught students as young as four and as old as eighty-seven. His students have included those from China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. His immediate goal is to finish his MA in TESOL. After receiving his MA, he will enroll in a doctoral program. Also, he is looking forward to returning to the land where he got his start in language teaching: Korea.

Schadler, Claire is a Visiting Lecturer at Nagoya University of Foreign Studies (NUFS) in Japan. She is currently in her second year of teaching at NUFS. She is responsible for teaching English to first and second-year students in the Japanese Department. Prior to working in Japan she taught in the Intensive English Program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey California where she also received her MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. She has also taught English in San Francisco, New York, Spain, and China. She received her undergraduate degree in Asian Studies from Bard College in Annandale, New York. Her main research interests include second language writing, vocabulary, and teacher education.

Seilhamer, Mark Fifer has taught English and linguistics courses at the tertiary level in Hawaii, Guam, San Francisco, Taiwan, Singapore, and Japan. He recently earned a Ph.D. from National University of Singapore with a dissertation focusing on the intersections of language, identity, and globalization in Taiwan. In addition to L2 personas and other language & identity issues, his research interests include the politics of English as a global language, language policy & planning, L2 idiom processing, construction grammar, and linguistic landscapes.

Seo, Eun Sil is an elementary school teacher in Seoul, Korea and has taught over fifteen years in EFL and ESL settings. She received a master's degree in Elementary English Education from Seoul National University of Education. In 2011 she graduated with her master's degree in Teacher Education with an ESL concentration from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She also has both TESL and TESOL certificates. In recognition of her achievements in teaching children and in supervising early career teachers, she was selected to receive fellowships for pursuing her second master degree in the U.S. by the Korea Ministry of Education and Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. In addition to her teaching in Korea, she taught in Canada, New Zealand and the U.S. Her current research interests include language teacher education and Content-Based English Instruction and Curriculum (CBEIC).

Seo, Il Young is a Master's degree candidate in the TESOL graduate program at Sung Kyun Kwan University (SKKU). He studied English and experienced a foreign culture in Canada for one year. From these educational and cultural experiences, he could immerse himself into another culture and broaden his knowledge of the world. While studying in Canada, Mr. Seo also achieved his TESOL certificate and made up his mind to continue studying the pedagogy of English in Korea. So he had joined the SKKU TESOL graduate program in Seoul, Korea and this spring semester is his last semester for his master's degree. Currently, Mr. Seo is a high school English teacher and has been teaching English for four years now. He is interested in multimedia applications and is eager to figure out how to use multimedia knowledge in teaching English to his high school students.

Serl, Brad came to South Korea in 2002. Since that time he has worked with students as young as six and as old as seventy-five. His undergraduate major is in Rhetoric and Composition from Thompson Rivers University. His M.A. is in Applied Linguistics from the University of Birmingham, and was completed in September 2010. He is currently President of the Busan-Gyeongnam chapter of KOTESOL and is a teacher trainer at Pusan University of Foreign Studies.

Sewell, Douglas has been a language teacher and teacher trainer for over 10 years in both South Korea and P.R. China. Currently he enjoys teaching in the MA TESOL programme at Dankook University in Seoul, as well as being a programme tutor for the University of Birmingham's ODL MA programs. He also examines for a number of Cambridge exams including IELTS, and the TKT Practical Exam. Douglas' areas of interest are focused on teacher training, language testing issues, and the process of self- regulation of language learning among ESL/EFL learners. Self- regulation of language learning within the Korean context is indeed central to his own current Ph.D. studies through the University of Leeds. Outside of the class and office, Douglas particularly enjoys being in the mountains as well as travelling and exploring new places.

Shaffer, David E. (PhD Linguistics) has been an educator in Korea for over three decades and is a long-time KOTESOL member. He is a professor at Chosun University teaching linguistics, teaching methodology, and skills courses in the graduate and undergraduate programs. In addition, he is a teacher trainer, graduate dissertation advisor, materials designer, and program developer. Dr. Shaffer is the author of books on learning English as well as Korean language, customs, and poetry. His present academic interests, aside from professional development, include loanwords and cognitive linguistic constructs for effective teaching techniques. Dr. Shaffer is active in numerous ELT associations in Korea and regularly presents at their conferences. As well, he is a founding member and executive officer of Asia TEFL. Within KOTESOL, he is presently Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter President, an editor of KOTESOL's various publications, and an International Conference committee member.

Shin, Eunsol is an English education MA student at Sogang graduate school of education and a general officer of KEERA (Korean English Extensive Reading Association). She has been teaching many students English and ER for about 7 years as an English tutor and organizing study group for ER which includes adult members in Ansan.

