KTT

Trainers and Presentations

Here you can see our presenters (in alphabetical order by family name) and a list of presentations they have available.

Presenters are always adding new presentations and will create new presentations by agreement and with enough notice. 

Greg Brooks-English

brooksenglish@yahoo.com

1. Mutuality and Motivation in EFL: Connecting to Self and Other in the Classroom

Tim Dalby

professor.tim.dalby@gmail.com

1. How to use taboos and other controversial topics to bring cultural issues into your classroom.
2. Teaching multiple reading skills with minimal time or resources.
3. How to set up a learner-based syllabus and set group-defined rules for better classroom harmony.
4. Schema theory for beginners – how English ability is not the only determiner of textual understanding.
5. Learner-informed teaching. How a simple survey can radically change your teaching approach.
6. 80/20 activities – where classroom effort is 80% student and 20% teacher.
7. How to teach vocabulary – a beginner’s guide.
8. Warmers and warmdowns. A selection of quick and easy activities that work.
9. Guided discovery - what it is and how to do it.
10. How to use newspapers in the classroom.
11. Testing. How to do it and how NOT to do it.
12. I hate my coursebook! How to reflect, adapt and thrive with a coursebook.
13. Phonemic Chart Demonstration
14. Team Teaching in Public Schools in Korea: Some principles, practices and ideas
15. Testing Speaking: Methods, Techniques and Tips
16. The five stages of setting up a successful Extensive Reading course
17. Notes from a Teacher-Training Course

Sara Davila

teacher@saradavila.com

1. The English Only Classroom
2. Classroom Management
3. English Only Classroom
4. Lesson Planning: Using PPP for Dynamic Lessons
5. Performance Assessment in Language Teaching
6. Task Based Learning with Songs and Chants
7. Communicative Strategies to Teach Reading and Writing
8. Reading and Writing with Task Based Learning
9. Low Budget Task Based Learning
10. Further Strategies for Task Based Learning (TBL)
11. Understanding the Four Skills: An Introduction for ELL Teachers
12. Materials Development for the EFL Classroom
13. Classroom Management and Classroom Management Measures
14. Developing Assessment with Rubric
15. Setting Rules in Young Learner EFL/ESL Classrooms
16. Cooperative Group Strategies

Robert J. Dickey
 

rjdickey@content-english.org

1. Classroom English
2. Pronunciation
3. Culture

Tana Ebaugh

tanaebaugh@me.com

Andrew Finch

aefinch@gmail.com

Michael Griffin

michaelegriffin@gmail.com

1. Who is Afraid of a Little Teacher Talk?

2. Three of my Favorite Grammar Activities

3. (Re)Thinking About Lesson Planning

4. Motivation: My Students Don't Want to Learn English the Way I Teach It In My Class

5. Vocabulary Practice Activities

6. Good News and Bad News: English as a Lingua Franca

 Aaron Jolly

jollyprofessor@gmail.com

1. Building an Extensive Reading Program with a Balanced Approach
2. Preparing Materials for Y.L. Camp - Motivating Classroom English
3. Preparing D.I.Y Materials for Young Learners and Teens.
4. Using Cooperative Learning Activities in the Korean EFL Classroom
5. Teaching EFL in Korea with a Balanced Reading Approach
6. Making a Textbook Come Alive in the Korean Teen EFL Classroom

Michael Jones

mdjemail@gmail.com

1. Did You Hear That? How to Teach a Listening Class Effectively

2. Voicethread in ELT

3. Smart Use of Smart Phones: QR Codes in the Classroom

4. Communicative Writing Workshop

Josette LeBlanc

josette.leblanc@gmail.com

1. What teachers say: What students hear: What we can change.

2. Reflection Practice: Formulating Your Teaching Experience

Scott Miles

swmiles@sogang.ac.kr

1. Critical (but too often missing) conditions for vocabulary and grammar acquisition.
2. Benefits of using CALL vocabulary programs to provide systematic word recycling.
3. The Need for Extensive Reading in Korea.
4. Blending Extensive and Intensive Reading.
5. Effects of Extensive Reading on TOEIC Scores.

Hee-yang (Michelle) Park

heeypark74@naver.com

Heebon Park-Finch

heebonfinch@gmail.com

1. Cross-Cultural Issues for Native EFL Teachers in Korea    
2. Ideas for Integrating Drama into the ELT Classroom
3. Ideas for Teaching EFL Writing Effectively (Simple/Multi-Paragraph Writing)
4. Promoting Confidence and Motivation in EFL Writing through Projects and Portfolios
5. Academic Writing and Web-Based Course Management: Enabling a Student-Centred Learning Environment 
6. Better Essay Writing Skills
7. English Presentation Skills

 Mary-Jane Scott

mjinkorea@gmail.com

1. Teaching Presentation Skills
2. Breaking the Ice & Warming Up

David E. Shaffer
 

disin@chosun.ac.kr

1. Teaching Techniques to Counter Korean Loan-word Interference
2. Influence of L1 Structure and Beliefs on L2 Error-making
3. Song in the English Classroom: Does It Facilitate Learning?
4. Error Correction: Student Preferences and Research Findings

Tim Thompson

KTTCoordinator@gmail.com

1. Don't Get Mad, Get Creative
2. Smiles Per Class: The REAL sign of success
3. Examining Korean University Students' Expectations of Native-Speaker English Teachers
4. Getting Students Involved Outside of the Classroom
5. Change and Flexibility in the EFL Classroom
6. Preparing to Deliver Effective Presentations
7. Controlling Your Nerves and Persuading Your Audience
8. Publishing and Presenting Classroom Experiences
9. Creating Practical and Original English Based Lessons
10. Classroom Management and Discipline in Korean Secondary Schools
11. Tools to Keep Students Active and Involved Outside the Language Classroom

Tory S. Thorkelson

thorkor@hotmail.com

1. Games & Communicative Activities
2. Creating a Successful Content Based (CBI) Course
3. Using Drama to ACTivate Your Classroom
4. Konglish in the Classroom: The Teacher's Back Door.(Workshop)
5. Student Anxiety and Teacher Stress: Theory and Reality of Problem Solving in the University Classroom.
6. Image and Imagination: Pictures and Picture-Based Activities in the EFL Classroom
7. Stereotypes: Cracking the Mirror
8. Webgems: Resourcing your Classroom on the Internet
9. A Teacher Training Program in Focus: Drama in the Public Schools

Heidi Vande Voort Nam

heidinam@gmail.com

1. Strategies for Teaching English through English
2. The Art of Checking Comprehension

Bruce Wakefield

bruce_wakefield@hotmail.com

1. Assessment Strategies - Conversational English
2. Using the ESL Classroom, and its Environment, as a Teaching Resource
3. Teaching Routines in the ESL Classroom

Grace H. Wang

ghwang97@gmail.com

1. Task-Based Teaching I: The Basics
2. Task-Based Teaching II: Classroom Application
3. Teaching Discourse Intonation: The Why and the How
4. Reading to Learn for Academic Purpose
5. Creating a Sizzling Language Classroom Environment