Kyungsook Yeum
Former Director of SMU TESOL & Faculty of Sookmyung Women's University, Korea
About
Kyungsook Yeum is the former director of SMU TESOL and faculty member of Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul. Dr. Yeum’s understanding of the TESOL profession became more robust with her service on the TESOL Board of Directors, TESOL International Association, USA (2015–2018). She served as national president of Korea TESOL (2004–2005), as vice president of the Korea Association of Teachers of English (KATE) and the Applied Linguistics Association of Korea (ALAK) among other positions. She was the international conference chair for the KOTESOL-hosted Pan-Asia Conference (2014) and has also hosted KOTESOL’s international conference at Sookmyung for over 10 years as the onsite director. Dr. Yeum has been a member of KOTESOL for over 20 years.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.
