Tammy Gregersen

Tammy Gregersen - Featured Speaker @ KOTESOL 2022

Featured Session

A Research-Based, Practical Exploration of Language Teacher Wellbeing

Although language teacher wellbeing is multidimensional, its elements are dynamically interconnected with all being necessary for thriving personally and professionally. This presentation will explore finding balance in our minds, bodies, emotions, motivations, relationships and the workplace in the present and the future. Research-based and practical, the concepts and activities presented will equip teachers to make choices from a variety of mediations that are most aligned with their own individual circumstances at home and in the classroom. 

Time: Saturday (April 30) 5:00 p.m. KST (50 min., Synchronous)

  Biosketch

Tammy Gregersen, a professor of TESOL at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, received her MA in education and PhD in linguistics in Chile. First and foremost, though, she is a teacher. She is co-author, with Sarah Mercer, on the new Oxford title, Teacher Wellbeing (2020), and with Peter MacIntyre, on Capitalizing on Language Learner Individuality and Optimizing Language Learners’ Nonverbal Communication in the Language Classroom. Dr. Gregersen is also a co-editor with Peter and Sarah of Positive Psychology in SLA and Innovations in Language Teacher Education. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and contributed numerous chapters in applied linguistics anthologies on individual differences, teacher education, language teaching methodology, positive psychology, and nonverbal communication in language classrooms. She is passionate about exploring other cultures and has enjoyed the opportunities presented by participation in international conferences around the world. 

Select Sites
American University of Sharjah: Dr. Tammy Gregersen
Tammy Gregersen interview with The English Connection (Spring, 2022)
Academia.edu: Tammy Gregersen 

Recent Book

  Teacher Wellbeing, By Sarah Mercer and Tammy Gregersen (OUP, 2020)

 Korea TESOL and the International Conference Committee wish to thank Oxford University Press for sponsoring Tammy Gregersen's participation in KOTESOL 2022.

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