Presenters
07. Promotion
Aida ParkCSI Educo
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08. Immediate Past President
Lindsay Herron was first vice-president of KOTESOL before becoming president in 2015. She has served as president for two years (2015-17). She has also 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 newly elected Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter president. She arrived in Korea in 2005 and has been teaching at Gwangju National University of Education since 2008. Email: president@koreatesol.org
08. Website & Tech
Maria VasquezLCS Academy
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09. Event Liaison
Hyunhwa ChoiIksan, Apple Academy
1. Brock Brady - Plenary Speaker
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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. Chapter President
Chosun University
Gwangju
Email: gwangju@koreatesol.org
Maria Lisak creates safe environments to encourage learners for risk-taking and growth. Currently at Chosun University in South Korea, she has diplomas and certificates in business, technology, education, and meditation. She is a lifetime member of KOTESOL and AsiaTEFL. Her research interests include funds of knowledge, cosmopolitan literacies, and autoethnography.
1. Glenn Stockwell - Plenary Speaker
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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...
1. JOINT PLENARY SESSION Mike Levy and Glenn Stockwell
Archive Copy.Mobile Language Learning: Turning Challenges into Opportunities
While mobile language learning is not in itself new, it is true to say there has been a coming of age in recent years. The current crop of technologies, such as smart phones and tablet computers offer more capable mobile options, with the potential, arguably, to lead to effective, pedagogically valid language learning activities. In particular, with the enormous number of apps available for phone users, the road would seem to be clear for widespread uptake by language learners who now can use their own...
1. Mike Levy - Plenary Speaker
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Towards a Podcasting Pedagogy: Recent Developments in CALL with a Focus on Listening
Digitized audio and video have made their way into all aspects of educational computing. On the Internet, streaming audio and video allow the learner access to a vast quantity of audio material of all kinds. Audio and video files may be stored, managed, and distributed using technologies such as iTunes/iTunesU and YouTube along with mobile phones. Listening materials may be manually or automatically downloaded to a computer or portable media players for later study and use through...
1. Plenary: Dr. Keith Folse
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Dr. Keith Folse is an internationally renown scholar and lecturer. Perhaps best known for his many books on grammar, he is an Associate Professor of TESOL at the University of Central Florida, where his teaching and research interests include second language vocabulary acquisition and instruction; teacher training and best teaching practices; and second language research methods (among others).
Dr. Folse will be the Plenary Speaker at the KOTESOL 2013 National Conference at Korea National University of Education May 25th, and will lead a half-day workshop on Sunday...
1. Scott Thornbury - Plenary Speaker
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The Secret History of Methods
I am regularly asked “What’s the latest method,” suggesting that the concept of method persists, despite recent attempts to bury it (“The method concept is dead!”). Drawing on an extensive archive of language teaching textbooks, I will review the history of methods, and in so doing, will argue that the prescriptive concept of method is less useful than the descriptive concept of methodology, i.e., what teachers actually do, rather than what they are obliged to do.
I will also attempt to show that the history of methods is best...
1. Yongin Chapter President
Daniela Trinks
Originally from Berlin, Germany, our chapter president has called Korea home since 2006. Her journey began as a student, but over the years, she seized opportunities to teach at prestigious institutions such as private academies, Seoul Foreign School, and Myongji University. In 2014, she proudly earned her Ph.D. in Baduk (Go) Studies. Since 2015, she has been a dedicated tenure-track professor at the Department of Baduk Studies at Myongji University's Yongin campus. Her teaching portfolio encompasses a range of subjects, including teacher education, Baduk culture, and Baduk...
10. International Conference Committee Chair
Sean O'Connor has been a member of KOTESOL for many years. He has served on the KOTESOL International Conference Committee (ICC) since 2001. For most of those years, he served as director of the Technical Team. His ICC service earned him an Outstanding Service Award from the ICC chair in 2013 and a President's Award in 2015. Sean served as co-chair on the 2016 ICC before moving up to the 2017 ICC chair position. Email: kotesol.chair.2017@gmail.com
10. International Conference Committee Chair
Rhea Metituk began her career teaching health education in an HIV/AIDS NGO in Africa. Since her “pivot Asia” move in 2002, she has been based in Seoul, Busan, Ulsan and now again in Seoul. She has an MA in rhetorical writing and digital media, and currently is at Myongju University. She is researching blended learning methods for teaching conversation. Her academic interests include rhetorical analysis: study of appeals in communication using pathos, ethos, and logos, as well as media literacy and using creativity in digital media. She has served as Busan-Gyeongnam Chapter president,...
10. Jun Liu - Featured Speaker (IC2013)
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Jun Liu is a TESOL Professor for Anaheim University, as well as Associate Provost for International Initiatives, Senior International Officer, and Professor of Applied Linguistics at Georgia State University. He is a Presidential Fellow (2012-13) and member of the Professional Development Committee for AIEA. Dr. Liu has served as Past President of TESOL International, VP of ISCLT (International Society of Chinese Language Teaching), Senior Advisor for Hanban (Office of the Chinese Language Council International), and Director of the Confucius Institute / Assistant Vice...
10. Member at Large
Suhhee KangJeonju, Able Languages
11. Immed Past JNJ Prez
Allison BillJeonju University
11. International Conference Committee Co-chair
Kathleen Kelley has been teaching in Korea since 2011. She is presently on the faculty at Andong National University. Before that she taught in a public middle school and elementary school in Busan. Kathleen has been a KOTESOL member since 2013. She has a master’s degree in marketing and communication. Kathleen was Busan-Gyeongnam Chapter president in 2015-16 and is also serving as Publicity Committee chair. She will be the 2018 Korea TESOL International Conference chair.
