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Busan-Gyeongnam Workshop March 9
March 9, 2013 - 2:30pm to 5:00pmVery practical tips on how to make our classes well rounded and student centered.
Chapter President Brad Serl is the presenter, he aims to do three things:
To help participants understand their own beliefs about teaching and to introduce them to an approach that is widely regarded as being effective in ELT. To give participants a lesson plan that they can use in their classrooms. To give participants a toolkit to allow them to direct their own self-improvement.In addition, before Brad's presentation, we have a reflective practice meeting that runs from 12:00 until 2:00...
** Discussions Technology
Our discussions (at least for the first few months) in the Professional Development SIG will take place inside YahooGroups. It seems to be the best of the easy solutions.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KOTESOL_PD_SIG/
It is important that Subject Lines be relevant, or else people can't keep track of who is saying what!
We will have several events taking place in the same general area.
Book readings will be flagged by chapter (and by book if we have two happening at the same time). Study group topics will also need to be carefully indicated.
Please...
9 Essential Traits of the Effective Professor
Nine Essential Traits of the Effective Professor. See the full powerpoint presentation (as a PDF file) attached.
1. RESPECTFUL
2. KNOWLEDGEABLE
3. APPROACHABLE
4. ENGAGING
5. COMMUNICATIVE
6. ORGANIZED
7. RESPONSIVE
8. PROFESSIONAL
9. HUMOROUS
Palumbo, Mark V. (2012). Nine Essential Traits of the Effective Professor. Presentation prepared for the Large Group Meeting of the Reflective Practice ProjectIndiana University of Pennsylvania Center for Teaching Excellence, Nov 14 2012. Available 2013.3.3, http://www.iup.edu/...
Readings Online
There are many books, booklets, journal articles, and manuscripts of potential interest available online. This is a modest partial listing. Some are also attached to this page (in case the links fail some time in the future). Feel free to add to this list.
The British Council's CPD page is filled with great stuff. http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/continuing-professional-developm...
Richards, Jack C. & Thomas S.C. Farrell (2005). Professional Development for Language Teachers: Strategies for Teacher Learning. Cambridge University Press. Parts available...
CPD Bibliography
From the British Council India.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/cpdbiblio.pdf
attached here.
Regional Conference - Jeonju-North Jeolla KOTESOL - 2013-04-19 15:00:00 - Event Registration
Looking forward to it!
Regional Conference 2013 - Jeonju-North Jeolla KOTESOL
April 20, 2013 - 12:00am
Schedule:
Registration: 12:30
Opening Ceremonies: 1:00 – 1:30
Concurrent Sessions: 1:30-5:30
Closing Ceremonies: 5:30 – 6:00
Conference Dinner: 6:30 - ?
Our theme this year is Putting it all together: Making the pieces fit.
Teaching is never a simple matter of “one lesson fits all” but, like a tailor, we need to fit each lesson to each class. As teachers, we need to be looking for new ideas, new activities, new approaches, new explanations, even new books, and then be thinking about how to use them in our classes. Our...
Program Books from past KOTESOL International Conferences now available
Program Books (which you picked up at the conference venue) from recent KOTESOL International Coniferences are now available to download.
The Extended Summaries section includes short-length papers suitable for scholarly citation.
You may use the abstracts for various types of comparative research.
http://koreatesol.org/IntConProgramBooks
Chapters' & SIGs' Newsletters
Many KOTESOL Chapters & SIGs create their own local periodicals. Newsletters that appear on Chapter or SIG homepages and links to them are listed below:
CHAPTERSBusan-Gyeongnam Chapter (through MailChimp)
http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/home/?u=137e649fe47c63a51e46882a4&id=71...
Daegu-Gyeongbuk Chapter
http://www.koreatesol.org/content/daegu-newsletters
Daejeon-Chungcheong Chapter
http://koreatesol.org/content/dcc-newsletter
Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter
http://www.koreatesol.org/content/chapter-newsletter-library-archive-gwa...
||| 2013 Gwangju KOTESOL Conference Events Schedule
GWANGJU-JEONNAM KOTESOL 2013 CONFERENCE
In Cooperation with the KOTESOL Reflective Practice SIG
Reflecting on Practice; Projecting on the Future
Venue: Chosun University Main Building (North/Left Wing), Gwangju
Presentation Abstracts and Presenter Biographical Sketches are now available at:
http://www.koreatesol.org/content/2013-gwangju-kotesol-conference-presen...
