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Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL June Chapter Meeting & Reflective Practice SIG Session

June 14, 2014 - 12:00am
Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter June Meeting

----- Morning RP-SIG Session Schedule -----

11:00-12:30: Reflective Practice Special Interest Group (RP-SIG) Session
Place: Starbucks, Chosun University Back Gate Branch

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

Time:  Saturday, June 14, 2014, 1:45–5:00 p.m.
Place: Chosun University Main Building (Gwangju), 4th Floor, Rm 4211

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

2:00-2:50 pm: Featured PRESENTATION
Five-Minute Lesson Planning
Paige...

By Webeditor Gwangju on May 16, 2014 - 1:47am | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

KOTESOL Yongin Workshop: Motivation (and Discipline) In the EFL Environment(or How to spend more time teaching and less time managing your students); Post Workshop Barbecue

June 14, 2014 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Presenter:  Tory S. Thorkelson

Abstract

This workshop looks at the various dominant theories related to effectively motivating your students as well as some tried and true solution to some of the more common discipline problems that teachers in Korea face in their classrooms. While the workshop talks mostly about experiences in a university classroom, many of the problems and solutions are also relevant to public school teachers as well.

THERE WILL BE A BARBECUE AFTER THE WORKSHOP!! COME FOR SOME QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKING!!

 

Biography:...

By Webeditor Yongin on May 14, 2014 - 12:06pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

KOTESOL Fedex Day 2014

 

KOTESOL would be better if ...

 

Show us what you think.

24 hours of high intensity rules-free development

June 6, 2014

...........  (Presentations June 7, 7pm))

 

What is FedEx Day???

The aim of a FedEx Day is to complete something deliverable within a 24 hour period. This enforced deadline is how the event gets its name; it mimics the bold, even revolutionary promise of an overnight delivery by the US-based courier FedEx. The idea here is that if you can’t make the deadline, at least make the effort. (There may be a chance to complete...

By Webeditor President on May 13, 2014 - 9:40pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Jeonju-North Jeolla KOTESOL May Workshop

May 17, 2014 - 2:45pm to 5:00pm

~It's time for JNJ KOTESOL's May workshop and something a little different.  Longtime KOTESOL member and presenter Roger Fusselman is presenting for both hours on comedy sketches, stand-up comedy and improv for the English classroom. And for those of you who want more, KOTESOL's national conference will be held in Daegu at Kyungpook National University on May 31st from 10am-6pm.

 

~Stand-up comedy, improvisational theater, and comedy sketches require different aspects of communicative competence. Knowing how comedians create comedy can expand and stimulate English language...

By Webeditor Jeonju on May 9, 2014 - 9:50am | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Seoul KOTESOL Chapter May Workshop - Adding-on Productivity with Google Drive

May 24, 2014 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Seoul KOTESOL Chapter May Workshop

Topic: Adding-on Productivity with Google Drive

Dan Craig and Joshua Adams

Abstract

It is trendy these days to refer to "the cloud" when discussing online storage, applications, and services.   The cloud is not really anything new, but the growing movement to store and process information on distant servers is certainly changing the way we work.  Our information, more than ever, is becoming accessible at any time and from any place. As access to the Internet becomes ubiquitous, more of our play and work utilize this marvelous...

By Webeditor Seoul on May 6, 2014 - 10:25pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Busan-Gyeongnam Chapter Meeting

May 10, 2014 - 2:30pm to 5:30pm

We'd like to express a warm welcome and invite you to join us for our May meeting, which features 2 knowledgeable speakers. Akli Hadid will be presenting "History, Ideology and Issues in English Education in Korea" through a series of 3 Pecha Kuchas (very short PPT presentations). And our second speaker is Leonie Overbeek, who will be exploring, "The Fallacy of Fun." Please see the link for more detailed presenter/presentation information.

Everyone is welcome to join us before the main meeting for reflective practice and also for dinner afterwards at a local restaurant (usually...

By Webeditor Busan on May 1, 2014 - 2:15pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Previews! (KOTESOL National Conference 2014)

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The 2014 Korea TESOL National Conference has invited some dynamic presenters guaranteed to stimulate your teaching awareness.

Want to know more?

How about a few "preview" videos from invited speakers?

Try these:

Dr. Charles Browne
Plenary Session: 'Change in the Classroom: Principled Pragmatism in Reading and Vocabulary'
http://koreatesol.org/content/browne-nc2014-preview-video

Prof Marc Helgesen
Plenary Session: 'Language Learning and the Senses'
http://koreatesol.org/content/helgesen-nc2014-plenary-preview-video...

