This year, we are in inaugurating a series of workshops designed specifically for new teachers. These workshops will introduce the basic concepts of ELT which lie behind good classroom practices and expose the attendees to select, real, useful classroom activities.
This year, we have “101 Sessions” on:
- Basic concepts behind language learning and teaching
- Co-teaching in the Korean schools
- Teaching “English Conversation”
- Teaching Young and Very Young Learners
- On-line resources for teachers and students

At a colloquium, five to eight presenters will discuss their ideas and research into one topic. This year’s colloquia include Extensive Reading and Vocabulary: always popular and important topics for teachers.

...AS IT RELATES TO CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES / APPROACHES (A Hybrid approach)
- These sessions present and discuss a classroom technique or techniques.
- They include discussion of the theoretical bases of the classroom activity and are based on some research.
- This session may include some demonstration or attendee experience, but it is more for analysis and discussion.

Panels are also new this year and we have two on the schedule. A panel discussion involves three to five people talking together about one topic important to ELT. Audience participation and comments are welcome.

- Poster presentations can address any of the research, topics, classroom techniques or issues the other sessions can address, but in a more informal setting. You can easily discuss the poster with the presenter. Each display will be up for two hours.

- This is a report on original research.
- Typically, this includes minimal discussion of classroom application.

- A workshop or demonstration is intended to involve more experience or audience participation.
- Typically, a workshop involves minimal discussion of theoretical background or research results.
- Attendees should develop skills, materials or knowledge applicable to their classroom settings.