Presenters

15. International Outreach Committee Chair

Victor Reeser is a teaching professor for SUNY Korea’s English Language Program and the facilitator of the KOTESOL MCALL SIG. Originally from Oregon, USA, he has been living in Asia and working in language education since 2009. He is currently a PhD candidate at Incheon National University studying cognitive linguistics.

16. Technologies Committee Chair

John Phillips is a long-time member of KOTESOL and a long-time chair of the Technologies Committee. He is presently an independent computer and network specialist and has spent many years working for Fulbright Korea. John has also served on the Technical Team of many KOTESOL international Conference committees.

17. Publicity Committee 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, and hopes to apply this expertise to improving KOTESOL's communications, events, and promotions. Email: publicity@koreatesol.org

18. Research Committee Chair

Christopher Miller has been involved in ELT since 2007. He has an MSEd (TESOL) from Shenandoah University and teaches at Daeil Foreign Language High School in Seoul. In addition to being Research Committee chair, Chris is treasurer of the Seoul Chapter and National Secretary. He has also served as associate editor of KOTESOL's The English Connection (TEC).   He is a frequent presenter at KOTESOL events and elsewhere.

19. Financial Affairs Committee Chair

Stafford Lumsden is the coordinator of the Online TESOL program at Sookmyung Women's University, where he also teaches Curriculum Design and Lesson Planning in the YL-TESOL program. In the past, he has served as the president of the Seoul Chapter of KOTESOL (2012-2014), chair of the KOTESOL National Conference (2015), and in various roles for the KOTESOL International Conference since 2008. Stafford received his MA in TESOL and applied linguistics from Victoria University of Wellington and is now in Macquarie University's PhD program.

19.1 Diversity Committee Chair

Melvin Dixon moved to South Korea in 2006. He currently works at Gyeonggi University of Science and Technology, where he teaches and works in the Global Education Center, preparing students for work and study abroad.  Melvin is vice president of the Seoul Chapter, a frequent workshop presenter, and a contributor to KOTESOL Voices.

2. Clara Lee Brown - Featured Speaker

Choose Content-Based Instruction

One cannot help noticing how far the field of language education has travelled from the tradition of grammar translation used for teaching Latin, but also how prevalent it still is today. Also, foreign language learning in the Middle Ages was limited to the privileged, but this is still the case in modern days. In Korea in 2012, KOTESOL is featuring content-based instruction as a main theme. Perhaps this means that something is changing in language education. In my session, I will argue for the necessity of a paradigm change in...

2. Featured: Dr. Jeong-ryeol "Jay" Kim

Dr. Jeong-ryeol "Jay" Kim

Abstract

Successful foreign language learning in the "smart era" starts from students in their self-directedness. Teachers are not the knowledge transmitter any more: no teacher can compete with Wikipedia in their knowledge base. Teachers have to be designers and facilitators in that these students are motivated to learn and engage in foreign language learning. Foreign language teachers are those who know how to organize the language input that compels students to engage. It's...

2. Featured: Dr. MaryAnn Christison

Dr. MaryAnn Christison

Webinar Abstract

In this workshop, teachers will be introduced to strategies for developing EFL lessons and curricula that promote learning language through content. This approach to L2 teaching in academic contexts is known as content and language integrated learning (CLIL) or content-based instruction (CBI). Four main theoretical principles for integrating language and content will be introduced – making content connections, managing demands on cognition, developing academic language...

2. Frank Boers - Featured Speaker

Applications of Cognitive Linguistics to L2 Pedagogy

The pace at which new L2 words, expressions, and patterns are acquired is influenced by the degree of engagement with them on the part of the learner. Several researchers with a Cognitive Linguistics (CL) background have, since the 1990s, proposed ways of exploiting non-arbitrary aspects of language as stimuli for such engagement. In my talk, I will first illustrate these proposals. Examples range from ways of helping learners appreciate how abstract word meanings (e.g., beyond in Why she got married to him is...

2. Ken Wilson - Featured Speaker

Ten Quotations to Make You Think

Teachers often quote the words of wise folk to support their ideas and opinions, usually from within the world of education. I find it useful to go outside our specialized world for words of wisdom that can genuinely make us all think about how we teach. When you reflect on quotations like these, they often prove to have more meaning that you originally thought.

For example, Mark Twain: I never let my schooling interfere with my education. A mildly amusing remark, but if we take it seriously for a moment, what does it tell us?...

2. Neil Anderson - Featured Speaker

Engaging in Motivational Teaching Practices to Achieve a Perfect Score

Teachers play a powerful role in motivating learners in their classrooms. In order to engage in effective motivational teaching practices, each teacher must embark on a journey towards excellence. This session will present the results of research conducted in Guatemala and in the United States that report on teacher journeys to achieve a perfect score.

This featured speaker session will focus on ways that teachers can weave motivational moments into their teaching. Research by Guilloteaux...

2. Vice President

Gwangju International Center
Chosun University, English Language Department (rtd)
Gwangju

David Shaffer has been a KOTESOL member since the beginnings of the Jeolla Chapter in 1993. He has been a professor of English at Chosun University throughout his career in TESOL/applied linguistics. He holds a doctorate in theoretical linguistics and post-graduate certificates in TESOL. At Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter, Dr. Shaffer served a number of years as Chapter advisor and as Chapter conference officer before becoming Chapter president (2009-16). At the National level, he has...

20. Busan-Gyeongnam Chapter President

Gabriela Villafradez is an English teacher from the UK, with a rich background in language education spanning over seven years across diverse global contexts. Holding a BSc in psychology from Goldsmiths, University of London, she furthered her academic pursuits with an MA in applied linguistics and TESOL from the University of Leicester, specializing in sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and language and culture.

Her dedication to pedagogical distinction is evident in her proactive approach to fostering a supportive learning environment, where students are empowered to embrace...