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New Reading Group Launched for Summer!
The Professional Development SIG (special interest group) is pleased to announce our first study group. This will be a reading group. Other types of study groups, including a Portfolio Development self-help discussion group, will be launched shortly.
The first reading group will undertake
Richards, Jack C. & Thomas S.C. Farrell (2005). Professional Development for Language Teachers: Strategies for Teacher Learning. Cambridge University Press.
The Preliminary schedule for the group is:
Jan 10-20. Acquire books. Read Chapter 1 (The nature of teacher education).
See more about the...
By Webeditor_Sig Professional Development on June 10, 2013 - 7:36pm | 0 Comments | Professional Development |Read more
Gyonggi-Yongin Chapter Officers
From June 3, 2013 until June 8, 2013, Yongin chapter members voted for their chapter officers through Survey Monkey and in the Saturday workshop at Kangnam University in Yongin.
Here are the results:
President: David Kim
First Vice-President: Robert Kim
Second Vice-President: Martin Todd
Treasurer: Sean O' Connor
Secretary: Doria Garms-Sotelo
On behalf of the chapter, the officers will work very hard to assist our members and KOTESOL to provide outstanding professional development and networking for a whole range of English teachers who are...
By Webeditor Yongin on June 9, 2013 - 12:19pm | 0 Comments | Yongin-Gyeonggi |Read moreOfficial Site for the June 8, 2013 Yongin Chapter Workshop and Post Workshop Barbecue
The June 8, 2013 Yongin Chapter Workshop, Memorable Vocabulary Teaching and Learning, which will be presented by Jessica Magnusson, will be held in the Insakwon Building in Room 219 at Kangnam University in Yongin from 1PM to 3PM. Also, after the workshop there will be a barbecue as advertised from the Yongin Chapter flyers!
We look forward to see you this Saturday!
By Webeditor Yongin on June 3, 2013 - 1:02pm | 0 Comments | Yongin-Gyeonggi |Read moreInternational Conference Call for Proposals EXTENDED
The deadline for proposals to present at the 2013 KoreaTESOL International Conference has been extended!
Submissions are now due 23 June 2013.
Information on submitting a proposal and the submission form can be found here: http://koreatesol.org/content/call-proposals
By Webeditor International Conference on May 27, 2013 - 12:48pm | 0 Comments | KOTESOL International Conference 2013 |Read more2013 International Conference Registration Fees Announced
Registration fees for the 2013 KoreaTESOL International Conference (12-13 October 2013) are as follows:
Pre-registration
40,000 Members
50,000 Presenters
65,000 Non-members
25,000 Students (undergraduates only)
55,000 Group (5 or more; non-members)
Onsite Registration
50,000 Members
75,000 Non-members
30,000 Students (undergraduates only)
Information on pre-registration etc. to follow
... By Webeditor International Conference on May 24, 2013 - 11:58am | 0 Comments | KOTESOL International Conference 2013 |Read morenc2013 Program Book available
The full-version program book -- the same document you receive at KOTESOL's National Conference in Cheongju May 25 2013 -- is now available online.
By Webeditor National Conference on May 24, 2013 - 10:20am | 0 Comments | Korea TESOL National Conference 2013 |Read moreOfficial Site of Saturday's, May 11, 2013 Gyonggi-Yongin Chapter Workshop
This Staurday's Gyeonggi-Yongin Chapter workshop Understanding Teenagers, which will be presented by Leonie Overbeek, will be held in the Insakwon Building in Room 219 at Kangnam University in Yongin from 1PM to 3PM.
We look forward to seeing you this Saturday!
By Webeditor Yongin on May 5, 2013 - 5:16pm | 0 Comments | Yongin-Gyeonggi |Read moreMore Information About Subway and Yongin Everline Train Access to Kangnam University
The newly arrived Yongin Everline Train is now open and has access with a station at Kangnam University.
