Any teachers in Seoul or able to visit easily might want to attend the KOTESOL conference this weekend at Sookmyung Women's University. In kimchi-icecream's words:
It is a great time to network with other teachers (foreign and Korean) and meet people who care about teaching, and want to improve their teaching skills and resources.
His massive blog entry has tons of information including registration info, directions, and an overview of the last conference, so please give it a read.
Of local interest, sort of, is presenter John Linton, MD. The KOTESOL website is down right now so I can't take a look at the gist of his presentation, but he is the director of Yonsei University Medical Center's Severence Hospital, is perhaps the most prominent foreign doctor in the country, and is a descendant of the first missionaries to arrive in Suncheon and Jeollanam-do. The Linton Family continues to fight tuberculosis in Suncheon today, and continues to make trips to North Korea to perform medical work there.
2 comments:
Hi Brian,
Thanks for blogging KOTESOL. I think the site is likely down cause someone finally got a message that the Saturday and Sunday presentations list and descriptions are not online yet. I emailed people at KOTESOL this past Sunday--they told me they'd 'forward it on to the appropriate people.'
Tuesday at 8pm--nuttin' online yet. So I emailed the big guy at KOTESOL--never heard back from him . . . in the past when I've emailed the top people at KOTESOL they usually get back to you right away--must be different this year.
Hope to see you, and many others, there.
Ciao,
Jason
And of some more local interest, The Chosun Bimbo will be presenting a paper on listening at 1:30 on Saturday in room M103 at The KOTESOL conference.
Be there or be ㅁ.
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