Presenters
Rob Whyte
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Rob Whyte, Busan University of Foreign Studies
Abstract
Many of us have heard about inquiry-based learning, and its potential contribution to student success inside the classroom, and beyond. But how do we transform this vague concept into specific lessons that improve the quality and clarity of EFL student writing? By the end of this presentation, you will have one answer to that question. You'll learn a four-step critical thinking framework that helps students write...
Robert S. Murphy
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Sunday Plenary Session - International Conference 2015
The Benefits of Inquiry-Based LearningAre you interested in Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL), but are not sure about the benefits? In this session, you will learn to be confident about IBL, learn how to implement neuro-based IBL pedagogy, and learn about cutting-edge doctoral research in neuro-education. Neuroscience is finally catching up with Dewey and Vygotsky, and the results are amazing! This plenary session will (1) provide neuroscientific facts that all language teachers should know and take to heart, (2)...
Robert S. Murphy (Featured Session)
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Featured Session - International Conference 2016
7 Brain-Friendly Ways to Foster Deeper Understanding and Autonomy in Your ClassroomDeeper understanding. Sounds good, but what is it? — and how can we foster it in the classroom? Neuroscience is helping us remove the guesswork! Come hear about seven well-researched cutting-edge tactics that greatly enhance understanding, autonomy, leadership, and students' feelings of ownership toward the teaching material. Learn how to implement them into your own teaching context. It will make your job easier — and your students will thank...
Rod Ellis
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International Conference 2019
Plenary Session
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Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is now the approach mandated by a number of educational authorities in Asia. In my talk, I will show how task-based language teaching (TBLT) grew out of communicative language teaching, drawing on both second language acquisition research and theories of education. I will trace its development from its early days, pointing to the multiple influences that have helped to shape its evolution. I will address key issues...
Roger Fusselman
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(Material Design) 3:00-3:45 pm Zoom
Maximizing Creativity When Planning Lessons
Creativity canceled them any problems teachers may face, but being creative can be difficult when teachers feel burdened by the circular an institutional pressures of their work. How does a teacher take command of materials and curriculum and become one's most creative self? The principles illustrated in the workshop focus on four skills: seeing the world with an integrative frame of mind, using specific values to fill your subconscious, applying techniques for advancing one's ideas further,...
Roger Fusselman
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Workshop (45 minutes)
Roger Fusselman, Joongbu University
Abstract
Storytelling is a creative form of expression that engages the speaker’s mind and emotions. It appeals to all audiences, and has become increasingly important as a means of discussion and persuasion. Unfortunately, concepts such as conflict, climax, and resolution can be difficult to conceptualize and to learn. This presentation emphasizes the skills and techniques needed to present storytelling, based on...
Roger Fusselman
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Roger Fusselman, Sookmyung Women's University
Abstract
TED Talks are high-interest, academic, and often inspirational talks useful in the university classroom. The ted.com website provides great support for many talks. However, even with such help, teachers can find it hard to focus on what is important in the lecture while being overly involved in details that arise in the talk.
Based on the presenter's experience in TED Talks courses, this...
Rosa Dene David
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(ELT and Critical Disability Studies) Webinar Library
Teaching Strategies to Optimize Accessibility and Inclusivity for Students with Learning Disabilities
As an educator, have you ever struggled to find appropriate strategies to support students who seem to be having difficulties meeting the learning objectives while ensuring that the rest of the class receives high-quality instruction? By differentiating classroom tasks, educators have moved away from “the one size fits all” classroom a more equitable model of teaching that notes the that there is no such thing as a “...
Rose Golder-Novic
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Rose Golder-Novick, English Language Fellow
Abstract
Improvisation is not only for entertainment in a theater. Improvisation games and activities help English language learners build public speaking skills, practice authentic (ie unplanned) language, and foster collaboration in the classroom. In this workshop the presenter will introduce and demonstrate several improvisation games that teachers/instructors can use in their classes to...
Roxy Lee & Stewart Gray
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Roxy Lee, Annyung Elementary School and Dankook University
Stewart Gray, Baekseok Culture University
Abstract
Critical thinking (the process of evaluating ideas) is arguably an essential skill for life in the modern world. However, while some theorists believe that critical thinking can be taught in a classroom and that even very young children can and should learn it, others believe this is not possible. To...
