KOTESOL News

Pre-register for the National Conference to save time and money! Pre-registration will close on May 23, 2015. 

Pre-registration prices:
Members: 10,000 won (20,000 won onsite)
Non-members: 25,000 won (35,000 won onsite)
Groups (5+ people): 20,000 won/person (not available onsite)

The National Conference will be held May 30, 2015, at Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul. Additional information can be found here.

Spring is here, and so is your Spring 2015 issue of The English Connection (TEC), KOTESOL's quarterly magazine. You won't want to miss this issue. It contains a little bit of everything: from tiger moms to storybook publishing; from Dr. Thomas Farrell's piece reflecting on whether teaching is a calling, to MOOCs and iPadagogy. Members can access this issue now online (you must be logged in to view this content); hard copies will be mailed soon.

Note: If you have not been receiving hard copies of TEC, please visit your online profile and confirm that your mailing address is up-to-date and correct.

The new Content-Based Instruction Special Interest Group (CBI-SIG) welcomes teachers at all levels. This group is specifically designed for teachers who are teaching content in the classroom; for example, someone who teaches science at an immersion school, someone who teaches film in English at their university, or someone whose hagwon specializes in SAT preparation or U.S. high school preparation. 

What can people expect from the CBI-SIG? Well, that depends on what members want. The SIG is already planning presentations at the National and International Conferences, and articles on CBI are in the works for publication in The English Connection. Interested members can learn more about the SIG and join the mailing list here, or they can find SIG facilitator Phillip Schrank at the National Conference to talk informally about the SIG. 

Learn more about KOTESOL Special Interest Groups (SIGs) here.

The 2015 International Conference Program Committee invites interested members to submit panel proposals for the October conference. The panel should consist of a moderator and two or three other participants who have an informed opinion on a topic. Topics can include anything in the field of ELT that is relevant and that would stimulate a thought-provoking, nuanced discussion. Each panelist will offer her/his view and interact/react to the other panelists. Audience participation is also possible. 

Panel proposals must be submitted by May 31. Additional information is available here.

 

Remember, if you're planning to join or renew your membership, or if you have ever considered taking out a Lifetime Membership, now is the time to do it! Membership dues rates are scheduled to change on July 1, 2015. Designed to cover the rising costs of operation, this is the first membership dues increase since 1998.

New membership dues rates as of July 1:

The current membership fees will remain in effect for individuals joining or renewing as part of their International Conference registration during the Early Bird registration period (July 1-31, 2015). Note that you can renew before your membership expires; the extension will be added to the end of your current membership term. 

Additional information about the rate changes can be found online.

The Jeju Chapter is pleased to announce its first-ever regional conference! Proposals are now being accepted for the conference, which has the theme "Blending Tradition with Innovation" and which will be held June 27. The deadline for proposals is June 1. Submission information can be found online. Come for the conference, stay for the sights!

The Korea TESOL Journal is now accepting papers for Volume 12, Issue 2, scheduled to be published around the end of the year. Guidelines and additional information are available here. The deadline for submissions is September 30.

JALT

Pre-registration for the JALTCALL conference (June 5-7, Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka) is open through May 15. Register online to save money!

Did you apply to present at the JALT2015 International Conference? All conference acceptances were scheduled to be sent by April 30. If you submitted a proposal but still don't know the result, please check your spam folder.