Simegn, Bitrhanu is 34 years old. He got an MA degree in TEFL from Addis Ababa University, the oldest and well known institute in the country, five years ago. Since then, he has been serving as a lecturer of English as a Foriegn Language ( EFL) in one of the country's university, Bahir Dar University. Now he is working on his PhD in EFL teacher education in Addis Ababa University.

Simpson, Monique is a Los Angeles native who always been intrigued by writing and diversity. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in Los Angeles. After receiving her Master of Professional Writing in Nonfiction, Ms. Simpson left her hometown to explore the world and write about it. She has taught English in Japan, Chile, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. She specializes in teaching writing and has taught writing workshops at universities in Costa Rica and Ecuador. She gave “Writing Made Simple for Teachers” workshops in Ecuador to help familiarize local ESL teachers with the standard English writing format. Ms. Simpson has presented at ESL conferences in Ecuador, Peru and the U.S.A. Presently, she is teaching at NamSeoul University in Seonghwan and is active in the English theatre community in South Korea. HER future plans include publishing a teacher's writing guide and earning a MA in TESOL & Creative Writing in London.

Snell, Robert has both an BA and MA in History. He has a PhD in Education, with an emphasis in TESOL, awarded by Berne University in 2001. He has taught in Korea since 1995, and is currently an Assistant Professor at Pusan University of Foreign Studies. He teaches classes in the College of English, the Dual Global Degree, Teacher Training Program and MA TESOL program. His academic interests are teacher development, content-based teaching and the use of technology in the classroom (with a special interest in Second Life). He also has a strong commitment to furthering student awareness of global issues in the classroom, and is the facilitator of the Global Issues SIG.

So, Lisa currently works at Bridge Learning (an education solution company that provides unlimited support for teachers, students and parents) as a marketing associate. She enjoys her career by supporting educators and learners to fulfill their goals with the best educational contents and materials available. She is a MEd candidate at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies studying English education, and has studied in San Diego State University for TESL/TEFL in 2009. In the past she has experienced working with a variety of people in the field of ELT as a teacher and a curriculum coordinator.

Sohn, Bora received her MA in Applied Linguistics from Teachers College, Columbia University. A variety of language learning experiences including her childhood in Germany and her major in Chinese motivated her to pursue the profession of teaching. She has been teaching English to elementary and secondary level students at Ansan and Paju English Villages. She is also the co-author and co-editor of several Juice series (Reading Juice for Kids, Speaking Juice for Kids, and Grammar Juice for Kids) published by E-public, Korea. She is currently working as a teacher trainer and curriculum developer in Gyeonggi English Village, delivering workshops to Gyeonggi province public school teachers and teachers college students on teaching English in English. Her professional interests include teacher training, reflective practice, and extensive reading. She is a member of the KOTESOL Reflective Practice SIG and recently joined the KOTESOL magazine, The English Connection editorial team as assistant editor. In her free time, she enjoys reading children's and young adult literature.

Song, Heidi is an EFL lecturer originally from London, England. She completed her Bachelors and Masters at Cambridge University in mathematics and theoretical linguistics, and her CELTA and DELTA certificates in London, at International House. She has been working as an EFL lecturer for over ten years, most of which have been in a university setting. She taught on the undergraduate EFL programme at Korea University from 2005 to 2009, and has worked at Hongik University from 2009 to the present. She is not a computer expert, but the maths and the small amount of programming that she did in her first degree gave her the confidence to start exploring the world of web design and web-based content delivery. She has been creating Joomla websites for her classes since 2007. She is passionate about helping teachers get up to speed in our media-orientated culture, and hopes that as a non-geek herself, she can help to bridge the gulf that sometimes exists between technology and EFL. Heidi lives with her husband and daughter in Jochiwon. You can see a sample of one of Heidi's Joomla-based sites at http://practicalenglish2.heidisong.net.

Song, Heejin MA (Applied Linguistics), is a PhD student in Second Language Education at OISE, University of Toronto, Canada. Her research interests include language policy and curriculum development, intercultural language education, critical pedagogy, and language teacher education.

Steyn, Melanie teaches in the English Education Department of Sunchon National University. She has a few decades of experience teaching ESL in South Africa and South Korea and is also the author of "Once Around the Sun," a novel set in South Korea.

Stubbs, Rodney is from New Zealand where he studied for his B.A. in Sociology at Massey University. He has been teaching ESL in Korea for 9 years. Rodney is presently studying for his M.A. in TESOL-MALL at Woosong University where he currently teaches.

