Presenters
Overbeek, Leonie
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Leonie Overbeek
Abstract
For those who choose teaching as career, and especially those who choose English as a subject to teach, there seem to be a myriad of choices as to how to develop professionally.At least, as far as getting pieces of paper to certify said development.
In the TEFL/TESOL field there are many places offering a basic TEFL certification, many of them online. Some of these end up being, if not quite fly-by-night operations, whose certificates are scarcely worth the paper they are printed on, not very long-lived...
Pamila J. Florea
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Highlighted • Room 101 • 16:00
Harry Potter and the Muggle MotivationDeveloping Student Skills (Vocab, Grammar, Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking)
There are many avenues for learning a language and expressing an idea. Traditionally, language learning has been based on text, but more and more studies show that the use of art allows students to access concepts, build their lexicon, and to express their ideas. Couple this with material that students enjoy, such as the Harry Potter series, and they are deeply motivated to learn.
Socially, students all over the world...
Park & Finnegan
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Jenica Park and Ryan Finnegan
Abstract
Since the mid 1980s, educators have championed the positive effects of group work on language acquisition (Chen & Hird, 2006). Furthermore, many TESOL professionals and researchers have investigated the factors that influence student interaction during group work, and therefore promote or hinder language learning (Sachs et al., 2003). We would like to use this framework to analyze the dynamics of classroom communities in a more holistic sense.
Instead of focusing on...
Paul Goldberg
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Paul Goldberg, Kwansei Gakuin University
Abstract
Online extensive reading means much more than students being able to read graded readers on their smartphones. It puts powerful tools like an interactive dictionary, character lists, audio-on-demand, and book ratings, right at their fingertips. Online extensive reading also benefits teachers by allowing them to monitor and track their students' reading progress with greater accuracy. Teachers can know...
Paul Johnson
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Workshop (45 minutes)
Paul Johnson, Changshin University
Abstract
This workshop seeks to show the many benefits of developing and using adventure style role playing games (ARPGs) for language development and, through a hands on experience, helps teachers create and implement their own.
1. The many benefits of ARPGs.
2. An explanation of traditional RPG game mechanics.
3. How to develop one’s own ARPG to best suit specific student needs.
4....
Paul Johnson
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Mixed • Room 204 • 16:00
Why Study Philosophy?Reflective Teaching Practice
This interactive workshop seeks to share with ESL instructors the benefits that the study of philosophy can have in our lives. To do this, the following approach will be taken: First, there will a short introduction to answer the question, “What is philosophy?” During this section, the three branches of philosophy will be examined briefly, namely, epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics. Next, we’ll look at logic. In particular, how learning how to be more logical can benefit us daily. Finally, we’ll...
Paul Leeming
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Paul Leeming, Kindau University
Abstract
Students are placed into small groups to provide opportunities for language acquisition, but how does emergent leadership influence the subsequent interaction? This study measured perceptions of leadership among members in small groups, and considered how leadership influenced the interaction considering language related episodes, and a qualitative analysis of the conversations....
Paulus Kuswandono
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Paulus Kuswandono, Sanata Dharma University, Indonesia
Abstract
Mentor teachers often rely on their beliefs and teaching experiences as the basis to mentor PSTs. At the same time, mentor teachers are often faced with PSETs' bringing their own understanding and concepts teaching, different from the mentor teachers'. Mentor teachers need to further check and discuss those assumptions critically with PSETs. This...
Peter Burden
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Peter Burden, Okayama Shoka University, Japan
Abstract
Student evaluation of teaching administered through end of semester surveys is widespread in tertiary education. One of the main purposes is for teachers to improve their teaching through utilizing the results of both quantitative and qualitative data produced. This longitudinal study involving 163 students compares two methods of gaining qualitative...
Peter Burden
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Peter Burden, Okayama Shoka University, Japan
Abstract
Anxious students are often concerned about the impressions that others form of them, and when students are confronted in a classroom with a learning situation that they feel will make them uncomfortable, the choice between "fight" or "flight" is often an easy one. This study administered the Foreign language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) survey with 289 university students in a Japanese...