If you are traveling from within Yongin, it is even ideal if you choose not to take a bus to Kangnam University. From any station within the train line, you can get off at the Kangnam University Station and get off at exit 1 or exit 2 If you are traveling from Seongnam, Bundang, Suwon, and Seoul, you can take the yellow Bundang Subway line and get off at Giheung Station. Then go to exit 4 and take the Yongin Everline Train. The very next stop is the Kangnam University Station,... By Webeditor Yongin on April 29, 2013 - 9:24pm | 0 Comments | |Read moreInternational Prize for Unpublished Literature Open: Proverse
Interested in being published in literature? The Proverse Prize for literature may be of interest to you.
The international Proverse Prize for unpublished fiction, non-fiction and poetry (founded by Verner & Gillian Bickley, co-founders of the publishing house Proverse Hong Kong) is already open for entry for the 2013 competition. The Entry Documents are available below. This may be an opportunity of interest to English teachers, their students, their colleagues or friends.
As Prize Administrators and Publishers, Proverse remains independent, with a focus on...
Invitation to Contribute: new KOTESOL Handbook 2013
In 1999 KOTESOL published a collection of information on living and working in Korea as well as practical ideas for teachers in Korean classrooms. The original version can be found here: http://www.koreatesol.org/content/kotesol-handbook
KOTESOL is very happy to announce that it is updating the handbook and eliciting submissions from members.
What we need
Ideas! We invite members to submit
Research Collaboration Request Form
If you are interested in collaborating on a research project, either locally in South Korea or with other international members, please use the attached template for your request.
Also included is a list of various international TESL organizations that are also willing to participate in research collaboration and the respective contact methods.
The most active boards for our members is on Facebook. At of the time of this post, there were over 1500 people in the group. Should you not have a Facebook account, please email me your completed template and I would be happy to...
By Webeditor_Sig Research on April 14, 2013 - 6:27pm | 0 Comments | Research |Read moreKOTESOL Research Grants available
KOTESOL is proud to support the efforts of its members by offering two types of research grants through the Research Committee.
This year, we will offer up to four “Research Paper Grants,” and up to five “Conference Presentation Grants.”
a. Research Paper GrantsResearch Paper Grants are offered for the purpose of stimulating new research, especially by beginning researchers, of high quality and worthy of appearing in the Korea TESOL Journal. For 2013, funds are available for four research paper grants of up to 500,000 won each for independent research. (This grant includes...
By Webeditor National on April 9, 2013 - 1:37pm | 0 Comments | |Read moreOfficial Site of Saturday's, April 13, 2012 Gyonggi-Yongin Chapter Workshop
This Saturday's classroom management, which will be hosted by Amanda Maitland, will be held in the Insakwon Building in Room 219 from 1PM to 3PM at Kangnam University.
By Webeditor Yongin on April 8, 2013 - 9:39pm | 0 Comments | Yongin-Gyeonggi |Read moreTESOL ERSIG and the Seoul 2013 World Congress in Extensive Reading
The event of the year in Korea for extensive reading will be the Seoul 2013 World Congress in Extensive Reading. It will be held in Yonsei University September 13-15th and is being hosted by KEERA and KAFLE.
The KOTESOL ERSIG is currently exploring ways to have a role in the event. Some tentative plans include:
Hosting a presentation Staffing a booth to promote the ERSIG Working with publishers on a 'book-look' event to promote the practice of ER with parents and their children.We are open to ideas and, as always, people willing to volunteer a little time to help us with...
By Webeditor_Sig Extensive Reading on April 4, 2013 - 7:47pm | 0 Comments | Extensive Reading |Read moreVarious Travel Routes to the Saturday, April 13, 2013 Gyonggi-Yongin Workshop at Kangnam University
For those of you who are attending this coming Saturday's Gyonggi-Yongin workshop at Kangnam University, there are multiple ways you can get to Kangnam University.
From Suwon Station, go from exit 1 or exit 2, take bus 66 or 66-4 from Suwon Station Bus Stop 1 or bus 10 from Suwon Station Stop 2. Please arrive between 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM at the station area.