Ruriko Tsuji
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Ruriko Tsuji, FLP, Kanda University of International Studies
Abstract
"Collaboration" is one of the essential keys in language learning, not only in foreign language educational settings, but also in worldwide situations as stated in the "21st Century Skills Map" represented by P21 and ACTFL. In this current study, 56 university students (freshmen) in Japan involved in a peer tutoring program are...
Sabine Le Gaoziou
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Presentation (45 minutes)
Sabine Le Gaoziou, Jeonju’s Stepping Stones
Abstract
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." While making the decision to start learning is an achievement on its own, the process of learning a foreign language completely from scratch can be a frightening experience for many people. The linguistic challenges or inappropriate teaching material/methods can repel even the most motivated students. In Korea psychological barriers...
Samantha Levinson
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(Reflective Practice) Webinar Library
Improving Collaboration and Self-Reflection in the Private Sector: A How-To
The Critical Incident Protocol was developed through Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University and introduced the concept of personal and shared teacher reflection. Reflective practice includes identifying a problem and identifying why it happened but often stops there. The meaning of the episode and how it affects our practice is often overlooked. The idea of educators as learners makes many students uncomfortable, but why? Shouldn’t educators...
Samantha Rose Levinson
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Research • Room 203 • 10:25
A Dual Literacy Approach For Korean English Learners’ CurriculumDeveloping Student Skills
ELL vocabulary curriculum is often build to help students decode new words in a decontextualized fashion. This project explores the role that task-based curriculum plays on literacy development to better equip second language (L2) English speakers who are living in a non-English speaking country to advance to English language high school and university. The presentation focuses the development of a curriculum with task-based learning activities that supports...
Sandler & Mountain
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Professor Jared Sandler and Professor Drew Mountain
Abstract
During Gimcheon University’s annual Spring Festival in 2012, we created and deployed a location-based, EFL QR Code Quest for students, faculty, and community members. Our goal was to offer players a relevant and authentic way to engage with second language acquisition. Players used their smartphones to link to internet videos of EFL professors and Korean students giving spoken directions to the location of the next QR code station. Videos also featured speaking tasks that...
Sanghee Kang
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Sanghee Kang, Georgia State University
Abstract
Although intelligibility has been the central notion in pronunciation instruction (Field, 2005), many Korean learners seem to want to eliminate their Korean accent from their English. This study examines the preference of Korean learners in English pronunciation between intelligible pronunciation and native-like pronunciation, the factors that have influenced their preference, and the factors...
Sara Davila
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Featured Session - International Conference 2015
Bring the 21st Century into the English Language ClassroomThe message being communicated across all areas of education is that there is a growing need to bring 21st century skills into the classroom. Without these skills, learners will be left unprepared for the challenges and opportunities that will arise throughout the course of their life. The essential question, however, is what skills should EFL teachers focus on, and how can we engage our learners, at every age, to build this skill?
Across sources, most...
Sarah Balbuena Gonzales & Marilu Rañosa-Madrunio
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Sarah Balbuena Gonzales, University of the Philippines
Marilu Rañosa-Madrunio, University of Santo Tomas
Abstract
This workshop orients participants to the teaching of grammar in a communicative classroom. We will present activities that will exemplify the principles of communicative methodology as espoused by Christopher Candlin. Participants receive handouts describing differences between the Audiolingual Method (ALM) and Communicative Language...
Scott Berlin
KOTESOL National Conference 2018(Special Guest Workshop)
Scott Berlin, American University of Kuwait
Abstract
Today’s technological revolution has created a border all teachers must face: crossing into the digital age of learning. Students born in the digital age have an ever increasing array of internet and smart phone learning tools that allow them to learn much differently than previous generations. Today’s teachers must adapt to meet the students in this new frontier. But what if you are a department head, director, or...
Scott Henderson
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Workshop (45 minutes)
Scott Henderson, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Abstract
Almost everyone has a deck or two of playing cards just lying around the house, but now it is time to dust them off and put them to better use in your classroom. In this workshop, attendees will first learn practical tasks and activities that will get students out of their seats and interacting with their classmates. This learning session will also illustrate how a simple deck of fifty-two cards...
