Teacher Training at JIEI:The Jeollanamdo International English Institute

Interview by Dr.David Shaffer. In this issue of the Gwangju News, we have decided to interview two members of the GwangjuJeonnam Chapter of KOTESOL who are teacher trainers at the … Read More

Team-Teaching with Native Speakers

Written by Dr.David Shaffer. Team-teaching has become a common practice at public schools in Korea where native English-speaking teachers are assigned. The concept was introduced on a large scale in … Read More

The FAQs about Korea TESOL

Written by Dr. David E. Shaffer FAQ 1: What is the difference between “KOTESOL” and “Korea TESOL”? Both terms are used to refer to the same organization. They are both … Read More

Bryan Hale Heads Gwangju KOTESOL: An Interview

Interviewed by David Shaffer. This November, the Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter of Korea TESOL (KOTESOL) elected Bryan Hale to a second one-year term as president of the chapter. The Gwangju News recently … Read More

Lindsay Herron Leads Korea TESOL Through 2020: An Interview

Interviewed by David Shaffer. Korea TESOL (KOTESOL; Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) has a new national president, Lindsay Herron, and she is living and working in … Read More

Interview with Korea TESOL

Interview by Dr. David E. Shaffer. For this article in the Korea TESOL column, the editor-in-chief of the Gwangju News thought that it would be an interesting idea to interview … Read More

Why Go to an ELT Conference?

Written by Dr. David E. Shaffer. “There’s a conference coming. An English teaching conference. A big one. It’s coming to Seoul this autumn. A Korea TESOL, or KOTESOL, conference, I … Read More

The Multitude of English Teaching Organizations in Korea

Written by Dr. David E. Shaffer. The formation of English teaching organizations has flourished in Korea. While in other countries in this part of the world there may be only … Read More