Tanghe, Shannon is a Visiting Professor at Dankook University Graduate School's MA?TESOL program, located in Jukjeon, South Korea. She teaches graduate courses related to Teaching Speaking, World Englishes, Collaborative Teaching, Children's Literature, and Reflective Teaching through Practicum. Originally from a small town in Minnesota in the United States, Shannon Tanghe has been living and teaching in Korea for more than eleven years. She is also an ABD doctoral candidate at Indiana University of Pennsylvania's TESOL & Composition program. She is currently working on her dissertation, in the data collection stage, focusing on collaborative teaching at public schools in Korea. Shannon is interested in a growing number of research interests, with current research interests closely related to collaborative teaching, teacher education, reflective teaching, and World Englishes fields. She has been published in various journals, including TESOL Journal, International Journal of Innovation in English Language Teaching and Research, and STEM Journal and has presented at several international conferences in Korea, the United States and Cambodia. If you have any questions or would like more information on the material presented today.

Thompson, Lewis has worked as a teacher, curriculum developer, writer and editor in England, Spain and South Korea. He holds a bachelor in TESOL and a Post Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE). He was the main editor of e-future's four volume textbook series Hands on History and he has been a contributing editor on e-future's TOEFL Junior and NEAT series.

Thompson, Tim (MA TESOL) has been teaching in universities in Korea for more than ten years. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Tim is a lifetime member of KOTESOL and serves at the coordinator for KOTESOL Teacher Trainers (KTT) and the Editor-in-chief of The English Connection magazine. Tim is the CEO and co-founder of Education Anyware, an e-learning design and consulting company which creates and records simulations for language practice and testing. He is also the creator of the Teaching English at KAIST (TEAK) Podcast and the Blagonwight Twins book series which can be read for free in many languages at www.blagonwights.com. Visit Tim's professional website at www.timothyoday.com

Thorkelson, Tory S. (BA, B.Ed., M.Ed. in TESL/TEFL) is a proud Canadian who has been an active KOTESOL member since 1998 and has presented at or worked on many local and international conferences. He is a Past-President for Seoul Chapter and Immediate Past-President of KOTESOL (2008-2009) as well as an active KTT member. His 9-5 job is as an Associate Professor for Hanyang University's English Language and Literature Program. He has co-authored research studies (see ALAK Journal, December 2001& June, 2003 as well as Education International September 2004 V1-2) and a University level textbook, “World Class English”, with a team of fellow KOTESOL members. Currently, he is a Doctoral student in the Doctorate of Professional Studies program at Middlesex University in the UK. On a personal note, he married his Korean wife on July 6th, 2002 and has acted in local Drama Productions like “I Do Not Like Thee. Dr. Fell” and “A Christmas Carol ? the Comedy” for The Seoul Players ? a group he helped found in Seoul.

Vispo, Froilan is from Toronto, Canada and has taught specialties ranging from health and fitness, visual arts and information technology. He has taught English in Japan, India and Thailand. He is currently working at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education.

Vitta, Joseph has been an ESL/EFL teacher since March of 2004. He has taught in Tokyo and New York City. While in New York, Joe was a fellow in the New York City Teaching Fellows program. Since August 2007, he has been an elementary school EFL teacher in the Seoul public school system. As of September 2011, he will be an English Instructor at Sookmyung Women's University. Joe is working towards completing his MA in TESOL from Sookmyung Women's University - Graduate School of TESOL. His academic interests include incorporating internet-based technologies into the classroom and the application of theoretical backgrounds to lesson development and implementation.

Vye, Stacey is currently an Assistant Professor at the Saitama University Center for English Education and Development (CEED), which is a public university just north of Tokyo and has been teaching English in Japan for 22 years. She has been told numerous times by people of various cultures, faiths, and backgrounds that she is a true people person. She enjoys coordinating the English Resource Center at the CEED at Saitama University with her students, colleagues, and the administration. Her classroom practices are influenced by English as a second or other language, early childhood education, socio-political and economic equality, and language gains through empowerment, tutorials, and literacy. Her research interests include how it is never wrong to be oneself, have compassion for others, and how reflection and learner and teacher autonomy contribute refreshing ways of learning and getting closer to one's own identity in language education, including the connections between both.

Walter, Jeerey is a professor at Sangji University (Wonju, Gangwon Province) and Vice-President of the Gangwon Chapter of KOTESOL. He has taught English in Korea since 2004 and has also taught EFL/ESL in the United States and Japan. He holds a Masters Degree in Applied Linguistics. His areas of interest include conversation strategy, intercultural communication, and group dynamics.

Walther, Joe began his teaching career in Oregon high schools before he moved to Korea in 2001. He earned an MA in teaching from Lewis and Clark College in 1996, and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Exeter in the UK. He is concentrating his studies in the areas of writing in English as a Foreign Language. From 2005 to early 2011, he was the curriculum coordinator for the General English Program at Sookmyung Women's University. Currently he is teaching in Sookmyung's English Language and Literature department. During his time in Korea, he has taught at a hogwon, in a hospital, at the Federation of Korean Industries, at Chung Ang University, as well as courses in the YL-TESOL, the IITTP, iTESOL at Sookmyung Women's University.