Peter Roger
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International Conference 2019
Featured Session
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As language teachers, many of us look only within our own discipline for new ideas about how to approach our teaching, despite the fact that there are similar challenges involved in the learning of skills and knowledge in all areas of human endeavor. The changing landscape in medical education has many striking parallels with developments in language education. Recent trends in medical education include an evolving emphasis on outcomes, patient...
Petra Glithero
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Petra Glithero, KAIST
Abstract
Mindfulness training has been shown to help learners use learning strategies uncustomary to their regular learning habits (Hofland, 2007; Yegane & Kolb, 2009). By being mindful of how learners' feel about, and approach knowledge and learning situations in the classroom, teachers can cultivate learners' ability to implement, monitor, and evaluate their own learning. This type of self-regulation is...
Plenary: Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto
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KOTESOL 2018 National Conference
Director, International Teacher Development Institute
Co-author of Let’s Go
Let’s Go has the distinction of being the first EFL course book series for children, and of remaining one of the world’s best-selling course books through four editions over 25+ years. As co-author, Barbara has seen trends come and go in materials design for young learners, but some fundamentals have withstood the test of time. She will talk about these in terms of guidelines that can help teachers create...
Prof. Marc Helgesen - Plenary Speaker
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Prof. Marc Helgesen is author of more than 150 professional articles, books and textbooks including the English Firsthand series (Pearson Education/Longman Asia) and has lead teacher development workshop on five continents. He is professor at Miyagi Gakuin Women's University, Sendai. He also teaches "Innervoice & Task Planning" at Teachers College Columbia University, MA TESOL Program, Tokyo and "Positive Psychology (The 'Science of Happiness') in ELT" at Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, Nagoya. Marc is chair of the Extensive Reading Foundation (www.erfoundation.org...
Punahm Park & Christopher Redmond
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Punahm Park, Duksung Women's University
Christopher Redmond, Duksung Women's University
Abstract
This study was designed to explore the efficiency of the learner-centered digital storytelling project by integrating technology into a college English program. To observe the effects of the learner collaborative digital storytelling approach in the foreign language classroom, we administrated a pre- and post- questionnaire to 127...
Rachid Bezzazi
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Rachid Bezzazi, PhD Applicant at National Taiwan Normal University
Abstract
Extensive Reading (ER) has proven effective in developing L2 learners' proficiency. ER has mostly been examined in comparison to Intensive Reading (IR). However, this study investigates ER in comparison with Monitored Extensive Reading (MER). Which is more effective? The study provides a definition of MER and suggests principles...
Randlee Reddy
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Mixed • Room 204 • 15:00
Strategies for student engagementLearner motivation / creativity Student engagement
No two students are alike in how they may approach learning. Arguably, no two classes are ever the same, even if the same content or course is being taught. Each class has its own unique atmosphere. Similarly, not every student learns or interacts in the same way. The goal of the instructor is to develop and promote a learning environment that encourages active participation from all students. Students learn in diverse ways, which can be further complicated by majors...
Raymond Bryer
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Raymond Bryer, Jeonju National University of Education
Abstract
This presentation provides ideas for using English movies in class as a method to introduce target vocabulary and grammar structures and promote conversation. It reports on the methods used in a course taught to pre-service teachers. Students watched a specific film every week for homework. That movie then formed the basis of each week's lecture....
Rebekah Gordon
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Rebekah Gordon, US Department of State English Language Fellow Program
Abstract
In the past few years, the concept of "blackout poetry" has been popularized by Austin Kleon. In short, "blackout poetry," or erasure poetry, is a form of found poetry in which poems are created from already-written text, such as newspapers, dictionaries, novels, or advertisements by crossing out, or "blacking out," the unnecessary words and letters. The...
Reece Randall
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(ELT and Culture) Webinar Library
Global Citizenship Education (GCED) via Online Debate
This presentation will provide participants with an understanding of how different activities and formats of debate can be incorporated in an ELT context via online learning. It will showcase debate as an educational model that can not only develop fundamental academic and language skills but also promote critical thinking and Global Citizenship Education (GCED). The session will support teachers by interactively modeling different approaches to conducting formal and informal...
Reece Randall — President
Reece Randall is currently serving as a visiting professor at Gangneung-Wonju National University (GWNU). He is a South African with over 8 years of experience in the Republic of Korea as a scholar, director and educator in Busan, Seoul, Seongnam, Wonju and Gangneung. He brings a diverse skill set gained from a background in EFL pedagogy, financial management and leadership roles in academic programs – as well as volunteering for education, conservation, and community outreach initiatives – in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The Welsh name, Reece, stands for “enthusiasm” – a wealth of...
