Bryan Hale

Jeonnam Foreign Language High School

About

Bryan Hale served as president of Korea TESOL from 2021 to 2022. He is currently Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL chapter president. He was first blown away by the 2012 international conference and has been involved with KOTESOL since. Bryan teaches at Jeonnam Foreign Language High School in Naju. In 2020, he completed a Master of Applied Linguistics (TESOL) through the University of New England in Australia, in which he researched language play and playfulness in the foreign language classroom.

Sessions

Synchronous (Onsite) KOTESOL @ 30! more

Sat, Apr 29, 16:00-16:50 Asia/Seoul

Update: This session has been moved to room 204. This year’s spring conference is the 30th international conference that is being held by Korea TESOL. It is also the 30th anniversary of KOTESOL as an organization (1993–2023). In recognition of this dual celebration, this panel will reflect back over the past 30 years to evaluate how well KOTESOL has served the ELT community as well as look forward to project what directions KOTESOL should take and what changes KOTESOL should make to best serve our ever-changing and increasingly rapidly changing ELT community. Our panelists consists of long-term KOTESOL members with distinguished leadership experience and institutional knowledge, including as national president and international conference chair.

Garth Elzerman Kyungsook Yeum Robert J. Dickey Joo-Kyung Park Allison Bill Bryan Hale

Synchronous (Onsite) Opening Ceremony more

Sat, Apr 29, 10:15-10:45 Asia/Seoul

Join us after the first plenary session and before the second to hear some words of welcome!

Garth Elzerman Lindsay Herron Bryan Hale David Shaffer Michael Free Kirsten Razzaq Sean OConnor