11. International Conference Committee Co-chair
Meerbek Kudaibergenov, PhD, is an assistant professor at Seoul National University of Science and Technology. With a keen focus on Eastern and Central Asian contexts, his research explores various dimensions of ELT, student and teacher identity, higher education, and country image. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals including the Asia-Pacific Education Researcher; International Journal of Educational Development; and Journal of Language, Identity, and Education. Apart from the university, he also serves the Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia and SageOpen as an...
11. William Littlewood - Featured Speaker (IC2013)
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Bill Littlewood worked for several years in secondary schools and teacher education in the UK, where he was also a member of several professional committees for modern language teaching and was elected President of the British Association for Language Teaching. He was also involved in Council of Europe projects. Since coming to Hong Kong in 1991 to join an EFL curriculum project, he has worked at tertiary institutions and is currently Honorary Professor at the Hong Kong Baptist University. Prof. Littlewood has served on several government committees in Hong Kong, including...
12. Annamaria Pinter - Featured Speaker (IC2013)
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Annamaria Pinter was trained as an English language teacher in Hungary at the Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest after studying linguistics and literature. She worked in Hungary for a number of years in a variety of contexts, including state primary and secondary schools, International House (IH) language schools and in a pre-service teacher training college. She completed her Masters and my PhD in ELT/Applied Linguistics at the Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, and is now an Associate Professor at the Centre, teaching on the Masters in ELT and...
12. Nominations and Elections Committee Chair
Mike Peacock is an instructor at Woosong Culinary College in Daejeon. He received his MA in TESOL-MALL from Woosong University. Mike received his BEd (Elementary Education & Teaching) and BA (Psychology) from Crandall University. He loves to promote professional development and the KOTESOL community. Mike has served on the Daejeon-Chungcheong Chapter's executive board for more than six years. He served as Daejeon 2nd Vice-President and 1st Vice-President before becoming chapter president in 2015. He also serves as chapter web-editor and has organized several chapter Thanksgiving...
12. Nominations and Elections Committee Chair
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 (1976-2016). 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 graduate certificates. In addition to research, Dr. Shaffer’s writings include books and articles on English teaching and learning as well as on Korean language, culture, and poetry.
Over the years, Dr. Shaffer has served as...
13. Beverley Burkett - Featured Speaker (IC2013)
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Beverley Burkett was head of the Language in Education Unit at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa from 1985 to 2007 and, for four years, a visiting professor at the SIT Graduate Institute in the USA. Her areas of expertise include designing, managing, and teaching professional development courses and programs for both in-service and pre-service language teachers, teaching content through the medium of English and multilingual education. Prof. Burkett is co-author of a textbook series for English language learners: Keys to English as well as a chapter...
13. Publications Committee Chair
Dr. David 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 recent research in applied linguistics and SLA, and 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 Treasurer and...
13. Publications Committee Chair
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 (1976-2016). 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, Dr. Shaffer’s writings include books and articles on English teaching and learning as well as on Korean language, culture, and poetry.
As Publications Committee chair, his main...
14. Charles Browne - Featured Speaker (IC2013)
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Charles Browne is Professor of Applied Linguistics and head of the EFL teacher training program at Meiji Gakuin University in Japan, and a well-known expert on English education in Asia. He received his Ed.D. from Temple University and is a specialist in CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) and Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition. Over the past 25 years that he has worked in Japan, Dr. Browne has published dozens of research articles and books, including “New Perspectives in CALL for Second Language Classrooms” (2004; co-edited with Sandra Fotos), and has authored a...
14. Membership Committee Chair
Lindsay Herron has been chair of the Membership Committee since 2014. She arrived in Korea in 2005 and has been teaching at Gwangju National University of Education since 2008. Lindsay is also KOTESOL National President and Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter treasurer. She has master’s degrees in language education and cinema studies, a CELTA, and a CELTA YL-Extension. She is now pursuing her EdD from the Indiana University Bloomington in literacy, culture, and language education. Email: membership@koreatesol.org
14. Membership Committee Chair
Lindsay Herron has been teaching at Gwangju National University of Education since 2008. Prior to that, she taught English on a Fulbright grant at a high school in Jeju-do. She has an MA in cinema studies (New York University, USA); an MSEd in literacy, culture, and language education (LCLE; Indiana University, USA); a graduate certificate in learning sciences, media, and technology (LSMT; Indiana University, USA); and a CELTA and CELTA-YL Extension. And most recently, she obtained her doctorate in LCLE (Indiana University, USA).
A lifetime member of KOTESOL, Lindsay is chair of the...
15. Featured Colloquium - Anaheim University (IC2013)
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Rod Ellis - Host
Jun Liu - in person
Denise Murray & Andy Curtis- via Webcam
Rod Ellis
Anaheim University Vice-President of Academic Affairs & Dean, Graduate School of Education
Dr. Rod Ellis is a world-renowned thought leader in the field of Second Language Acquisition. Prof. Ellis, who is Vice-President of Academic Affairs, Dean of Anaheim University's Graduate School of Education and Designer of AU's Online Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in TESOL, has been a TESOL Professor for the Graduate School of Education since 1998. He received...