Welcome
The role of KOTESOL is to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with teaching and learning of English in Korea.
Be part of KOTESOL
All English teachers or English-based businesses, of any level or nationality, are eligible to join KOTESOL. Find out more at www.koreatesol.org/join-kotesol
News
TEC - The Summer 2025 Issue Now Online
A brand-new issue of The English Connection, the Summer issue, is now waiting to make a connection with you -- from multimodality and the multicultural to the writing classroom and teaching speaking; from routines and pair/group work to AI and enmeshment. Take a look at the entire table of contents below.
By Webeditor Publications on June 2, 2025 - 1:28am | The English Connection (TEC) | Read moreKOTESOL Awards Presented
At the opening ceremony of the 2025 Korea TESOL International Conference on May 10, the following three awards for articles/papers in KOTESOL publications were presented:
Korea TESOL Research Paper of the Year Award (Korea TESOL Journal) -- Maria Teresa Martinez Garcia
By Webeditor Publications on May 31, 2025 - 1:30am | Publications | Read moreRepresent KOTESOL at the PALT 2025 International Conference
PALT 2025 International Conference & 65th Founding Anniversary Upskilling and Upscaling: Moving up with the 8Ms of Language TeachingNovember 27–29, 2025
University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
https://www.paltphilippines.com By Webeditor Outreach on May 21, 2025 - 8:28am | International Outreach Committee (IOC) | Read more
Welcome to the Chat GPT Jungle - JNJ meeting, April 5
Jeonju North Jeolla’s meeting on April 5th brought us a full house and a request to watch our presenters Aaron Snowberger and Eve Kim, remotely, so Facebook live was used to broadcast to the world.
By Webeditor Jeonju on May 20, 2025 - 7:57pm | Jeonju-North Jeolla | Read more#Marketplace @ KOTESOL 2025
The new #Marketplace at the KOTESOL 2025 International Conference features art, handmade goods, treats, and displays from small (and not-so-small) businesses. We hope you’ll take a moment to browse, support their work, and enjoy this special addition to this year's conference! Find us on your way to the KOTESOL Café!
Find banners and links to all our displays!
By Robert Dickey on May 2, 2025 - 1:50pm | Media (Resources for) | Read moreRepresent KOTESOL at the 33rd MELTA International Conference 2025
The International Outreach Committee is looking for a representative to travel to Selangor next to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the upcoming 33rd MELTA International Conference this September!
33rd MELTA International Conference 2025September 13-14, 2025
Brickfields Asia College, Selangor, Malaysia
HAN - The Spring 2025 Issue Now Online
With this Spring 2025 issue, the Korea TESOL Happenings and News (HAN) is beginning its second year of publication. In this issue, find out what KOTESOL members have been doing, what chapters and SIGs have been organizing, and what KOTESOL's national committees have been offering.
By Webeditor Publications on April 6, 2025 - 4:36pm | Happenings and News | Read moreMarch JNJ Workshop Recap: Teaching English through Music and Culture
March 8th was our first workshop of the year. Natalie Thibault kicked things off with suggestions on how to use pop music beyond filling in the gaps. She brought some music to help us, with the Beatles’ “Penny Lane” and Taylor Swift’s video “You Belong with Me”. Some of the suggestions were vocabulary building, listening comprehension, pronunciation, multiple learning styles, cultural understanding, critical thinking and more, plus my favorite, singing along.
By Webeditor Jeonju on March 31, 2025 - 2:04pm | Jeonju-North Jeolla | Read moreRepresent KOTESOL in Hong Kong!
The International Outreach Committee is looking for a representative to travel to Hong Kong for the upcoming Hong Kong Association of Applied Linguistics conference this July!
By Webeditor Outreach on March 18, 2025 - 9:01pm | International Outreach Committee (IOC) | Read moreTEC - The Spring 2025 Issue Now Online
The Spring International Conference may be coming soon, but the pre-conference edition of The English Connection is here now! In addition to an introduction to the conference by the conference chair, this issue includes a whopping seven articles by our invited speakers to the conference and interviews with another three speakers!
By Webeditor Publications on March 1, 2025 - 12:01am | The English Connection (TEC) | Read more