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Jeonju North Jeolla Election Results & December Monthly Workshops

Given the festive season and holidays, this month’s workshop for the Jeonju-North Jeolla Chapter of KOTSEOL decided to focus on celebration and joy.

The first workshop was lead by long-time KOTESOL member, executive member, and faculty member at Jeonju University Ingrid Zwaal. Recognizing the difficulty of getting students engaged at this time of year, Ingrid brought a wide variety of activities that can be used in the classroom to get through these last couple weeks of the year. Providing differentiated activities, Ingrid then led us all on a card-making activity...

Yongin Chapter's Year-End Workshop

Our last meeting of the year brought together 19 participants at Myongji University's Yongin Campus for a dynamic afternoon of learning, connecting, and planning. The event began with the lively introduction by our esteemed MC, Greg Lewis, who welcomed the audience with enthusiasm. Joe Greenwood and Nick Caballero then set the tone with a captivating presentation, skillfully demystifying the intricacies of academic publishing. The audience actively engaged, posing excellent questions and fostering a dynamic exchange of ideas.
André Jacobs announced the refounding of a special...

# Love KOTESOL social media campaign

Share your love for KOTESOL, join our #SocialMedia campaign.

Our new imagery appears across various KOTESOL social media accounts - grab, share, create your own!

More imagery will follow (see below).

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Membership Perk: Discount on NELTA2024

KOTESOL members get a 50% discount on registration for the 2024 NELTA International Conference, hosted by our newest international partner, the Nepal English Language Teachers' Association (NELTA)​! That's up to $100 in savings.

The 28th NELTA International Conference 2024
February 17-19, 2024
Rethinking ELT in Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Innovation
Lalitpur, Nepal

Note: Early bird registration closes on December 31, 2023.

Tag! You're It! (Share KOTESOL in Your Socials With These Hashtags)

KOTESOL has helped so many of us in different ways. As a new member, I wish I had known more about the benefits of this organization sooner!  The national Publicity Committee would like to get the word out to a wider audience on all social media platforms using the hashtags #igotitfromKOTESOL and #teachershelpingteachers. This new marketing campaign is a way to reach different communities that may not be represented by our current active membership. Everyone has different interests and communities, so these hashtags can be a way to infiltrate those various bubbles by people who are already...

DCC End of Year Dinner

Celebrate the end of the year with the DCC! We’ll have dinner as well as a gift exchange. 

Sunday, December 17th, 2023 @ 5PM
Celebrate the end of 2023 with the DCC! We'll have dinner at 5PM at Ashley's Restaurant in Eunhang Dong, Daejeon.  We'll also have an optional gift exchange as well (under W10,000). Please fill out this form if you can make it so we can make a reservation. 
Please email if you have any questions!

dcckotesol@gmail.com

Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter Elections 2023

Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL chapter elections will take place at our chapter meeting on December 9, 2023.

There are three positions up for election:

This year's chapter elections officer is Jocelyn Wright, who can be reached by email at jocelynmnu at yahoo.com

Any current chapter member may nominate one person, including themselves, for each position. Candidates for chapter vice president or treasurer must have been chapter members for at least three months prior to nomination, and candidates for president must have been...

Service Awards Presented at 2023 Annual Business Meeting

At the conclusion of Korea TESOL's Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday, November 1, President Lindsay Herron recognized a variety of volunteers for their exceptional service to the organization between November 2022 and October 2023.

The following awards were announced:

Recognitions for Service

Busan-Gyeongnam is looking for leaders for 2023-2024

See attached PDF for officer position duties.  Fill out the application AND send the following information in an email to bgkotesolpres@gmail.com:

Remember to VOTE

Have you voted in Korea TESOL's 2023 national elections? If you haven't, no worries, there is still time. If you haven't cast your ballot yet, you should have received an email reminder on Tuesday, October 17 (KST). Your invitation to vote was sent out on October 8 and contains the link to your online ballot. It should be in your email inbox at the address that you provided KOTESOL in your KOTESOL profile. If you can't find the email in your inbox, check your spam folder. If all else fails, contact elections@koreatesol.org

Voting ends October 29, but don't wait and forget later --...

Inquiries in AI & Globalization - JNJ KOTESOL, September workshop.

Each month our workshop brings educators from around Korea to share their passion and expertise with us on the most pressing issues. In September Dennis Laffey and Silayan Casiño came to talk about AI and globalization.

Dennis Laffey’s presentation, titled “There Is No Fate but What We Make: Language Education in the Age of Generative AI,” was an opening inquiry into a new and crucial topic. Beginning from the premise that generative AI is “very much artificial, but not yet really intelligent,” he provided some key background on what generative AI is. Broadly put, generative AI is a...

Korea TESOL Journal 19-1 Online Now

The most recent issue of the Korea TESOL Journal (KTJ 19-1) is now available online for your professional reading enjoyment. In addition to a paper authored by Professor Emeritus William Littlewood, a pioneer in communicative language teaching (CLT), there are four additional research papers, three brief reports, and three book reviews (see Table of Contents below).

Members can view the table of contents and download a copy: HERE. (Remember to log in first.)

If you are not yet a KOTESOL member, you can enjoy a complimentary paper (the William Littlewood paper) HERE.
And...

DCC October Workshop (ONLINE)

Presenter: Nicki L. Gerstner
Date and Time: Wednesday October 18th, 7-8pm (please note the earlier start time)
Title: Global Citizenship Education in Korean Higher Education: moving beyond transformative calls to praxes

Abstract: As the call for higher education to produce global citizens becomes increasingly necessary in our cross-culturally interconnected world, it is important and relevant to continuously and critically question what kind of global citizens institutions of higher education are fostering. Many higher education institutions and educators are...