KMK: KOTESOL 2009

Every year in Seoul KOTESOL organization holds a conference to increase the knowledge and skills of esl instructors throughout Korea. The tag line is that they Pursuing Professional Excellence in ELT. Straight from the KOTESOL website:

Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages is a professional organization for teachers of English. Our main goals are to assist members in their self-development, and improve ELT in Korea. KOTESOL allows teachers to connect with others in the ELT community and find teaching resources in Korea and abroad through KOTESOL publications, conferences and symposia, and chapter meetings and workshops.

Membership is open to anyone in the esl field in Korea from elementary school to university teachers as well as educational directors, writers, or administrators. This year the conference is on October 24 and 25th at Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea.

The conference presents a great opportunity to brush up on your teaching skills, learn new techniques, methodologies, and classroom tactics. Some of the presentations include Active Grammar in Context, Slang and Idioms in Conversation Classes, Improving Cultural Awareness of African Americans in the EFL classroom, Integrating learning strategies into Class, and that’s just a few of the many different seminars you can attend.

Hope to see you there!

Directions

Please direct Conference Program-related inquiries to the Program Cmte: kotesol.program@yahoo.com

Please direct all General Inquiries concerning the conference to: kotesol_ic09@yahoo.com