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31. Daegu-Gyeongbuk Chapter President
Jeroen "Chop" Root is currently a visiting professor at Kyungpook National University in Daegu. He completed his MA in TESOL at the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 2012. His professional interests include second-language reading and writing, project-based learning,...Bio's December 18, 2016
34. Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter President
Bill Mulligan has worked in Korea as a teacher for over a decade. He has been a proud member of KOTESOL since 2009. In that time, he has served as National Membership Committee chair, and editor-in-chief of The English Connection (TEC). After serving on the National Council for...Bio's December 18, 2016
37. Seoul Chapter President
Dr. Ian Done D. Ramos is a professor in the Department of English and Literature at the University of Suwon. He completed his doctorate in English language teaching (EdD ELT) and also has a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL), a Special...Bio's December 19, 2016
36. Jeonju-North Jeolla Chapter President
Ingrid Zwaal is currently a member of the faculty at Jeonju University. Before that, she spent sixteen years at Jeonju National University of Education. Ingrid has an MS in education (secondary English) from Canisus College (USA). She has been a member of KOTESOL since 1998, a...Bio's December 19, 2016
35. Jeju Chapter President
Jeju Chapter status is presently "inactive." KOTESOL email: jeju@koreatesol.orgBio's December 20, 2016
38. Suwon-Gyeonggi Chapter President
Tyler Clark has spent the past decade teaching English to a wide variety of learners in South Korea. He is currently a lecturer at Gyeongin National University of Education's Incheon campus, a position he has held since 2009 and that primarily sees him instructing university...Bio's December 20, 2016
39. Yongin-Gyeonggi Chapter President
Martin Todd received his BA from Dalhousie University. Since arriving in Korea in 1995, Martin has held positions at a number of universities, including KAIST and Korea University. As a KOTESOL member, he has been on the Yongin Chapter executive for over three years, serving as...Bio's December 20, 2016
Andy Curtis
Plenary Session International Conference 2017 Confessions of an Online Instructor: Returning to the Classroom . Approximately 20 years ago, the Internet as we know it today, started to become widely accessible. As part of the ensuing technological transformation, Online...Bio's 2017 Korea TESOL International Conference June 21, 2017
Nicky Hockly
Plenary Session International Conference 2017 Is the Future Tense? . Futuristic technology is not just the provenance of Hollywood movies. In this plenary, we will examine how seemingly futuristic technologies such as robots, haptics, wearable technology, machine...Bio's 2017 Korea TESOL International Conference June 21, 2017
Glenda Rose
Featured Session (Workshop) International Conference 2017 Analog or Digital? Making an Informed Decision . How do we integrate technology effectively into our instructional practice? In this session, participants explore the five levels of technology use – from entry to...Bio's 2017 Korea TESOL International Conference June 21, 2017
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Chapter TreasurerBio's Daegu-Gyeongbuk June 27, 2017
Mark Dressman
Featured Session International Conference 2017 Informal Language Acquisition and Classroom Teaching: Complementary, Not Competitive, Approaches . In many countries around the world, students are using digital media such as movies, television, video games, and social...Bio's 2017 Korea TESOL International Conference June 28, 2017
Marti Anderson
Featured Session International Conference 2017 Why Are We Here? Critical Thinking, Teaching, and the Digital Era . This featured talk will focus on the current plethora of online, digital data, some of which is true and some of which is fabricated, and will explore...Bio's 2017 Korea TESOL International Conference June 29, 2017
Chan Kyoo Min
Featured Session International Conference 2017 A Future Paradigm of English Education in Korea . Korea’s English education is facing a paradigm shift. Since the mid-1990s, when a communication-oriented approach was employed in the national English curriculum, the...Bio's 2017 Korea TESOL International Conference June 29, 2017
Kathleen Kampa
Featured Session International Conference 2017 No-Tech, Low-Tech, Active Teaching . How can we encourage our young learners to use English meaningfully? In what ways can we develop the 21st century skills our students need to be successful both now and in the future?...Bio's 2017 Korea TESOL International Conference June 30, 2017
Ted O'Neill
Featured Session International Conference 2017 How We Value, Choose, and Use Technology in Education . Metaphors surround us in art, literature, and in our conceptualization of education. These powerful tools help us understand what we do, why we do it, and who does what...Bio's 2017 Korea TESOL International Conference July 1, 2017
Bodo Winter
Featured Speaker International Conference 2017 The Sweet Stink of Language: The Sensory Structure of the English Lexicon . Humans perceive the world through their senses and then share their perceptions with others, chiefly through language. The interconnection...Bio's 2017 Korea TESOL International Conference July 1, 2017
Kalyan Chattopadhyay
Featured Session International Conference 2017 Analogue Teacher Training for the Digital Teacher: What the Teachers Say and Do . Academic institutions are increasingly looking for teachers who can support learning with digital resources and tools. There is also...Bio's 2017 Korea TESOL International Conference July 9, 2017
Helen Slatyer
Featured Session International Conference 2017 Advances in Listening Research and the Implications for the Classroom . Fundamental to effective communication, listening is a complex cognitive task that occurs within a social context. We listen in different ways to...Bio's 2017 Korea TESOL International Conference July 25, 2017
Looking Back, Moving Forward: KOTESOL at 25
Looking Back, Moving Forward: KOTESOL at 25 . Summary An anniversary is an excellent time for taking stockㅡfor reflecting on how our present realities and future possibilities are rooted in the experiences and lessons of the past. Today, in celebration of KOTESOL's 25th...Bio's 2017 Korea TESOL International Conference September 6, 2017
The Future of Conferences
The Future of Face-to-Face Conferences in the Digital Era . Summary In this rapidly digitizing world, what role will remain for conferences such as this one. Will the convenience of at-your-fingertip digital devices take over the delivery of conferences? Will conferences...Bio's 2017 Korea TESOL International Conference September 8, 2017
Hyunwoo Sun
Invited Session International Conference 2017 Can You Really Learn a New Language Online? . Millions of people have learned Korean through Talk To Me In Korean's online lessons and textbooks. How well have they actually learned? Is it really possible to learn a new...Bio's 2017 Korea TESOL International Conference September 8, 2017
02. First Vice-President
Michael Free is from Canada (Toronto and Montréal). He holds two master's degrees: in TEFL (University of Birmingham) and Arts (McMaster University). Michael has worked in Korea for more than ten years, primarily within the public school system, and always in the beautiful,...Bio's November 14, 2017
01. National President
Dr. Lindsay N. Herron has been teaching at Gwangju National University of Education since 2008. Prior to that, she taught English on a Fulbright grant at a high school in Jeju-do. She has an MA in cinema studies (New York University, USA); an MSEd in literacy, culture, and...Bio's KOTESOL Directory (Leadership) December 17, 2017
02. First Vice-President
Mike Peacock is originally from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He has been living in the Daejeon area for 21 years. Mike has been teaching English at Woosong University's Culinary Arts Department for the past 15 years and is currently in my 17th year at Woosong. He has...Bio's KOTESOL Directory (Leadership) December 17, 2017