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1998 Atlanta, Georgia - Tips
and tactics for teaching pronunciation to Vietnamese and Korean
students
1998 Washington, DC - Development of a community-based citizenship
program
1999 Athens, Georgia - Teaching Pronunciation to Vietnamese and
Korean Students
1999 Athens, Georgia - Teaching English in East Asia: Japan, Korea,
and Taiwan
1999 Athens, Georgia - Meeting the Citizenship Needs of Your Students
1999 Seoul, Korea - Educational Politics: Teachers Identifying Obstacles
to Ideal Classrooms
1999 Seoul, Korea - Teaching Pronunciation to Korean Students
2000 Kongju, Korea - Demystifying Hangul
2000 Kongju, Korea - Korean Thought Processes Revealed in Composition
Style
2001 Kwangju, Korea - Keeping the Ball Rolling Outside of Class
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Georgia TESOL
Adult Education Annual Conference Norcross,
Georgia 1998
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Tips
and tactics for teaching pronunciation to Vietnamese and Korean
students.
Abstract:
Having trouble teaching [th] to Vietnamese students? How about
teaching [f] & [v] to Korean students? The speaker will
share some language specific insights and ideas for making pronunciation
less frustrating for teachers and students.
Presenter:
Todd Terhune (B.S. Anthropology/Linguistics, M.A. TESOL) has
taught for 8 years in Korea and America. |
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Office of Refugee
Resettlement Annual Conference Washington
D.C. 1998
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Development of a community-based
citizenship program
Abstract:
The presenters will discuss how they developed a comprehensive
community-based citizenship program, including the successes
and obstacles they encountered. The program is designed to track
students and help them through the entire citizenship process.
It offers Civics and ESL classes with an emphasis on American
culture, as well as legal services to all participants. For
students who do not fit into the regular curriculum, special
ESL needs and interview refresher courses are also organized
as needed.
Topics include: grant writing, recruitment, class locations,
registration, curriculum design, assessment, and legal services.
Q & A will follow.
Presenters:
William Fulkerson (M.A. Spanish/Anthropology, D.Min. SW) Program
Director
Melissa McAllister (M.A. TESOL) Civics Instructor
Stephen Pocalyko (J.D.) Immigration Lawyer
Todd Terhune (M.A. TESOL) ESL Instructor |
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Georgia TESOL
Annual State Conference Georgia State
University: Athens, Georgia 1999
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Teaching
Pronunciation to Vietnamese and Korean Students
Abstract:
Having trouble teaching [th] to Vietnamese students? How about
teaching [f] & [v] to Korean students? The speaker will
share some basic linguistic instruction mixed with language
specific insights and ideas for making pronunciation less frustrating
for teachers and students.
Presenter:
Todd Terhune (B.S. Anthropology/Linguistics, M.A. TESOL) has
taught for 8 years in Korea and America.
Teaching English in East Asia: Japan,
Korea, and Taiwan
Abstract:
Would you like to find out more about teaching overseas for
a summer or even for a year? Japan, Korea, and Taiwan are three
great places to consider, and this experienced workshop panel
is ready to give you all the information you need.
Presenters:
Eric Kendrick is a recent graduate of Georgia State Univeristy
in the MA TESL program.
Jaiseon Song-Lee is from Korea and a student at Georgia State
University in the MA TESL program.
Todd Terhune works with Bridging the Gap and has previously
taught in Korea.
Jeffrey Lee is from Taiwan and a Ph.D. student at Georgia State
University in the MA TESL program.
Joanna Crump is an ESL teacher at Georgia State University and
has previously taught in Taiwan.
Yuka Yokoyama is a student at Kennesaw State University pursuing
her degree in English.
Donna Jones teaches ESL at the American Language Program at
UGA and at Athens
Area Technical Institute.
