Presenters

2. Dick Allwright - Plenary Speaker (IC2013)

Dick Allwright is one of the most influential applied linguists in the field. His main areas of interest bridge theoretical and practical concerns in the area of language education. An early enthusiast for observational classroom research, Dr. Allwright is more recently the originator of the innovative and increasingly influential pedagogical movement called Exploratory Practice (EP). His work has always been closely connected to the actual language classroom and has probed the intricacies of interaction, relationships of control, and the interface between teaching and...

4. Willy A. Renandya - Featured Speaker (IC2013)

Willy A. Renandya is a Senior Lecturer at the ELL Department, National Institute of Education, Singapore. Prior to his current  position, he taught at SEAMEO RELC, Singapore, where he also served as Head of the Department of Language Education and Research. He has taught in many parts of Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. He is a frequent speaker at language conferences in the Asian region.

He holds an MA in TESL and a PhD in Educational Psychology. His teaching and research interests include second and foreign language...

6. Jihyeon Jeon - Featured Speaker (IC2013)

Jihyeon Jeon is currently serves as Chair of the Dept. of International Office Administration, School of Business, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul. She has provided an integrated view on language teaching in numerous articles and presentations. Dr. Jeon’s keen interest comes from her diverse background, studying post-modern philosophy, and second language and culture education; working in EFL education and KFL education; teaching English majors and Business majors; serving as a Secretary General for KATE (within Korea) and Asia TEFL (internationally); and experiencing EFL...

8. Curtis Kelly - Featured Speaker (IC2013)

Curtis Kelly (EdD), is a popular speaker and writer as well as Professor of English at Kansai University in Japan. He has spent most of his life developing learner-centered approaches for “3L” English students, students with low ability, low confidence, and low motivation. Dr. Kelly believes that learners should be pulled into English study rather than pushed. He has written over 30 books, including Significant Scribbles (Longman), Active Skills for Communication (Cengage), and Writing from Within (Cambridge). He has also made over 300 presentations on adult education,...

* Plenary: Jack C. Richards

1:00 Onnuri Hall

**(Updated topic)**

Language teaching has often been a melting pot for a variety of assumptions and beliefs about what language is and how it can best be learned and taught. Some of these assumptions are based on folklore, and others reflect discarded theories and viewpoints about language teaching and learning. While some of the ideas we encounter in the language teaching market may be relatively harmless, others can have a negative impact on approaches both to language teaching as well as to the professional...

01. National President

Dr. David E. Shaffer is an early member of Korea TESOL and a long-term resident of Gwangju, where his career has been as a professor on the English Department faculty at Chosun University. He holds a PhD in Linguistics (theoretical) but has done much of his more recent research in applied linguistics and SLA, as well as in TESOL, in which he holds advanced certificates. In addition to research papers, Dr. Shaffer’s writings include books and articles on English teaching and learning as well as Korean language, culture, and poetry. Over the years, Dr. Shaffer has served as KOTESOL national...

01. President

Lindsay Herron was first vice-president of KOTESOL before becoming president in 2015. She has been on the International Conference Committee since 2012, serving as Registration Chair for the 2013-2015 conferences. She has been chair of the Membership Committee since 2014 and is also the Gwangju-Jeonnam chapter treasurer. She arrived in Korea in 2005, and has been teaching at Gwangju National University of Education since 2008. Email: president@koreatesol.org

02. First Vice-President

Mike Peacock is originally from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He has been living in the Daejeon area for 21 years. Mike has been teaching English at Woosong University's Culinary Arts Department for the past 15 years and is currently in my 17th year at Woosong. He has previously served the Daejeon Chapter as 2nd VP, 1st VP, and is currently serving his 10th year as chapter president.  

03. Second Vice-President

Wesley Martin has been living in South Korea off and on for more than five years, and he is currently teaching at a private academy (hagwon). He also has experience teaching ESL and linguistics to a variety of backgrounds at the university level. He has studied several languages, including Spanish and Korean, and is most interested in teaching and learning vocabulary. He has an MA in linguistics from the University of Iowa.

04. Treasurer

Jocelyn Wright is a professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Mokpo National University. She has previously served KOTESOL as the founder and first coordinator of the Social Justice (Critical Educators in Korea) Special Interest Group (SIG), a founder and facilitator of the Gwangju-Jeonnam branch of the Reflective Practice SIG, an officer-at-large and membership coordinator for the Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter, and a member of the International Conference Committee. Her main areas of academic interest are peace linguistics, peace (language) education, and peace...

05. Secretary

Heidi Vande Voort Nam teaches English education and general English courses at Chongshin University in Seoul. She holds an MA in TEFL/TESL from the University of Birmingham Centre for English Language Studies. Heidi holds a lifetime membership in KOTESOL, and she has been participating in KOTESOL in various roles since 2003. As co-facilitator of the Christian Teacher’s SIG, she has organized symposiums and social events for Christian teachers, and she was chair of the 2016 Christians in ELT International Conference. Heidi also serves as an administrator for the KOTESOL Facebook Group and a...

06. Past President

Peadar Callaghan completed his two-year term as KOTESOL president in 2015. Prior to that, he was 1st Vice-President and Daegu-Gyeongbuk Chapter President. He graduated from the University of Limerick with an MA in ELT. Presently, Peadar is teaching at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Peadar's academic interests include incorporating comics and gamification into English language teaching materials and techniques.

1. Brock Brady - Plenary Speaker

Plant Teacher Communities of Practice – Harvest Personal Satisfaction and Professional Growth

Communities of Practice form the foundation of teacher professional development. Communities of Practice (CoPs) are spaces where people in a trade or profession can “talk shop.” In some fields, CoPs happen naturally on the job. However, teachers do not practice their craft alongside other teachers; they practice it in a room full of students. Teachers must consciously build CoPs.

Teachers who participate in Communities of Practice rarely experience burnout or fall into...

1. Glenn Stockwell - Plenary Speaker

Technology and Motivation in English Language Teaching and Learning

Advances in technology have made it easier for teachers and learners of English to access a wide range of resources in terms of authentic input and communication with native and nonnative speakers of English around the world. From the early days of computer-assisted language learning (CALL), there has been discussion of how technologies can play a role in motivating learners in learning a language (e.g., Warschauer, 1998), and as technologies have become more sophisticated, the growing range of uses...