This year’s Korea TESOL Research Paper of the Year Award was announced at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Korea TESOL International Conference in Seoul. The award recipient was announced by the Korea TESOL Journal Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Kara Mac Donald.
The award was presented to Michael D. Smith of Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, for his research paper “Centre–Periphery Agency Dynamics During Linguistic Imperialism: An Investigation of Korean Perspectives,” which appeared in issue 1 of volume 14 of the Korea TESOL Journal. Smith formerly taught at the Republic of Korea Naval Academy.
The award-winning paper critically examines the sociolinguistic positionality of the English language within South Korea, employing features of the Phillipson linguistic imperialism framework. The paper can be accessed at https://koreatesol.org/content/korea-tesol-journal-14-1
This was the second annual research paper award. Eligible for the award is the author of any research paper appearing in one of the issues of that year’s volume of the Korea TESOL Journal. Find more details on the Korea TESOL Research Paper of the Year Award at https://koreatesol.org/content/research-paper-year-award
