Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
It is not very often that we run into a person who is a speaker of many languages. It is even rarer to meet a polyglot who has had formal instruction in not only learning languages but also in teaching. Our interview here is with one such person living amongst us here in Gwangju: Aline Verduyn. She has much to offer on speaking, learning, and teaching multiple languages.
Everyone on the peninsula is familiar with Jeju-do – Korea’s largest island but smallest province. But what far fewer people are aware of is the story of its founding or how great a place Jeju is to visit in the wintertime.
Learning a second language is time-consuming hard work. We do not usually think of it as something enjoyable. But maybe that is where our thinking has gone wrong. Bryan Hale is an advocate for “playfulness” in EFL teaching and learning whom we were recently able to interview on the topic. Bryan teaches at Yeongam High School. He is presently the president of Korea TESOL and a past president of the Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL Chapter.
Interview with Maria Lisak. It is obvious that knowledge is related to education and teaching EFL, but it is not so obvious what “funds of knowledge” is. Although the concept … Read More
By Muthukumar Elangovan. A limerick is short, funny, and often rude poetry that usually consists of five lines with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA. The first, second, and fifth … Read More
Interview with Lindsay Herron. I thought I was aware of what cosmopolitanism entailed, that is, until I saw a presentation on cosmopolitanism and EFL learners at a Korea TESOL event. … Read More
Interview by Melline Galani. Photographs courtesy of Tong Tong Language Class. Gwangju News (GN): Hello, and thank you for taking the time to do this interview. Please introduce yourselves to … Read More
By Dr. David E. Shaffer. When I began teaching English in Korea, standard practice was to introduce new words by writing them on the blackboard (yes, they were black), saying … Read More