From Yongin Bus Station, there are the following buses that you can take from Icheon (Bus 12), Anseong (Bus 11), and Gwangju (Gyonggido) (Bus 9). Then take bus 10 to Kangnam University Entrance or a cab to the front...
By Webeditor Yongin on April 1, 2013 - 9:10pm | 0 Comments | |Read moreTEC and TEC News Spring 2013 Now Available !!!
The Spring 2013 issues of The English Connection (TEC) and TEC News are now available for download by current member of KOTESOL.
Access The English Connection from http://koreatesol.org/content/english-connection-tecv17n1-spring-2013
and TEC News at http://koreatesol.org/content/tecnews-v3n1-2013spring
The print edition of The English Connection is at press now.
(The reprinted winter issue of The English Connection has been sent.)
By Webeditor Publications on March 28, 2013 - 12:00am | 0 Comments | TEC News |Read moreNational Conference 2013: Latest News
Korea TESOL National Conference 2013 Developing Professionally: Plug-and-Play SLA Pedagogy
May 25th & 26th, 2013
Korea National University of Education
This...
By B.T. Stoakley on March 17, 2013 - 12:15pm | 0 Comments | Korea TESOL National Conference 2013 |Read moreSpring into Conferences!
..... UPDATED!
Spring is just around the corner, and so are KOTESOL Spring Conferences!
March 9: Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter Conference -- with Reflective Practice SIG
Chosun University (Gwangju)
http://koreatesol.org/content/gwangju-jeonnam-kotesol-2013-annual-confer...
March 30: Seoul Chapter Conference
Sookmyung Women's University TESOL Center (Seoul)
http://koreatesol.org/content/seoul-kotesol-conference-2013-0
April 20: Jeonju-North Jeolla Chapter Regional Conference
Geunyoung Girls High School (Jeonju)
http://...
International Conference 2013 Call for Proposals
Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
The KOTESOL 2013 International Conference is a forum for educators to share their ideas, innovations, experience, and research findings in English language teaching (ELT). This year, the Conference will be exploring the actual and the desired roles of classroom practice in informing ELT and SLA theory. This is reflected in the Conference theme:
Exploring the Road Less Traveled: From Practice to Theory
Find the call for proposals and submissions webform here.
The .pdf version of the Call for Proposals is also available...
By Webeditor International Conference on March 13, 2013 - 11:16am | 0 Comments | KOTESOL International Conference 2013 |Read moreCorrection on the Yongin Chapter's April Workshop
People who received a Yongin-Gyeonggi brochure should be aware that the April workshop is scheduled for April 13th instead of April 11th. All Yongin chapter workshops are on the second Saturday of each month unless notified of any changes.
By Webeditor Yongin on March 12, 2013 - 8:26pm | 0 Comments | Yongin-Gyeonggi |Read moreJeju Chapter News
The Jeju Chapter welcomes two new office holders to the Executive team, Mr Alister Martin, Events Co-ordinator and Ms Alexis Oesterle, Membership Officer. Alister is from New Zealand and Alexis is from the USA. Alister has already organized a casual member meet up for lunch on Saturday 9 March in Jeju Si. We are looking forward to their fresh ideas, energy and persuasive abilities to up our membership numbers and make sure we are all well fed!
On the events front, the Jeju Chapter Executive has been in full swing preparing for it's first event of the year on...
Program Books from past KOTESOL International Conferences now available
Program Books (which you picked up at the conference venue) from recent KOTESOL International Coniferences are now available to download.
The Extended Summaries section includes short-length papers suitable for scholarly citation.
You may use the abstracts for various types of comparative research.
http://koreatesol.org/IntConProgramBooks
By Webeditor Publications on March 2, 2013 - 4:12pm | 0 Comments | |Read moreTEC Print Error - "Remail" forthcoming
To all KOTESOL members,
In our current (winter) issue of The English Connection, there were numerous print production errors that make it unreadable. These errors were of a technical nature and were not detected and corrected by our printing shop in time. They will have to reprint and reship all the issues to you, our members, at their expense. On behalf of myself, and the staff of TEC, we apologize for any inconvenience this causes. We realize that TEC is an important membership benefit, and we are tryingour best to make sure it goes out to you.