By Webeditor National Conference on April 28, 2014 - 10:53pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Beatty - nc2014 Webinar Preview video

 

A preview of Dr. Ken Beatty's Webinar presentation ‘Running with Scissors: Authenticity in the Classroom’ at the 2014 KOTESOL National Conference held at Global Plaza (Kyungpook National University Campus) in Daegu, South Korea May 31, 2014.

 

 

Running with Scissors: Authenticity in the Classroom

Authenticity is controversial in language classrooms with divisions of authenticity of task, materials and situation. Authenticity of task questions whether students are learning language in a way that would seem natural outside the classroom. For example, a loosely...

By Webeditor Video on April 28, 2014 - 10:37pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Presenter Tips

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Some Guidelines (not requirements)

We at KOTESOL want to do all we can to help you make a great presentation, whether you are a first-time presenter or a launched professional. Here are some suggestions and helpful hints on speaking before your peers, making PowerPoint presentations that actually help your topic, using handouts, and interacting with your audience. We are committed to helping you do your best and nurturing new speakers. With that in mind, please remember these are suggestions, not...

By Webeditor National Conference on April 25, 2014 - 3:14pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Weather/Dress

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The weather in Daegu on the weekend of May 31 should be very comfortable, though may include showers or high humidity.

Temperatures are expected between 15-26 degrees Celcius with light winds and partly cloudy skies.

We suggest you bring an umbrella. Most conference attendees will dress in (business) casual attire.

(In fact, the weather was sunny and humid that day, we reached 36 degrees Celcius!)

By Webeditor National Conference on April 25, 2014 - 10:48am | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Accommodations: Official Conference Hotel

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There are advantages to staying at the official conference hotel. Casual meets with the conference stars and others, an extra-comfortable night's sleep around a busy conference day... and a range of restaurant and entertainment options nearby in central (Jungangro) Daegu - from TGIFridays and VIPs to KFC, Mr. Donut, and McDonalds.

Novotel Ambassador Daegu
"City Centre"
노보텔 앰배서더 대구
611, Gukchaebosang-ro, Jung-gu
Daegu
+82-053-664-1101

A substantial discount on rooms is available through online services such as hotels.com and agoda....

By Webeditor National on April 25, 2014 - 12:38am | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL May Chapter Meeting

May 10, 2014 - 1:45am to 5:00am
Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter May Meeting

Time:  Saturday, May 10, 2014, 1:45–5:00 p.m.
Place: Chosun University Main Building (Gwangju), 4th Floor, Rm 4211

|||||||  The May Chapter Meeting program and newsletter is attached as a PDF file at the bottom of this web page.

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

2:00–2:50 pm: Featured PRESENTATION 1         
Implementing CLT in Large Korean University Classes
Matthew McLaughtin-Stonham (Chosun University)

2:50 - 3:10 pm:...

By Webeditor Gwangju on April 24, 2014 - 10:37pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Yongin KOTESOL: Cultural Misconceptions, Interpretations, and Breakthroughs in Korean Society and Culture

May 10, 2014 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Cultural Misconceptions, Interpretations, and Breakthroughs in Korean Society and Culture

By Isabelle Min

Abstract:

For those of us living and working in this ‘land of morning calm’ the last word in our minds may be ‘serenity.’  In fact, words like ‘dynamic’ and ‘chaotic’ may feel more apt.  Reading books on Korean culture and learning about cultural dimensions may throw us further into confusion because so much is said but their applications may feel like falling into a rabbit hole.  How can we apply our knowledge from books to reality at work?

Join ‘Cultural...

By Webeditor Yongin on April 24, 2014 - 10:43am | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Daegu-Gyeongbuk KOTESOL May 2014 Chapter Meeting

May 10, 2014 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Speaker: Dan Svoboda
Topic: Creating Great Lessons
Date: Saturday May 10th, 2014
Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Venue: KNU, Woodang Building, Room 203
Map: click here

What Makes a Great Lesson?

The May workshop will be about creating great lessons. Whatever age group or skill level you find yourself teaching, you probably try to create and deliver the best possible lessons. This workshop will look at several factors related to creating a ‘great lesson,’ including content, students, delivery, classroom, teachers, and other miscellaneous factors. Those...

