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Awards Presented at the 2026 International Conference

If you missed the opening ceremony of the 33rd Korea TESOL International Conference on May 16, you missed the announcement of several important awards. This year's awards and awardees are as follows:

The Korea TESOL Patron Award
Dr. Curtis Kelly
Kansai University, Japan (professor emeritus)

The Thomas Farrell / Korea TESOL Reflective Language Teacher Award
Bryan Hale 
Jeonnam Foreign Language High School, Korea

The Korea TESOL Journal Research Paper of the Year Award
Jack Arkell (Soonchunhyang University, Korea)
Korean Undergraduates’ Views on Foreign Language Anxiety: Causes and Solutions

The KOTESOL Proceedings Best Paper Award
Robert Remmerswaal (Sojo University, Japan)
Repeating a Common Language Model Virtual Exchange

The English Connection Article of the Year Award
Rebecca Bae (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)
Turning Things Around: Generative AI in the Writing Classroom