Rey Mangarin, Wendie D. Cutillon, & Rebecca C. Sagot
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Research Report (20 minutes)
Rey Mangarin, Sto.Tomas National High School
Wendie D. Cutillon, Sto.Tomas National High School
Rebecca C. Sagot, Division of Davao del Norte
Abstract
This research study narrates the effectiveness and provides proof of how the Teaching of Research in English Language can be effective with the use of Project Based Learning and Journal Type Approach among junior and senior high school students in both public and private schools...
Reynolds, Eric
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Dr. Eric Reynolds
Abstract
No, gents (and ladies) this research special interest group (R-SIG) workshop will not help you to make that proposal! Instead, this workshop will help participants with little, lots, or no experience at all in making conference presentation proposals to write a better and more successful conference proposal. Specifically focusing on the KOTESOL International conference’s and the TESOL Convention’s call for proposals, which are due on May 31st and June 1st respectively, we will look at the various requirements for proposal...
Rhett Burton & Leonie Overbeek
KOTESOL National Conference 2018(Special Session)
Rhett Burton, Burton’s English School
Leonie Overbeek, Hwaseong Board of Education: Seosin Middle School
Abstract
What will happen when you or your school aren't interested in renewing your teaching contract? Will you find a new job, leave Korea, or start up your own educational based business. These are all possible and there are lots of opportunities.
These opportunities won't be easy though. These transitions won't be the 'Low Risk / High Reward...
Rhoda Makhanya
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Research • Room 203 • 14:25
Project-Based learning: A method to spice up lessons.Learner motivation / creativity
Heads of English departments and English teachers are concerned about South Korean students who are losing enthusiasm or interest in the learning of English as a second language. There are many factors that might be the cause of the problem, but my focus is on the ones that students lack motivation and that course materials are boring and meaningless. In this presentation I’ll explain how Project-Based learning can spice up lessons and how it can be implemented....
Richard Lee
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Richard Lee, Kurume Institute of Technology
Abstract
In university classrooms, student reticence toward speaking in class can be a major obstacle in oral English education of low-level learners in their first-year. Students' reluctance to engage in class activities can have a negative effect on the atmosphere of the class and the silence following a teacher's question can be disheartening to even the most confident instructor. This presentation...
Richard Schlight
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Skills • Room 202 • 10:00
EFL Academic Writing Instruction WorkshopAcademic Writing Instruction
This workshop is intended as a forum in which writing instructors and tutors can share their approaches towards non-fiction EFL writing instruction and discuss the techniques that work best for them in given situations. We will focus on such big picture issues as helping students generate ideas, understand weak versus strong arguments, plan their essays, support their claims, and cite their sources. From a technical standpoint, we will discuss the technical problems in student...
Richard Steven Eigenberg
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Skills • Room 202 • 11:00
Practicing fluency alone? ABSOLUTELY! How about accuracy? MAYBE!Developing Student Skills (Vocab, Grammar, Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking)
Internationally known tests (such as IELTS) show that Korean student production skills lag behind their reception skills. Practicing reception alone (reading and listening) students have many options for practice (videos, books, comics). BUT practicing production alone is problematic.
It would be a wonderful thing if 2nd language learners could always be with a native or near native speaker for...
Richard Waddell & William Coward (Invited Speakers)
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Invited Session - International Conference 2016
Developing Teachers for the Long HaulProfessional development is not easy to get right in a profession where teachers move on within a few months. This presentation will attempt to show how professional development from the beginning of the work experience of sessional English teachers will have a positive effect on the retention and professionalism of staff. It will describe the mentor system put into place by ACE in Siem Reap, Cambodia, for new teachers and the ongoing culture of observations created at the school. It will...
Rob Dickey, Facilitator
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Rob Dickey has been involved in his own professional development, and as a trainer and facilitator, for over 18 years. He is a past president of KOTESOL, a former facilitator of this SIG (when it was known as Teacher Development and Education SIG) and has served in numerous other offices for KOTESOL and other professional and scholarly societies.