The English Connection (TEC 26-3) Autumn 2022

The English Connection (TEC 26-3) Autumn 2022

In This Issue... 

4  Editorial
A Rule of Thumb
— by Dr. Andrew White

5  President's Message
The (Not Quite) A to Z of Getting More Involved with KOTESOL
— by Bryan Hale

6 Motivation: Every Educator’s White Whale
— by KC Washington

9 Cultural Bias in ESL Coursebooks and Assessment
— by George Loetter

12 A Speaking Fluency-Focused Curriculum
— by Christopher Tempest

15 Exploration of Linguistic Landscapes and Implications 
for Building Intercultural Competence in ELT
— by Hazem Osman, Sun Young Park, and Kara Mac Donald

19 Why Student Conversations Are So Formulaic and 
What Teachers Can Do About It
— by Cameron Romney and John Campbell-Larsen

23 Creating Activities and Publishing Teacher Resources: 
An Interview with Hall Houston

KOTESOL News and Happenings

26 Member Spotlight
John Breckenfeld

Regular Columns

28 The Classroom Connection
Dogme & I
— by Peter Thwaites

30 The Brain Connection
Why Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) Trains the Brain in a Unique Way
— by Dr. Curtis Kelly