By Webeditor Daegu on April 22, 2014 - 8:26am | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Mokpo-Muan Area to Get Outreach Workshops

The Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter is going on the road to the Mokpo-Muan area with a quintet of ELT presentations for professional development. Holding an outreach event in Muan County has become an annual event for the Chapter. The outreach workshops will be held again this year at Mokpo National University with Jocelyn Wright as site coordinator.

The five presentations will be held over three hours and cover a range of ELT topics. Dr. David Shaffer will be revealing numerous misconceptions commonly held about language learning and teaching. Billie Kang will be explaining how to create a...

By Webeditor Gwangju on April 22, 2014 - 4:13am | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL Mokpo Outreach Workshops

May 3, 2014 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL May Outreach

Time:  Saturday, May 3, 2014, 1:00–5:00 p.m.
Place:  Mokpo National University (Muan, Jeonnam), Bldg. A10, Rm. 204
Directions to Venue: http://koreatesol.org/content/directions-mokpo-outreach

||||||| The program for this Outreach can be found as a PDF file at the bottom of this web page.

--- Schedule ---
1:00 pm: Sign-in and Meet-and-Greet
(Admission is free.   Future membership is welcomed.)

1:15–1:30 pm: OPENING and INTRODUCTION of KOTESOL & the Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter

1:30–2:15 pm: Opening...

By Webeditor Gwangju on April 21, 2014 - 9:53pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Poster for national conference 2014

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Download a great PDF image of our conference poster, share with your colleagues!

http://koreatesol.org/sites/default/files/pdf/natconf2014-poster-v5-Apri...

or right-click the photo above for a .jpg - not quite as good.

 

By Webeditor National Conference on April 21, 2014 - 6:05pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Helgesen - nc2014 Plenary Preview video

 

A preview of Prof. Marc Helgesen's plenary presentation ‘Language Learning and the Senses’ at the 2014 KOTESOL National Conference held at Global Plaza (Kyungpook National University Campus) in Daegu, South Korea May 31, 2014.

 

 

Language Learning and the Senses

Teaching English means more than knowing about English and ELT. It includes knowing how we teach and knowing who we are – in relation to the way our students learn. That includes sensory awareness. Barring a disability, we all have the five senses. Every bit of information we take in comes through...

By Webeditor Video on April 19, 2014 - 12:28pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

National Conference Registration Opens

Pre-registration has opened for the KOTESOL 2014 National Conference.

General information about registration is available at http://koreatesol.org/nc2014/registration

Save money by pre-registering! (Pre-registration closes May 16th.)

Also see information on our three Invited Speakers. And more, at http://koreatesol.org/nc2014

By Webeditor National Conference on April 16, 2014 - 11:43am | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Prof. Marc Helgesen - Plenary Speaker

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Prof. Marc Helgesen is author of more than 150 professional articles, books and textbooks including the English Firsthand series (Pearson Education/Longman Asia) and has lead teacher development workshop on five continents. He is professor at Miyagi Gakuin Women's University, Sendai. He also teaches "Innervoice & Task Planning" at Teachers College Columbia University, MA TESOL Program, Tokyo and "Positive Psychology (The 'Science of Happiness') in ELT" at Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, Nagoya. Marc is chair of the Extensive Reading Foundation (www.erfoundation.org...

By Webeditor National Conference on April 15, 2014 - 9:52pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Dr. Charles Browne - Plenary Speaker

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Charles Browne, Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL at Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, is a specialist in second language vocabulary acquisition, extensive reading, and online learning; co-author of the NGSL New General Service List, (www.newgeneralservicelist.org) and the NAWL New Academic Word List (www.newacademicwordlist.org), and has created a wide variety of research-based, language learning and analysis software such as the OGTE (Online Graded Text Editor), ER-Central, EnglishCentral, WordEngine, and V-Check. He is working hard to share this knowledge...

By Webeditor National Conference on April 15, 2014 - 9:44pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Dr. Ken Beatty - Webcast Feature

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Dr. Ken Beatty is author/co-author of more than 130 English as a Second Language textbooks used worldwide from the primary to tertiary levels, as well as books on Computer Assisted Language Learning. He has worked at universities in Canada, China, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, and the USA, and given more than 200 teacher training presentations and 92 conference presentations throughout Asia, the Middle East, and North and South America. He is currently TESOL Professor at Anaheim University.

 

Webcast Featured Presentation

Running with Scissors:...