ADMISSIONS
Pre-Conference Workshop (AM): Free to All
Conference (PM): KOTESOL Members: Free
...
||| 2013 Gwangju KOTESOL Conference Presentation Abstracts
PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTER BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
*Conference details & schedule available at:
http://www.koreatesol.org/content/gwangju-jeonnam-kotesol-2013-annual-co...
10:00-11:30 PRE-CONFERENCE Reflective Practice WORKSHOP
Presenting Reflective Practice: A Sample RP-SIG Meeting
(Suzanne Bardasz, with Michael Griffin)
Recently, reflective teaching has been gaining importance in the TESOL community as a way for teachers to think about what they are doing in the classroom. To that end, in the past few years, the KOTESOL...
Membership
Welcome!The Seoul KOTESOL chapter’s first priority is our members which is why our mission is simple: improve membership retention while expanding our community. To this end, we are putting out the call to our current members to tell us how we can better serve the chapter. You can do by emailing communications@seoulkotesol.org directly. In terms of expanding chapter membership, we encourage you to tell your colleagues, friends, and anyone else interested in KOTESOL to drop by one of our events.
Become a MemberThere are numerous benefits to becoming a member, including development...
Jeonju-North Jeolla KOTESOL March Chapter Meeting
March 16, 2013 - 2:45pm to 5:00pm
2:45-3 Registration
3-3:50 Presentation 1
A Storybook Reading Approach for Young Learners
Reading in class is a great way for young learners to develop vocabulary as well as reading strategies in general. Storytelling is motivational, giving young learners a sense of achievement, provides opportunities for learning in context and can often give our students insight into foreign culture and customs. This presentation will take a look at shared reading approaches for storybooks in young learner classrooms, will consider the kinds of texts that can be used and some of the...
02. Vice-President
Aida ParkCSI Educo, Jeonju
Call for Proposals - Jeonju-North Jeolla KOTESOL 2013 Regional Conference
March 23, 2013 - 12:00am
The Jeonju-North Jeolla Regional Conference
April 20
Again, the spring conferences are just around the corner and we are planning a good one for Jeonju-North Jeolla Chapter.
Our theme this year is Putting it all together: Making the pieces fit.
Teaching is never a simple matter of “one lesson fits all” but, like a tailor, we need to fit each lesson to each class. As teachers, we need to be looking for new ideas, new activities, new approaches, new explanations, even new books, and then thinking about how to use them in our classes. Our annual regional conference...
07. Promotion
Aida ParkCSI Educo
Find us on Instagram and Facebook!
Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/jnjkotesol/
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jnjkotesol
01. Jeonju - North Jeolla Chapter President
Lisa MacIntyre-Park'I Can!' English Academy
cellphone: 010-8637-9519
President's Activities:
- develop JNJ Chapter enrichment programs
- report to National Council
- recruit speakers for workshops
Get in touch here: jeonju@koreatesol.org
Daegu-Gyeongbuk KOTESOL March Chapter Meeting
March 2, 2013 - 3:00pm to 5:30pmSpeaker:Leonie Overbeek
Topic:Vocabulary Games - what, why and how?
Date:Saturday March 2nd, 2013
Time:3:00pm - 5:30pm
Venue:KNU, Woodang Building, Room 201
Map: click here
In this workshop participants will explore the ideas behind vocabulary games and examine what works and what doesn't work in the Korean classroom and why. Examples of both popular well-known games and an Excel-based game developed to teach and practice vocabulary will be presented.
Participants will have the opportunity to play some of the games and to discuss their...
Presenter Advisory
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KOTESOL Proceedings 2013 submissions should
Be more than just handouts or a lecture outlines and be written so that the content is accessible to a broad readership. If an extended summary was submitted to the Conference Program Guide, the proceedings submission should, at the very least, be an expansion and revision of what appeared there. Be consistent with the guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 6th ed., especially for in-text citations and reference lists. The following...