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Gwangju Conference Registration Is Now OPEN

We hope you are planning to come to the Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter KOTESOL Conference. Pre-registration online is open February 25 through March 9. Pre-register now. To begin, just click HERE.

Theme: SERVICE – A Tradition in Teaching
Plenary Speaker: Robert Dickey, JD: Service – A Hallmark of Professionalism
About 20 presentations (4 by overseas presenters).
Four Strands
-- Service
-- Social Justice
-- General
-- General / Research

Start your semester off with some first rate professional development.
Start your KOTESOL year off...

DCC End of Year Party

Our annual End of Year Party.  Details coming soon. 

DCC September Conference

Our September Conference will be held at Hoseo University in Cheonan.  Registration starts at 12:30 with the conference startign at 1PM.  Our plenary speaker will be Elizabeth May, who will speak about "Bringing the Online into ESL Education; Identifying Barriers and Creating Solutions". 

Fees: W5,000 for members

          W10,000 for non-members

Bus Trip to the National Conference in Wonju

Bus Trip to KOTESOL’s National Conference 
Saturday, May 28th, 2016
EXPRESS BUS TERMINAL @ 7AM. We will return by 8PM. 

We will be renting a bus to take to KOTESOL’s National Conference at Sangji University in Wonju. The theme of this year’s conference is “Our Provinces” and includes a plenary by Theoron Muller from the University of Toyoma. First and foremost, the theme refers to ELT’s various domains of expertise (from SLA to classroom management). Additionally, the theme refers to the 9 provinces of Korea (along with the ‘Special Cities’ that share the same...

International Partners Conference Reports 2016

One aspect of KOTESOL's international partnerships with other TESOL organizations involves sending representatives to observe and report back to KOTESOL.

Both Technical Reports and General Reports are presented by our representatives upon return to Korea. (For more about our representative selection process and duties, see the International Outreach Committee page at http://koreatesol.org/ioc).

2016 KOTESOL International Conference Call For Presentations

To be held October 15-16, 2016
Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea

Call for Papers - KOTESOL Seoul Chapter 12th Annual Conference

KOTESOL Seoul Chapter is seeking workshop-type and research presentations for the chapter’s Annual Conference in Seoul on April 24, 2016 (Sunday, 9:30~5:30PM). All presentations will be 25 minutes (research) to 45 minutes (workshop) in length.

Presenters from elementary to university levels are strongly encouraged to submit proposals related to the following aspects:

Christians in ELT International Conference

Co-sponsored by the KOTESOL Christian Teachers SIG and the Christian English Language Educator's Association, this will be the first international conference for Christian English language teachers in Korea. The conference theme is "Collaboration in the classroom and beyond." Plenary speakers include Chuck Sandy, Jan Dormer, and John Liang. Concurrent sessions will address collaboration, teaching in churches and Christian institutions, Christian approaches to language and pedagogy, practical classroom techniques, and more.

Pre-registration is open!

Call For Presentations

To be held October 15-16, 2016
Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea

National and international ELT professionals networking and
implementing informed change in ELT

The International Conference Committee of Korea TESOL invites proposals for
practical workshops (45 or 80 minutes), academic research papers (20 minutes),
colloquia (80 or 105 minutes) and panels (80 or 105 minutes)
related to the teaching of...

KOTESOL National Conference

Theme:   "Our Provinces"
(referring both to the field of ELT/education, and the geographic locales we work in

Plenary speaker:  Theron Muller, University of Toyama

keep up with the latest info --
https://koreatesol.org/nc2016

Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL February Chapter Meeting

----- Morning Reflective Practice Session -----

No RP Session scheduled for February
(Pre-conference morning session scheduled for March 12.)

----- Main Meeting Schedule -----

Time: Saturday, February 13, 2016, 1:45 - 5:00 pm
NEW Location: Gwangju National University of Education (GNUE), Teacher Training Center (교사교육센터) 1st Floor; Room 811. Detailed directions HERE.

1:45 pm: Sign-in and Meet-and-Greet    (Admission is free. Future membership is welcomed.)

2:00 - 2:50 pm:  Presentation 1
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The English Connection (TEC) Latest Issue Online

As the chill of winter arrives, so does the warmth of the Winter Issue of The English Connection (TEC). Read it online now, or wait for the hard copy soon to be coming off the press.

This issue showcases climate change, illustrating how we can impress the severity of the sitution upon our students while still teaching English. And Dr. Thomas Farrell starts up a new column on Reflective Practice beginning in this issue.

You will also find the regular TEC features and columns that the magazine is noted for. Check out the table of contents, and start reading: HERE.

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January 2016 Issue of KOTESOL News Sent

The January 2016 issue of KOTESOL News was sent on January 1, 2016, to 1,463 subscribers. Highlights of this issue include a call for proprosals (and opinions!) from the National Conference Committee and information about how members can access the most recent issue of Korea TESOL Journal online or as a hard copy. 

Read, share, or subscribe here.

Busan-Gyeongnam January Round Table Discussion

Location: HQ Bar, Gwangalli map and directions 

We are scheduling an informal round table discussion for January instead of a regular presentation because it falls within the vacation schedule. Two chapter members have volunteered to lead discussions for this event. They will introduce their topics give a short presentation the open the floor for conversation. Listed Below are the conversation topics and presenter bios.  

Topic 1: The Flipped Classroom presented by Jenni Payne

Jenni Payne has been teaching English since 2011 in Germany, Prague, and now Korea. This is...