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Bio's
Bryan Hale
Bryan Hale has been teaching in Korea for longer than he likes to admit to his students! He is currently at Yeongam High School in Jeollanamdo, and has experience teaching in public and private settings with all age groups, teenagers in particular. In 2020, Bryan completed a Master of Applied Linguistics (TESOL) with the University of New England in Australia. His master’s dissertation investigated the role of playfulness in EFL speaking activities in the Korean EFL classroom. Bryan has served in various roles throughout KOTESOL, including as national president (2021), first vice-president...
Daniel Corks
Daniel Corks is a long time member of KOTESOL and an active presenter at various conferences and chapter meetings. He’s a member of the Daejeon-Chungcheong chapter and currently an assistant professor at Woosong University in Daejeon.
Daniel graduated from Sogang University in Seoul with a master‘s degree in applied linguistics specializing in second language acquisition. He has over ten years of experience working in South Korea across public & private education settings ranging from elementary school up to university level students and adults of all ages.
Daniel has a...
Heidi Vande Voort Nam
Heidi Vande Voort Nam holds an MA TESL/TEFL from the University of Birmingham. She currently teaches in the Department of English Education at Chongshin University, where she prepares English education majors for student teaching and for the national English teachers’ exam. Heidi also teaches beginner-level general English courses, including special courses for North Korean and Chinese students. Within KOTESOL, Heidi serves as a presenter for Korea Teacher Trainers (KTT) and facilitates KOTESOL’s Christian Teachers Special Interest Group (CT SIG), a group that hosts meetings and online...
Michael Free
Michael Free holds Masters degrees in TEFL (University of Birmingham) and Arts (McMaster University). His professional interests include content-based instruction, English as a lingua franca, and humanist education. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Gangneung-Wonju National University (Gangneung). Email: michaelfree63@gmail.com
Presentation List
Classroom Management: Gesture and Interaction.
Writing: Using Korean Poetry in the Writing Classroom.
Language-based Activities Using the (non-electronic) Board.
Pronunciation: Approaches to Teaching...
Terri Beadle
Terri Beadle is an Assistant Professor at Woosong University. She has previously taught at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey and Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. Ms. Beadle has her MA in TESOL from Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, MI and took graduate classes in Literacy from Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI. Within the Literacy classes, Ms. Beadle’s main focus was using pop culture and pop literature to help students improve their reading, in recent years she has taken this one step further to include ways to help students become comfortable with...
Tory Thorkelson
Tory S. Thorkelson (BA, B.Ed., M.Ed. in TESL/TEFL), Ph. D (Language Studies/Curriculum Development) is a proud Canadian who has been an active KOTESOL member since 1998 and has presented at or worked on many local and international conferences. He is a Past-President for Seoul Chapter, a Past-President of KOTESOL (2008-2009) and an active KTT member. His 9-5 job is as an Associate Professor for Hanyang University’s English Language and Literature Program. He has co-authored research studies (see ALAK Journal, December 2001& June, 2003 as well as Education International September 2004...