The English Connection (TEC 28-4) Winter 2024

The English Connection (TEC 28-4) Winter 2024, Volume 28, Issue 4

  The Young Learners Edition

In This Issue ... 

4. Editorial
What Us Old Folk Can Learn From Young Language Learners
By Dr. Andrew White Editor-in-Chief, The English Connection

5. President’s Message
Reflections and Resolutions: Celebrating the New Year with KOTESOL!
By Lindsay Herron KOTESOL President

Articles
6. What Makes Young English Language Learners (YELLs) Different?: A Korean Perspective
By Michael Duddy

10. Promoting Child-Centered Research
By Yuko Goto Butler

12. Korean Parents’ Perspectives on NESTs and NNESTs
By SuSie Park

17. Using Music Most Effectively with Young Learners
By David Paul

20. Tracking English Achievement: The Influence of Private Tutoring in Korean Adolescents
By Jiseon Ryu and Byungmin Lee

23. Communicative ESL Games for Young Learners
By OnTESOL

26. Book Review
A Review of The Routledge Handbook of  Materials  Development for Language Teaching
Reviewed by Christopher Miller

28. The Development Connection
How and Why I've Stayed Teaching
By Bill Snyder

30. The Brain Connection
Preschool Teachers Can Save the World
By Dr. Curtis Kelley