Welcome to the Jeonju-North Jeolla Chapter of KOTESOL

KOTESOL aims to provide professional development opportunities for teachers of English as a foreign or second language in Korea. The Jeonju-North Jeolla Chapter meets at various times during the year.

Jeonju-North Jeolla Chapter Regional Conference 2011
"Building Blocks for Better Learning"
Geun Young Girl's High School, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do
April 30, 2011; 12:30-5:00 pm
For more details: CLICK HERE

Click here for our 2010 calendar of events.

Upcoming Meetings:

TBA

Previous Meetings:

December 18th, Chonbuk National University

November 20th, 2010. Jeonju and Iksan Meetings 

November 13th, 2010. The National Drama Festival 

September 18th, 2010. Language & Culture and Goal Setting

June 19th, 2010. 'School's out for summer' social

May 29th, 2010. Jeonju-North Jeolla Regional Conference

April 24th, 2010. Gunsan Outreach

March 20th, 2010. Swapshop and Chapter Executive Meeting

February 20th, 2010. Chapter Executive Meeting.

What happened at the annual Leadership Retreat.

Click here for our 2009 Calendar

For our final meeting of the year on December 12th, we featured local speaker, Nancy Jo Marcet. We also held elections for 2010 and went out for dinner together. For more details and photos, click here.

On November 14th, we once again held a National Drama Festival. Click here for more details.

On October 24th-25th, the annual KOTESOL International Conference was held in Seoul. There was no local meeting.

On September 12th, we had a workshop by our very own Tim Dalby. 'I hate my coursebook!' was for any teacher who uses a coursebook and wants to learn how to get more from it. Click here for photos and a link to the presentation.

On June 13th, we had a presentation by Dr. Andrew Finch, a KOTESOL Teacher Trainer (KTT). The presentation was on Classroom-Based Assessment. Also joining us was Marla Wolfe to talk about Connecting with Students. For more details and links, click here.

On May 16th, we organised a bus to the KOTESOL National Conference. A fun time was had by all. Click here for some photos.

On April 11th, we were joined by Phil Owen, Immediate Past President of KOTESOL, and Jess Semararo of Jeonbuk National University. Phil's presentation was entitled, "Student-Made Videos: a Report of Successes and Problems from a Real Classroom". Jess presented a short activity for increasing adjective use. For more details, click here.

At our first meeting of 2009, on March 14th, we held a swap shop event. About 30 people came and shared their teaching ideas. For more details click here.

Our last meeting of 2008 was held on December 13th and some photos of the workshop and the dinner can be seen here. During this meeting we elected our executive officers for 2009. If you are interested in being more active in local professional development events, please contact Shawn DeLong on 010-9223-0730 or email. Click here for a list of possible roles that you could undertake.