When: 2:30 pm Saturday July 13th
Where: http://www.koreatesol.org/content/workshops-venue-ess-hagwon-nampo-dong
What: BGKotesol's Summer meeting
Who:

Sara Davilla is the head of the Kotesol Teacher Trainers, and has been teaching and training teachers for over ten years. She first started teaching as a volunteer with Americorps, working to develop arts programming in Chicago. She left to begin teaching EFL in Korea and has been busy since. She holds a Masters degree in Education with a focus on instructional strategies and assessment. In Korea Sara has done extensive research on performance assessment and task-based learning which is incorporated into trainings and presentations. As a teacher she has worked with students from primary years through University. Sara has worked with the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) to train over 3,000 teachers coming to work and live in South Korea.

Sara will be giving an overview of keeping and maintaining and English Only Classroom. Including what English Only means and supportive strategies for learners working in an English Only environment. 

Stafford Lumsden (MA TESOL, CELTA) is in his 2nd term as president of Seoul KOTESOL, is running for International Conference Co-Chair for 2014 and is an active member of KOTESOL. He is currently the Academic Director at YBM Dongseongro, has previously been a teacher trainer at Seoul and Gyeongin National Universities of Education and will take up a position as an assistant professor at Sookmyung Women’s University in the Autumn semester in the Young Learner TESOL and Play & Learn programs.

Stafford will be presenting on how Games can be more than just a fun distraction or filler content in the classroom. 
Stafford's Abstract:
Games can be highly motivating for students of all ages and can be a useful harnessing of that competitive streak we often see in Korean classrooms. Likewise Games are non-threatening. It is likely that each student you teach is aware of the concept of “a game” and already has a wealth of background knowledge that can be applied to games in the classroom. Thus games also help maintain learner interest.
Linguistically, games provide a meaningful context for language use, i.e. students are “doing something” with the language they are being taught, and that can include sometimes intense and meaningful practice of language. Finally games aid in socialization providing encouragement for increased cooperation between students.

This workshop will look at games in the language classroom and help participants understand how games can be used at different stages of the lesson. It will look at effective techniques for using games in language teaching offering a simple set of steps for “teaching a game”. Finally considerations for choosing games for the classroom will be examined.

The games discussed are appropriate for young learners, but the techniques and theory discussed could equally be applied to learners of all ages.

In addition to our two stellar presenters we will be holding our usual reflective practice meeting, facilitated by Chris Miller, starting at 1230. We will also be heading to our usual dinner venue after the meeting, everyone is welcome to attend.

Yours 

BG-Kotesol

Directions at: http://www.koreatesol.org/content/workshops-venue-ess-hagwon-nampo-dong