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2013 Jeju Chapter Executive
Kia Ora! The Jeju Chapter Executive for 2013: President - Marlene Wilkinson, Jeju Si Vice President - Erin Williams, Seogwipo Si Treasurer - Christina Geiman, Seogwipo Si Membership & Publicity - Jessie Dishaw, Jeju Si Membership & Publicity - Cynthia Loiselle...News Jeju December 28, 2012
The English Connection (TECv16n4) Winter 2012
The English Connection (TECv16n4) Winter 2012 Contents Include: Editor's Welcome KOTESOL Views Book Review KOTESOL Views Report Cards from the Edge Student-Centered Dogme (Chia Suan Chong) An Interview with Lindsay Clanfield (...Publications The English Connection (TEC) December 28, 2012
The English Connection and TEC News December 2012 Now Available!
The December issues of The English Connection (TEC) and TEC News are now available online. All can view TEC News, the companion to The English Connection. Only current members who login to the website can access the current issue of The English Connection. Access these from...News December 28, 2012
Daegu-Gyeongbuk KOTESOL January Chapter Meeting
January Workshop Program Speaker: Dr. Heebon Park-Finch Topic: Promoting Confidence and Motivation in EFLWriting/Speaking through Projects, Portfolios and Peer-Assessment Date: Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 Time: 3:00~5:30 Venue: Daegu, Kyungpook...Events Daegu-Gyeongbuk December 30, 2012
Webservices
This KOTESOL website and related aspects of KOTESOL's "web presence" are developed and maintained by the KOTESOL Webteam. The Webteam consists of individuals at the national level as well as webeditors at the chapter, SIG, and committee level and those who manage Facebook...Basic page KOTESOL January 7, 2013
Professional Development
***Currently Inactive*** Welcome to the KOTESOL Professional Development Special Interest Group (PD-SIG). Professional development has many definitions, and the SIG will discuss those. For the simplest explanation, let's say professional development are the...SIGS January 7, 2013
50 Ways to Develop Professionally
There are lots of ways to classify Professional Development, and not everyone agrees even on which things can, or cannot, be included. Some ideas for professional development listed by Mary Shepard Wong (2011, attached) include: Keep a journal and reflect on teaching....Basic page Professional Development January 7, 2013
BIELT
The British Institute for English Language Teaching (BIELT) was a short-lived project aiming to produce recognizable higher professional qualifications for those who chose to not pursue formal higher education (e.g., Masters in TESOL, English Education, Linguistics or Applied...Basic page Professional Development January 7, 2013
Statement of Teaching Philosophy
A statement of teaching philosophy is a cornerstone of both the teaching portfolio and many job interviews! What's my philosophy? Consider breaking down that broad question into component parts -- What do you believe about teaching? What do you believe about...Basic page Professional Development January 7, 2013
Teaching Goals Inventory
This is a computer-based assessment (inventory). You indicate how important a particular teaching objective is for any given course (example, your 9am Intermediate English Composition course) and you will immediately receive a diagnostic that compares your priorities to others...Basic page Professional Development January 7, 2013
Teaching Portfolio Guides
Teaching Portfolios are increasingly used in hiring and retention questions as well as for self-assessment of professional development. Attached to this page are a number of PDF files. These were downloaded from the internet on January 6 2013 or later. Some were PDF files...Basic page Professional Development January 7, 2013
Rob Dickey, Facilitator
Rob Dickey has been involved in his own professional development, and as a trainer and facilitator, for over 18 years. He is a past president of KOTESOL, a former facilitator of this SIG (when it was known as Teacher Development and Education SIG) and has served in numerous...Bio's Professional Development January 7, 2013
Thomas S.C. Farrell, Advisor
Thomas S.C. Farrell has been a teacher and teacher-educator for more than 30 years. He taught for nearly two decades in Seoul, before moving to Singapore, and finally to Brock University in Canada. His principal field of study is teacher development and reflective practice in...Bio's Professional Development January 7, 2013
Bus Trip to The Seoul Chapter Conference
The Daejeon-Chungcheong Chapter of KOTESOL is pleased to offer a bus to this year's Seoul Chapter Conference. The bus will start in Daejeon and make stops in Cheongju and Cheonan before arriving at Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul. We have room for 30 participants...Events Daejeon-Chungcheong January 8, 2013
Daejeon-Chungcheong Chapter Picnic
Summer's here, so it's time for the Daejeon-Chungcheong Chapter's annual picnic! The picnic will take place on 1pm Sunday, June 9, on the Gapcheon (Gap River), just outside of the Gapcheon Subway Station (갑천 115). The chapter will provide burgers and...Events Daejeon-Chungcheong January 8, 2013
Daejeon-Chungcheong September Conference
The DC Chapter will have it's September Conference at 신용초등학교 (Sin Yong Elementary School) in Cheonan. The theme this year will be “Effective English Teaching by Finding Cultural Middle Ground". Our plenary is Lynne Kim from Seon Moon University. Other...Events Daejeon-Chungcheong January 8, 2013
Daejeon-Chungcheong Symposium and Thanksgiving Dinner
The DC Chapter will have it's Symposium and Thanksgiving Dinner on November 30th. Location: Woosong Univerity, Building W10 (see map below) Registration starts at 9AM Theme: CLT Revisited - A Look at the Communicative Classroom Plenary...Events Daejeon-Chungcheong January 8, 2013
Daejeon-Chungcheong Christmas Party
The DC Chapter will have it's Christmas Party on December 14th. More info TBA.Events Daejeon-Chungcheong January 8, 2013
Seoul Reflective Practice Meetings
When: Regular meetings are currently on hold. Where: Seoul RP Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/235255416667223/ Seoul RP meetings are generally relatively informal and conversational and open to all English educators working in all contexts who wish...Basic page Reflective Practice January 11, 2013
Meet the 2013 KOTESOL Web Editor Team
2013 KOTESOL Web Training The webmasters for the regional KOTESOL chapters joined the Leadership Retreat (LR) on Sunday, 13th January (hosted at Korea National University of Education - 한국교원대학교 in Cheongwon) for intensive training in using all the features of the new KOTESOL...News January 13, 2013
TEC Print Error - "Remail" forthcoming
To all KOTESOL members, In our current (winter) issue of The English Connection, there were numerous print production errors that make it unreadable. These errors were of a technical nature and were not detected and corrected by our printing shop in time. They will have to...News The English Connection (TEC) January 15, 2013
Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL 2013 Annual Conference with the Reflective Practice SIG
GWANGJU-JEONNAM KOTESOL 2013 CONFERENCE In Cooperation with the KOTESOL Reflective Practice SIG ...Events Gwangju-Jeonnam January 23, 2013
Spring into Conferences!
..... UPDATED! Spring is just around the corner, and so are KOTESOL Spring Conferences! March 9: Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter Conference -- with Reflective Practice SIG Chosun University (Gwangju) http://koreatesol.org/content/gwangju-jeonnam-kotesol-2013-annual-...News March 15, 2013