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The International Conference Call for Proposals Closing Soon
There is not much time left to submit a proposal for the International Conference. The call for proposals closes on May 31st. The International Conference will be held October 13-14, 2018, at Sookmyung Women's University Seoul.
As a presenter at the International Conference, you would have the opportunity to share your knowledge and inspire others, and to schmooze with other presenters in the presenters' Lounge. You would also receive a certificate to add to your portfolio, and you would have the option of being published in the extended Summaries and conference proceedings...
2018-5-13 / JungChul English School / Samjeongdong, Gimhae / 2.1 Million KRW
The English academy where I work is looking for a new teacher to start ASAP. The school is near Inje University, so there are plenty of things to do and is a 10min walk from the train :). The Academy itself is amazing! The Director and his family are awesome, and the students are so fun and enjoy learning English. I seriously love working here. Here's all the info you need about the job!
Location: Samjeongdong, Gimhae
School: JungChul English School
Hours: 1:30-9:30pm
Teaching levels: Elementary to Middle School
Housing: Housing provided - it is a great...
Members, We Need You! How to Volunteer
We are pleased to announce a new task force designed to facilitate the volunteer process! As an all-volunteer organization, KOTESOL thrives only because of its members' dedication. We always need members to help out with tasks of all shapes, sizes, and durations: from short-term one-time tasks, such as distributing KOTESOL pamphlets to your colleagues, to extended tasks, such as taking on leadership positions. Check out our new web page to learn more!
National Treasurer Position Opens
Position Filled.
Korea TESOL is looking for a member to serve a National Treasurer for the remainder of the present term. This person would ideally have some previous training and/or experience in financial affairs and have some understanding of the workings of KOTESOL.
The position begins July 1 and runs through October 14. (However, we would hope that this person could also run for election to a full one-year term in the October elections.
For more details or to apply (by MAY 26), please contact President David Shaffer.
Email: president@koreatesol.org // ChosunU@...
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Members, We Need You!
Korea TESOL is a professional development organization built on members' goodwill and trust. It is only because members share their time and expertise that KOTESOL can offer events and publications that are relevant to our ELT community in Korea. Whether you can only afford to help by checking out our many Facebook groups and "liking" a post or you are ready for the opportunity to step into a leadership position and host an event at your location, volunteering for KOTESOL is an investment in your own professional and personal development. It is a way to pay back mentors and teachers who...
Ehean Kim
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Presentation (45 minutes)
Ehean Kim, Salisbury University
Abstract
This presentation aims to criticize the current trends of English education in South Korea, which mainly focus on English exams. These trends based on English exams have caused serious problems. First, students are not able to speak English at all even after several years of English language education at public schools. Second, parents have not trusted the public English education system owing to...
Alaric Naudé
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Presentation (45 minutes)
Alaric Naudé, Suwon Science College, The University of Suwon
Abstract
Crossing borders is much more than just moving past a man-made barrier. The most powerful of borders has no walls, wires or security because the most difficult border to cross is the human mind, which can shut itself more tightly than a prison in the cruelest of dictatorships. With this seemingly impenetrable wall in place, how can the mind be crossed in order to make...
Allan Chu Lim Cheung & Charlotte Qianfan Ouyang
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Research Report (20 minutes)
Allan Chu Lim Cheung, City University of Hong Kong
Charlotte Qianfan Ouyang, The University of Hong Kong
Abstract
When considering lesson planning or syllabus design, L2 teachers often consider attempting various ways of delivering information tactfully in order to stimulate student engagement. The entry point approach, developed by Howard Gardner, suggests various pathways that can help learners develop an image of intensive learning...
Yasuko Sato
KOTESOL National Conference 2018
Research Report (20 minutes)
Yasuko Sato, Niigata University of International and Information Studies
Abstract
This study explores the effect of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) as a method to enhance a student’s motivation and self-directed learning, and to help them acquire the key skills needed in order to succeed at Niigata University of International and Information Studies or overseas universities. We offered a course of MOOCs to freshmen majoring in...
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...
Yvette Murdoch & Hyejung Lim
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Research Report (20 minutes)
Yvette Murdoch, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Hyejung Lim, Seojeong Middle School
Abstract
For a number of years now, universities throughout Korea have steadily increased the number of major-specific content courses taught solely in the English language. It is believed that this teaching method would enhance students’ English language proficiency and decrease their desire to travel outside of Korea in order to obtain the same results. While...
David Scott Bowyer
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Research Report (20 minutes)
David Scott Bowyer, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
Abstract
Recursive conversations (RCs) are described as a “return to a similar experience?but with a wider knowledge” (Kindt, 2004, p. 15). Focusing on RCs and their effects on learner beliefs and performance, including fluency, disfluency, and complexity, this presentation describes the results of Action Research conducted over six weeks with 18 first-year English majors in a freshman oral...
Andrew Griffiths
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Research Report (20 minutes)
Andrew Griffiths, Daejeon Education Training Institute
Abstract
The presentation will report on the presenter’s introduction of a ‘personal development time’ for his trainee teachers during a six month in-service teacher training course run by the Korean government for public school teachers. Each trainee was given approximately 30% of their class time to freely develop any aspect of their English speaking they chose, with a small amount...