Scott Thornbury
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International Conference 2018
Plenary Session
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Fluency is a slippery concept: we think we know it when we hear it, but we have a lot of trouble trying to define it. And even more trouble trying to teach it! Various contributing factors have been proposed, including speech rate, lack of pausing, accent, vocabulary range, idiomaticity and grammatical accuracy but it’s not always clear which of these factors are key, nor which are teachable. In this talk we will together assess a speaker’s fluency, and then address the...
Sean Gay
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Research Report (20 minutes)
Sean Gay, Kwansei Gakuin University
Abstract
Research-based curriculum development is about utilizing research to implement pedagogically sound curricula with equally sound content. The development of curricula is, however a process. This presentation examines the role that research plays at each level of curriculum development. In addition, this presentation examines what type of research is needed at each phase of curriculum development and...
Shaffer, David E.
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Dr. David E. Shaffer
Abstract for presentation #1
In recent decades, the teaching of English in Korea has matured from a short-term stint abroad for the native English speaker to extended periods of employment. The NEST today is less likely to be a BA-generalist and more likely to be a TESOL-certificate or MA-TESOL holder. As with their Korean counterpart, today’s NEST exhibits an increased desire for professional development but an uncertainty...
Shaun Manning
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Shaun Manning, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, College of English & Graduate School of TESOL
Abstract
As teachers we try to equip our students for the world of work after graduation (even if graduation is far off in the future). But how well are we really equipping our students for the working world? This observational study investigated the use of English in a Korean small-to-medium enterprise (SME) that imports, manufactures, and exports products. It...
Shaun Manning
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Shaun Manning, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, College of English & Graduate School of TESOL
Abstract
Trying to get your students to write more accurately and with more complex structures? This study investigated doing this through a linked-skills approach. After reading an article, one class of students worked in small groups of three or four members each to reconstruct an instructor-written summary which had all the grammar (function)...
Shudong Wang & Douglas Jarrell
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Shudong Wang, Shimane University
Douglas Jarrell, Nagoya Women's University
Abstract
Mobile learning is quickly taking over traditional PC-based e-learning. The authors are developing an extension of a successful mobile English learning platform to other languages. The platform consists of three delivery methods for learning content: email, app and mobile site. The learning materials are sent to learners by...
Shufang Wang
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Poster • Hallway • All day
Motivating students through self-determination theory and the 5Ts frameworkLearner motivation / creativity
Motivation plays an important role in learning foreign languages and many scholars have conducted research to analyze how motivational strategies can help students learn English well in the EFL class. This paper seeks to extend motivation theory to students’ and teachers’ attitudes in the EFL classroom based on the self-determination theory (SDT) of Barkar et al. (2010) and the 5Ts of motivation framework of Renandya (2013). The 5Ts refer to...
Simon Fisher
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(Technology, Multiple Skills) Webinar Library
TBL and Technology: Teaching Creatively with Computer Coding
Originally of Ontario, Canada, Kristy moved to South Korea after attaining her Bachelor of Education. After acquiring five years of teaching experience and professional development, she is now a teacher trainer at the Jeollanamdo International Education Institute. Her main responsibility is instructing and inspiring Korean primary and secondary public school teachers. She focuses on Pronunciation Skills to improve her trainees’ comprehensibility, and Microteaching to...
Siti Nurul Azkiyah
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Siti Nurul Azkiyah, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
Abstract
Research has found that teachers is the most influential factor in education. The question is how to improve teaching quallity. This study investigates whether teaching quality could be divided into several stages so that development program could be tailored according to teachers' need. The eight classroom factors (orientation, structuring, modeling, application,...
Siti Rohani & Langgeng Budianto
KOTESOL International Conference 2016(Concurrent Session)
Siti Rohani, State Polytechnic of Malang
Langgeng Budianto, Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University, Malang
Abstract
Effective oral communication skills are essential for students of English as a foreign language. One of the ways to improve students' communicative competence is through the implementation of appropriate learning method. Project-Based Learning (PjBL) has been a very...