Wang, Grace H. is a professor of college English at Yonsei University, Seoul. She holds an MA TEFL/TESL from the University of Birmingham, U.K. and has taught at the United Nations and top universities in Korea and Thailand. She is the author of the iEnglish® series of task-based textbooks and online tutorials (http://ienglishr.org), as well as the iEnglish® 200s series of grammar workbooks (http://ienglishr.com), both written for English for Academic Purpose learners and teachers.

Waring, Rob is Associate Professor at Notre Dame Seishin University in Okayama, Japan. He is an acknowledged expert in Extensive Reading and second language vocabulary acquisition. He has published over 40 articles and has lectured in 17 countries on foreign and second language acquisition. He has just published a set of graded readers for teenagers and a set of non-fiction graded readers with Heinle Cengage. He is a board member of the Extensive Reading Foundation. He was Co-Chair of JALT 2005.

Watson, Ken holds an MSc in Educational Science with a specialization in Lifelong Learning from the University of Surrey in the UK. He holds teaching qualifications in ESL, English, and Physical Education from the University of British Columbia in Canada. He has taught at the elementary, secondary, and tertiary levels in a wide variety of areas. His areas of interest are teaching methods, student motivation, and instructional material design. He is currently an assistant professor at the Nagoya University of Commerce and Business in Japan.

Wilkins , Simon is currently a full time lecturer at Kyushu Sangyo University in Japan. He also currently enrolled in the Doctoral program at Aston University. His research interests include the measurement and teaching of speaking and the use of technology in educational contexts.

Williams, Alonzo in an English Lecturer at Kyushu Sangyo University in Japan. He has over 15 years teaching experience in Japan and the United States. He has a Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction. Currently his research interest surround classroom feedback, vocabulay, SLA and teacher talk.

Wolfe, Hillary is a licensed administrator who has worked with students from grades K through 12, and has served as an instructional coach, intervention coordinator, and media specialist. As a classroom teacher, she created a writing curriculum for middle- and high school literacy students reading two or more years below grade level, helping her students achieve substantial gains on state exams. As an intervention coordinator, she created a peer-tutoring program that served over 1,000 students, and resulted in average weekly score improvements of 21 grade points. Ms. Wolfe also brings 10 years as a journalist covering educational issues and two years as an educational columnist to her understanding of instruction and best practices. She has written articles and made presentations for national organizations, and has served as an editor at Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education, helping to create over 40 professional development books and application products. Ms. Wolfe is currently an Academic Officer at Teacher Created Materials, where she is proud to provide professional development workshops and web-based trainings for school districts and at conferences across the United States.

Yim, Soo Ha Sue is the Coordinator of the English Program at Samsung Art and Design Institute and an Oral Examiner for most of the Cambridge ESOL examinations. Sue has been teaching university, corporate, and teacher training classes in Korea for over a decade and has presented at several domestic and international TESOL conferences.

Yogi, Minako is presently an associate professor, at the University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Education in Okinawa, Japan. She has been involved in pre-service and in-service teacher training, and course development for around 14 years. Her recent research interests are focused on teacher training and CALL. She has written and presented articles in the field of Education and Applied linguistics. In the past, she served as an assistant director of a USJF project on collaborations of English and Social Studies teachers and hosted study tours for 3 years. In addition, she was a fellow at the EWC Hawaii for a year working on research topics related to immersion and elementary English education. She also has experience working as a part-time ESL instructor in Michigan school district.

Yue, Sorrell (B.A., M.A.) is a British TESOL instructor in Fukuoka, Japan. She is a full-time instructor at Fukuoka University. Her research focuses on oral communication strategies, the use of loanwords in Japanese, second language learning styles and error analysis.

Yun, Jaewon is a lecturer in the department of English at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. She completed Ph. D. course requirements of the TESOL　department at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. She has been teaching English as a foreign language for nine years in Korea. She has a BA in French Education and an MA in English Linguistics. Her major research interests are learning strategies, SBI, and English reading,

Zimmerman, Larry has spent his entire career in education. As a former classroom teacher, Mr. Zimmerman taught at the elementary level for many years. While a classroom teacher, he wrote an environmentally friendly curriculum as part of the Education for a Sustainable Future federal grant. For the past 9 years he has been with Teacher Created Materials where he currently serves as an Academic Officer. Mr. Zimmerman is responsible for the development and implementation of both near- and long-term strategies for the educational market. In his current position, he researches and identifies educational needs in order to provide viable options and help to establish programs and professional development plans for school districts around the world. Foremost, he is a skilled presenter who provides professional development workshops and web-based trainings for school districts and conferences across the United States. Additionally, Mr. Zimmerman is a skilled grant write that has written and developed grants and school improvement programs that have earned districts millions of dollars in additional funding.