Meeting the Citizenship Needs of
Your Students
Abstract:
The presenters will discuss why citizenship applicants fail
and how teachers and service providers can help facilitate their
success. The time will be divided equally between curricular
and legal issues. There will be ample time for questions of
our teaching staff and legal representative.
Presenters:
William Fulkerson (Program Director), Tim McCown (Civics Instructor),
and Todd Terhune (ESL Instructor) work for the Bridging the
Gap Project.
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2nd Pan Asian
TESOL Conference Seoul, Korea October
1999
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Educational Politics:
Teachers Identifying Obstacles to Ideal Classrooms
Short Abstract:
A survey of what teachers in the United States identify as obstacles
to the theoretical ideal in the classroom. The results will
be compared with a similar survey of native and non-native English
teachers in South Korea. Participation and feedback welcome.
Expanded Abstract:
The premise is to find out how teachers identify and rank obstacles
to the "ideal" classroom in different contexts and
cultures. Survey participants will be teachers in various work
environments in the United States and South Korea. They will
be asked to identify and rank a variety of perceived economic,
political, technological, interpersonal, personal, and resource
limitations to performing the job of teaching as each one understands
it should be done. Participants will also be asked to relate
any relevant successes and failures in dealing with bureaucrats,
administrators, co-workers, parents, students, and self in the
process of overcoming obstacles to effective teaching.
The goals are to 1) identify significant differences between
teachers and situations in different contexts and cultures,
2) to find out what solutions might and might not work for some,
and 3) to share these findings with others.
This in-progress session will be an opportunity to give a report
on the project & results to date and to receive additional
participation and feedback.
It is the intention of the author to present the finalized work
at the Pan-Asian TESOL Conference in Seoul, S. Korea October
8-10, 1999.
Teaching Pronunciation to Korean
Students
Short Abstract:
Having trouble teaching [th] to Vietnamese students? How about
teaching [f] & [v] to Korean students? The speaker will
share some basic linguistic instruction mixed with language
specific insights and ideas for making pronunciation less frustrating
for teachers and students.
Expanded Abstract:
This workshop targets untrained and inexperienced teachers with
little or no knowledge of articulatory phonetics. My awareness
of this need grew out of last year's GA TESOL conference and
the disappointment of many attendees to Eric Kendrick's presentation
on Vietnamese students when he skipped over pronunciation issues.
I presented a similar topic at the November Adult-Ed Mini-Conference
to a packed room and inadequate time slot. I walked away feeling
that it would be appropriate to present a modified version at
the April conference.
I will begin with a brief but practical overview of the IPA
and articulators as they apply to English (20 minutes), followed
by language specific insights and ideas for Korean and Vietnamese
(15 minutes each), and finishing with 20 minutes for questions
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International
Conference on
Living and
Working in
Korea
Kongju, Korea
May 2000
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Demystifying Hangul
(click here
to view the Powerpoint file of this presentation: Korean
fonts needed to view in entirety)
Abstract:
Many professional linguists consider the Korean alphabet to
be among the most logical in the world. Although that may be
fine for some, to the rest of us it bears no recognizable or
memorable features. The presenter will show, from one foreigner
to another, what makes it logical and memorable. Once you hear
these hints, you'll be reading in a matter of days or even hours.
In addition, comparisons will be made for teaching English pronunciation
more effectively.
Korean Thought Processes Revealed
in Composition Style (click
here to view the Powerpoint file of this presentation)
Abstract:
Comparing Western and Korean writing styles can give incredible
insight into classroom mysteries long-attributed to boredom,
apathy, or even stupidity. You don't have to be a writing teacher
to appreciate this fresh window on Korea explained in clear
& simple terms. The implications of this cultural concept
go way beyond the classroom or editing desk.
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Cholla Korea
TESOL Seminar
Kwangju, Korea October 2001
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Keeping the Ball Rolling
Outside of Class (click
here to view the Powerpoint file of this presentation)
Abstract:
Guidelines, tips and discussion about mining linguistic gold
in the off-time.
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16-Apr-2002
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