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Conference Leadership
Ralph Cousins is Chair of the KOTESOL International Conference Committee for 2013. He has served on the International Conference Committee for 4 years. Download (right-click) his full-sized photo at http://www.koreatesol.org/media/people/ralph_cousins.jpg (754kb)
Carl "Dusty" Dusthimer is Co-Chair of the KOTESOL International Conference Committee for 2014. He is a founding member and past president of Korea TESOL (KOTESOL) and served as conference chair in 1994,1995, and 1996. He has more than 20 years experience in teaching and English materials development in Korea. Download (right-click) his full-sized photo at http://www.koreatesol.org/media/people/carl_dusthimer.jpg (1910kb)
Conference Invited Speakers
Scott Thornbury is currently curriculum coordinator on the MA TESOL program at The New School in New York. His previous experience includes teaching and teacher training in Egypt, UK, Spain, and in his native New Zealand. His writing credits include several award-winning books for teachers on language and methodology. His most recent book is Big Questions in ELT, available as an ebook from The Round. He has also authored a number of journal articles and book chapters on such diverse subjects as voice-setting phonology, corpus linguistics, speaking instruction, learner autonomy, and embodied learning. He is series editor for the Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers. Follow him on Twitter, @thornburyscott
Dr. Lee Boyoung (이보영) is the face of Engilsh learner empowerment in Korea. She hosts Morning Special, a live daily radio show on EBS FM which discusses English education as well as general information about various fields. Dr. Lee is a lecturer in English Education, and the CEO of MISOA, a consulting company. She received a B.A. from Ewha Woman’s University in English Education in 1988, and a M.A. from the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Korean-English Interpretation in 1990. She received her Ph.D. in English Education from Ewha Woman’s University in 2010. Since 2004, she has been working for Edubox as the head of its research center. Her writing has been published in many journals and books. Download (right-click) her full-sized photos at http://www.koreatesol.org/media/people/LeeBoYoung-1.jpg (811kb)
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David Nunan is Past President of TESOL, the world's largest language teaching organization and the world's leading textbook series author. Dr. Nunan, Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Anaheim University, is the founding Dean of the Anaheim University Graduate School of Education and served as President of Anaheim University from 2006 to 2008. Dr. Nunan is a world-renowned linguist and best-selling author of English Language Teaching textbooks for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Thomson Learning. His ELT textbook series Go For It is the largest selling textbook series in the world with total sales exceeding 2.5 billion books. In 2002 Dr. Nunan received a congressional citation from the United States House of Representatives for his services to English language education through his pioneering work in online education at Anaheim University. In 2003 he was ranked the 7th most influential Australian in Asia by Business Review Weekly, and in 2005 he was named one of the top "50 Australians Who Matter."
Ahmar Mahboob teaches linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia. Ahmar has worked in the areas of English language learning/teaching, English language teacher education, identity management, language policy and practice, minority languages, NNEST studies, pidgin and creole languages, Systemic Functional Linguistics, and World Englishes. Ahmar has published six authored/edited books, four special editions of journals, and over 50 papers and articles. He is Co-Editor of TESOL Quarterly (with Brian Paltridge).
Gabriel Diaz Maggioli is a teacher who applies the lessons learned in the classroom to his roles as educational administrator, teacher educator and writer. He is currently the Dean of the School of Language Learning and Teaching, at The New School, a progressive university in New York, founded by John Dewey in 1919. There, he also directs the MA in TESOL program in which he teaches the Methods and Learner Assessment courses.Gabriel’s main research interest is the elaboration of a viable pedagogy for teacher education. Gabriel is an active presenter at various international professional development events. He has acted as keynote or guest speaker for TESOL-related organizations in North, South, and Central America; Europe, and other countries around the world. He is also active in professional organizations, having occupied leadership positions in TESOL International and IATEFL. Download (right-click) his full-sized photo at http://www.koreatesol.org/media/people/gabriel_diaz_maggioli.jpg (687kb)
Herbert Puchta holds a Ph.D. in ELT Pedagogy. For several years, he was Professor of English at the Teacher Training University in Graz, Austria. He has been a plenary speaker at numerous international conferences and has conducted workshops and given seminars in more than 50 countries. He was also President of IATEFL (the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language). For almost three decades, Herbert has done research into the practical application of findings from cognitive psychology and brain research to the teaching of English as a foreign language. Herbert has co-authored numerous course books as well as articles and resource books. His latest resource books, all published with CUP, are Teaching Young Learners to Think Songs and Raps, and Get on Stage! His latest course book is Super Minds, Grammar for primary students. Download (right-click) his full-sized photo at http://www.koreatesol.org/media/people/HerbertPuchta.jpg (2.3mb)
Nicholas Groom is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Birmingham, UK. His research and teaching interests focus on applications of corpus linguistics to problems, questions, and issues in the fields of discourse analysis and second language acquisition research. His most recent book is Doing Applied Linguistics (with Jeannette Littlemore, Routledge, 2011). Download (right-click) his full-sized photo at http://www.koreatesol.org/media/people/NicholasGroom.jpg (2.2mb)
Fiona Copland is Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages and Social Sciences at Aston University. She is Course Director for a portfolio of MSc programmes by distance learning in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of O ther Languages (TESOL) by distance learning. Some of the areas she has researched and published in are teacher education, teaching English to young learners , and linguistic ethnography. Fiona is Director of the Centre for Language Education Research at Ast on (CLERA) and a UK Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow. Download (right-click) her full-sized photo at http://www.koreatesol.org/media/people/FionaCopland.jpg (2.5mb)
Joe Dale is an independent languages consultant from the UK who works with a range of organizations such as Network for Languages, ALL, The British Council, the BBC, Skype, Microsoft, and The Guardian. He is host of the TES MFL forum, former SSAT Languages Lead Practitioner, a regular conference speaker, and recognized expert on technology and language learning. He has spoken at conferences and run training courses in Europe, North America, the Middle East, the Far East and Australia. He was a member of the Ministerial Steering Group on languages for the current UK government and was short-listed for a NAACE Impact Award in 2013 too. Joe was recently described in a Guardian article as an “MFL guru” and “the man behind the #mfltwitterati.” Joe was key in updating the ICT elements of the QCDA SoW for KS2 Primary French; he also designed games for Heinemann's “Expo.” Joe has featured in several Education Guardian articles and has himself both written for and been quoted by the TES. Joe has also written for the TES ICT blog and produced video tutorials for the CILT 14-19 website. Joe recently starred on a Teachers TV programme and has spoken about the Rose Review proposals on BBC Radio 4. His blog, www.joedale.typepad.com, has been nominated for four Edublog Awards. Download (right-click) his full-sized photo at http://www.koreatesol.org/media/people/JoeDale.jpg (3mb)
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