The 7th annual KOTESOL (Korea Tesol) Seoul chapter conference will be held on March 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. at Soongshil University.  Don't get too excited too fast--if you aren't a member, its gonna cost you 10,000 won to sit in (students can get by for 3,000 won, but not sure why they'd want to attend).


KOTESOL's conference will present around 30 workshops on a variety of issues to help ESL/English Teachers get their knowledge up on English Education in Korea.

Here's all you need to know:


Time: 10:30 am to 5:15 pm

Location/Directions by subway:  Take Line 7 (the Olive Line), get off at Soongsil University Subway Station, station number 738, and go out Exit 3. The Main Gate is next to the exit. There is a campus map on your right after you walk in the Main Gate. Go in the gate, walk up the stairs past the tall Engineering Building on the right, turn left at the top of the stairs, and walk to the Law Building.

Contact Point:  seoulchapter@gmail.com

Featured Speakers

David Deubelbeiss, popular presenter and creator of EFL Classroom 2.0, will discuss  
Korean Content for Korean Students  
in the English in Public Education strand.

Chris Haswell & Joseph Siegel from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan, will present University Listening Classes: Less Product, More Process in The Forgotten Skills strand.

Gerald de la Salle, teacher and game creator, will expand on a very popular workshop from the 2009 conference and present  Let’s Play: Rotation Games in the EFL Classroom in the ABC; Assessments, Better Games, and Comics strand.     

Paul Hussey, manager of the Itaewon-Hannam Global Center, will tell everyone at least one thing they didn’t know about government services for foreigners in Making Seoul Your Second Home, in the Succeeding as a Foreign Teacher strand.

Joshua Davies, veteran speaker and CALL specialist, will share the secrets of great oration in Talk Like TED: Analyzing What Makes Great Speeches Great, appearing in the Classroom TECH-niques strand.  

Workshop Strands  

1. English in Public Education
2. Succeeding as a Foreign Teacher (orientation to Korea, accessing services, cooking, and motivation for veteran and new teachers) 3. ABC: Assessments, Better Games, and Comics
4. The Forgotten Skills (teaching grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening skills)
5. Classroom TECH-niques (technology-supported or technology based teaching)
6. Research (selecting and designing a research topic, action research,  and presenting findings)

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