Stories from the Classroom
Written by Dr. David Shaffer I’ve been preparing for a pecha kucha presentation, and it’s got me doing some reflecting. The presentation’s for the Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL’s spring conference, and the … Read More
Category: Language Teaching
New School Year, New Students: What to Do?
Written by Dr. David Shaffer The new school year is quickly approaching. This means that, for many of the tens of thousands of English teachers in Korea, they will … Read More
2018 Checklist for Improvement as a Teacher
Written by Dr. David Shaffer Photo courtesy of KOTESOL The changing of the year is a time to take stock of the previous twelve months, to reflect on what we … Read More
“Class, Do You Understand?”
Written by Dr. David Shaffer An indispensable element of any lesson taught is checking understanding. How do you, as a teacher, execute this? The convention here in Korea is to … Read More
EPIK, TEE, and TaLK – and Lee Myung-bak
Written by Dr. David Shaffer In the area of English education in Korea, how epic-making has EPIK been? How talked about has TaLK been? And is TEE not … Read More
Korea’s Early English Education Policy for the New Millennium
Written and photographed by Dr. David Shaffer What changes did the advent of the new millennium have on English education polices in Korea? What effect have they had? Where is … Read More
“I Know How to Teach”
Text and photographs by Dr. David Shaffer It wasn’t so long ago that I was downtown at a restaurant-cum-tavern when a nice young lady walked up to me. She said … Read More
English Education Policy Before the Millennium
Written by Dr. David Shaffer Why do so many Koreans go to college? Why are there so many private academies (hagwon) all over the country? Does Korea do policy planning … Read More