Christopher Lange, Jamie Costley, & Mik Fanguy
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Research Report (20 minutes)
Christopher Lange, Joongbu University
Jamie Costley, Kongju National University
Mik Fanguy, KAIST, Korea
Abstract
Many EFL classrooms are using some types of online lessons, and many of those lessons contain highly interactive and complex tasks. In these cases, learners are often faced with higher levels of intrinsic load, which represents how difficult learners find a particular piece of contents. High levels of content complexity...
Asako Takaesu
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Research Report (20 minutes)
Asako Takaesu, Soka University, Japan
Abstract
In today’s increasingly IT dependent society, to avoid falling victim to harmful or misleading information, it is essential to develop media literacy. Media literacy has long been advocated and prescribed in North American and European primary and secondary education. This has been much less so in Japan, and as such, even academically advanced Japanese students have limited knowledge when dealing...
Eric Lawrence Shewack
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Research Report (20 minutes)
Eric Lawrence Shewack, Tohoku University Graduate School of International Studies
Abstract
The research in this study sheds light on a fundamental difference between the way Confucian-rooted languages such as Korean view group relationships versus the way their Western counterparts choose between singular and plural pronouns. In Korean, this is primarily found in the “Wuli” and “Nae” dichotomy. Though these two words roughly translate to “our” and “my”...
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...
David Shaffer
KOTESOL National Conference 2018
Workshop (45 minutes)
David Shaffer, Gwangju International Center
Abstract
In research paper submissions made to scholarly journals, academic proceedings, graduate courses, and the like, errors in formatting references in the reference list and in-text citations are among the most common. Poor formatting of references and citations could be a major reason for a journal to reject a paper submission. Consequently, the importance of proper formatting of references...
Gunter Breaux
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Presentation (45 minutes)
Gunter Breaux, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Abstract
The original goal of English education was conversation ability. Then, grammar became the goal because it’s easy to test. After grammar became the goal, it became the best route to that goal. But it’s the wrong goal. Conversation can be the goal again, because now conversation is now easy to test. This fundamentally changes how foreign languages can be taught.
This presentation...
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...
Julian Warmington & Rhea Metituk
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Presentation (45 minutes)
Julian Warmington, KOTESOL Climate Education SIG
Rhea Metituk, University of Ulsan
Abstract
The industrial greenhouse gas effect has only just started to wreak havoc around the world, and it is about to get much worse much faster. Is it all doom and gloom, or is there anything still worth learning, celebrating, and teaching? This 45-minute interactive presentation offers:
Daniel Corks
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Presentation (45 minutes)
Daniel Corks, Woosong University
Abstract
For teachers of L2 writing, correcting errors in students’ assignments is a part of the job that one learns to dread. Even after correcting an uncountable number of errors, neither student nor teacher can say for certain whether any improvement has been made.
While researchers seek an answer to the question, “Does grammar correction work?” the teaching community requires an answer to a...
Cristina Tat & Meg Ellis
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Presentation (45 minutes)
Cristina Tat, Kyoto Tachibana University, Japan
Meg Ellis, Kyoto Tachibana University, Japan
Abstract
Our presentation will be an introduction to the new EAP program at our university which has been created and introduced in the 2017-18 academic year. This program has been created to address the Japanese Ministry of Education`s new directive for higher education institutions, which is to create "global citizens," graduates who will have...
John Breckenfeld
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Workshop (45 minutes)
John Breckenfeld, Gangneung-Wonju National University
Abstract
Music is one of life’s treasures, and our students connect with songs for the same reasons we do. Like comfort food, influential songs become powerful memory triggers, propelling us back in time to the days when we first heard Nirvana, Prince, or Beyonc?. If only our classroom experiences could reemerge in students’ future musings in similarly positive ways! After teaching English in...
Bryan J. Aguiar
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Workshop (45 minutes)
Bryan J. Aguiar, Kwangwoon University
Abstract
Wondering how to get your students to achieve natural, spontaneous debate and discussion using English? Curious about Socratic debate and whether or not it can work in your conversation class? While every instructor has their own idiosyncratic style, given the proper training, guidance and advice, they can successfully actualize Socratic debate techniques in their class.
By being exposed to example Socratic...
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...
Michael Dzurak
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Workshop (45 minutes)
Michael Dzurak, Soonchunhyang University
Abstract
A great deal of teaching involves speaking. This is a skill that we often take for granted. Yet, we can also find ourselves in a difficult or awkward spot when during an open class the school principal and parents are suddenly all looking at us and our normally controlled speech starts to stutter. Speaking to students - or down the Korean social hierarchy - is much different than up to...
Wayne Finley
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Workshop (45 minutes)
Wayne Finley, Sol International School
Abstract
At the beginning of a new semester we’re handed a syllabus, a shiny new textbook and we start making our lesson plans. We focus on grammar, vocabulary, speaking activities, listening exercises…but there’s something missing. We’re forgetting the students! Education is not just about sharpening skills, but developing personalities. Self-reflection. Self-empowerment. Self-anything! Adding one of the best-...
Daniel Svoboda
KOTESOL National Conference 2018Workshop (45 minutes)
Daniel Svoboda, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Abstract
A lot of time and effort has been spent in educational research looking into and devising new ways to help English language learners acquire and develop better vocabularies. Gone are the days of students memorizing long lists of translated words for rote vocabulary tests. A whole host of new and creative methods have been developed to ensure students are equipped with the most effective tools to pick up, learn...