It’s our Christmas workshop!
We have two pairs of presenters doing presentations on using social media with students and on making your own materials and books.
We will also be electing a new council for JNJ KOTESOL.
As well we will be having some gifts and surprises for Christmas!
So please come to the last workshop before the winter break!
Workshop #1
Utilizing social media to motivate students
Toben Alexander, Hanseo University and Chris Hughes, Gongju National University of Education
Many English instructors in Korea have limited contact time with students. Online social media and networking can be a powerful tool to extend opportunities for meaningful L2 communication, if used correctly. Our research shows that students are motivated to participate in English communication via social media, and that educators acknowledge at respond to that motivation with varying degrees of success. This workshop will introduce case studies of successful integration of social media into a language learning curriculum. This workshop will then offer an interactive demonstration of such integration and connect the practical application to current theoretical frameworks.
Encompassing literature review, successful case studies, and a survey of instructors and students from a number of universities, our research supports current thought on motivation in language learning. This research stems from an unsuccessful attempt at using social media to motivate students. We had become determined to seek out ways of encouraging students to use social media of their own volition and to provide students with opportunities for autonomous learning. We will provide a hands-on demonstration of the process to setup an online forum and relate this methodology to current theories of L2 motivation and self-determination.
Toben Alexander is a Professor at Hanseo University. He has been teaching conversation, TOEIC, and has developed the extensive reading and e-book program at the school. Previously he worked at the Teacher Training Institute at the International Graduate School of English, training Korean primary and secondary school teachers in Teaching English in English and has taught numerous workshops for both native and non-native speaking English teachers in the SMOE and GEPIK programs. He has recently completed his MEd in TESL at Framingham State University.
Chris Hughes is a Visiting Professor at Gongju National University of Education. He currently teaches conversation, TESOL and interview techniques. Previously he worked at Sogang University where he taught English For Academic Purposes. He has also worked in the EPIK program and presented at workshops for co-teaching. Chris recently completed his MA in Applied Linguistics at the University of Birmingham. His dissertation was on using corpus analysis to inform genre-based writing pedagogies.
Workshop #2
Crafting your own Course Packets, Building your own Books
Craig Easter, Geunyoung Girls' High School, and Anjee DiSanto, Chonbuk National University
Oftentimes, the books provided to you are insufficient, incongruous to your classes, or even non-existent. In this case, what can be done? Perhaps it's time to consider investing the time into designing materials completely your own. Whether they be templates for shorter lesson packets or full-semester, structured books, the time invested into crafting and using your own authentic curriculum materials pays off quickly and improves your teaching quality in a variety of ways.
The aim of this talk is to illustrate how two teachers in very different situations have made the transition from using actual textbooks to using their own tested and self-produced authentic materials. Points of focus will include what to consider about your classes beforehand, how to approach your own design, and what the extended effects of tackling such a design can be.
Anjee DiSanto is a professor in the English Education Department of Chonbuk National University. She holds an M.A. in Communication from Duquesne University and has taught in Korea for more than 7 years. As a writer herself, she is particular interested in the teaching and learning of writing.
Craig Easter is an English teacher at Geun Young Girls’ High School. He received a bachelor’s degree in theatre at Middle Tennessee State University. He has been teaching and living in Jeonju since March 2010. Craig Easter is particularly interested in pursuing effective, long term plans for his classes. He’s also interested in using student-centered, goal oriented exercises that promote speaking and increases vocabulary