By Webeditor National Conference on April 15, 2014 - 9:37pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Seoul KOTESOL Chapter April Workshop - The Gentle Art of Discipline

April 19, 2014 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
The Gentle Art of Discipline

Prof. Roger Fusselman

Abstract

One of the greatest challenges any teacher of children faces is controlling the classroom. With so many people in the class, each with different values and expectations, it may be difficult to keep students on task, prevent bad behavior, or rein in discord. Fortunately, different approaches to discipline have been developed. These models show that the art of discipline is gentler, less strict than what people would expect.

This particular presentation organizes dozens of suggestions for the more orderly...

By Webeditor Seoul on April 9, 2014 - 11:46pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Schedule - National Conference 2014

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The Full two-page timetable is available for download (as PDF). http://koreatesol.org/sites/default/files/pdf/KOTESOL-2014-nc-Timetable.pdf

Day at a Glance

9:00 - 10:00    Registration and Check-in

10:00 - 10:20   Opening Ceremonies

10:20 - 11:10   Plenary Session  - Prof. Marc Helgesen

11:20 - 12:10   Concurrent Sessions

LUNCH BREAK

1:00 - 1:50   Plenary Session - Dr. Charles Browne

2:00 - 2:50   Concurrent Sessions

3:00 - 3:50   Concurrent Sessions)

4:00 - 4:50   Concurrent Sessions

5:00 - 5:50  ...

By Webeditor National Conference on April 7, 2014 - 10:46pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

National Conference Update

60+ presentations.  8 hours. Featuring Marc Helgesen, Dr. Charles Browne, Dr. Ken Beatty.  Speakers from 10 different countries.

See our list of concurrent sessions presenters. http://koreatesol.org/nc2014/concurrent-sessions

Pre-registration (online) will open April 16th. Save money and time through pre-registration!  More event information will be available in the days ahead.

Presenters from ten countries coming to the KOTESOL National Conference:

Malaysia the United Arab Emirates Thailand Australia Singapore Japan the United States Turkey Saudi Arabia Korea
By Robert Dickey on April 7, 2014 - 7:47pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Concurrent Sessions

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Concurrent presentation sessions are the heart of any conference.

Following is a preliminary listing of concurrent session presenters and session titles accepted for the KOTESOL 2014 National Conference at Global Plaza in Daegu, May 31st. Find a PDF of presentation abstracts and presenter's biographic sketches here - http://koreatesol.org/sites/default/files/pdf/abstracts-bios.pdf

Research Grant Awards (Introducing Winning Proposals) Thomas S. Avery    Wiring EFL Students into Online English Communities Lee Babin    ...
By Webeditor National Conference on April 7, 2014 - 6:41pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Call for Papers for International Conference 2014 Now Open

The Call for Papers for the KOTESOL 2014 International Conference is now open.

http://koreatesol.org/IC2014CallForPapers

Early-bird submissions receive a conference registration discount.

See more.  http://koreatesol.org/IC2014CallForPapers

By Webeditor International Conference on April 6, 2014 - 11:57pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

New Classroom Observation Program

KOTESOL is pleased to announce the start of our new Open Door Classroom Observation Program! Throughout 2014, the Membership Committee will facilitate connections between members who wish to observe classes and members who are willing to let themselves be observed.

We're currently seeking KOTESOL members in Korea who have been teaching for 3+ years and who are willing to open their classrooms to other KOTESOL members. If you're willing to open your class, please join our database! For more information or to volunteer as a host, please visit http://koreatesol.org/content/open-door-...

By Webeditor Membership on April 6, 2014 - 10:43pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Gangwon KOTESOL April 2014 Meeting

April 12, 2014 - 12:30pm to 5:00pm
By Webeditor Gangwon on March 24, 2014 - 9:34pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

Busan-Gyeongnam Symposium

April 12, 2014 - 2:00pm to 6:00pm

Venue Information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MWeCcSpGTxeVTsEF1H5p-d0VpdhXIWgSqmIq59cM1ek/edit?usp=sharing

Program: 

2:00-2:40. David E. Shaffer: Student Reflection on Language Learning Practices: In-Class Support for Autonomous Learning

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MOD7hYcBOK4vVNEVBiA2zTImzaIFXO-R3gA972waG8E/edit?usp=sharing

2:50-3:30. Julien McNulty: Speaking Out: Using Technology Resources for Speaking Skills Development- Julien McNulty

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KQwRapMqv2_lcNBvL0PplgUGrN6frkS_xsfQGZxQ5N0/edit?usp=sharing...

By Webeditor Busan on March 24, 2014 - 6:49pm | [totalcount] | [group_audience] | Read more

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