In the meantime, please enjoy...
By Webeditor Publications on January 15, 2013 - 1:18pm | 0 Comments | The English Connection (TEC) |Read moreMeet the 2013 KOTESOL Web Editor Team
2013 KOTESOL Web Training
The webmasters for the regional KOTESOL chapters joined the Leadership Retreat (LR) on Sunday, 13th January (hosted at Korea National University of Education - 한국교원대학교 in Cheongwon) for intensive training in using all the features of the new KOTESOL website, www.koreatesol.org.
The web developer, Sean Barber, flew in from the USA to lead the training in person, assisted by John Phillips (Tech Chair) and facilitated by Bryan Stoakley (Webservices Chair).
Armed with the necessary tools and talent, your regional KOTESOL webmasters are ready to...
By Web Team on January 13, 2013 - 11:01pm | 0 Comments | |Read moreThe English Connection and TEC News December 2012 Now Available!
The December issues of The English Connection (TEC) and TEC News are now available online.
All can view TEC News, the companion to The English Connection.
Only current members who login to the website can access the current issue of The English Connection.
Access these from Publications section of the "Black Bar" pulldown menu at the top of all website pages.
By Webeditor Publications on December 28, 2012 - 7:11pm | 0 Comments | |Read more2013 Jeju Chapter Executive
Kia Ora!
The Jeju Chapter Executive for 2013:
President - Marlene Wilkinson, Jeju Si
Vice President - Erin Williams, Seogwipo Si
Treasurer - Christina Geiman, Seogwipo Si
Membership & Publicity - Jessie Dishaw, Jeju Si
Membership & Publicity - Cynthia Loiselle, Jeju Si
Webmaster - Darren Foley, Seogwipo Si
Looking forward to a successful year! Contact us anytime: jejuchapter@gmail.com
By Webeditor Jeju on December 28, 2012 - 11:13am | 0 Comments | Jeju |Read moreKOTESOL Proceedings 2011 Available Online. Order Hardcopies!
KOTESOL Proceedings 2011 is now available online to the KOTESOL membership. KOTESOL Proceedings 2011 is a compilation of 27 research papers and 3 workshop reports of presentations made at the KOTESOL 2011 International Conference.
Members may access and download the online file by logging in to their account and going to the KOTESOL Proceedings webpage: http://koreatesol.org/content/kotesol-proceedings
There are a limited number of hardcopies of Proceedings 2011 also available for those members who prefer a hardcopy for their research and reading. For a member to obtain a...
By Webeditor National on December 26, 2012 - 6:47pm | 0 Comments | |Read moreReclaim Your KOTESOL Web Account
The KOTESOL Site is up and it is time to reclaim your KOTESOL web accounts.
The ultra short Version:
1. Go to the KOTESOL home page and click on "Sign in"
2. Click on the "Request New Password" Tab and go through the process using your account e-mail address.
3. Change your password and add/change the other information on the profile edit page as necessary.
4. Click "Save" at the bottom of the page.
5. You may now renew your membership and/or purchase a conference attendance.
6. Refer back to this page or contact me directly if you have...
Video - Neil Anderson - Featured Speaker Introduction for KOTESOL Conference
Neil Anderson, Featured Speaker for the 2012 KOTESOL International Conference Introduces some of his topic and invites all English teachers and students to attend the conference.
By Webeditor International Conference on October 13, 2012 - 7:42pm | 0 Comments | KOTESOL International Conference 2012 |Read moreTEC NEWS Autumn 2012 Now Available !!!
TEC News for Autumn 2012, the companion to The English Connection (TEC) is now available !
http://koreatesol.org/content/tecnews-v2n3-2012autumn