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Closing Ceremony and Conference Retrospective #1183

Sun, Feb 28, 19:00-21:00 JST | Main Stage
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Join us one last time, where we say 'thank you' to the people who made this conference possible, recognize some people whose work for KOTESOL has been exceptional over the past year, and say goodbye until next year!

Before we go, though, we'll have a chance to ask ourselves: "Where do we go from here?"

To answer that question, we're going to:

*Bring back Gerd Leonhard - live and in person! Have a question for Gerd? Let us know what it is! He'll only be with us for 15 minutes, though, so you'd better be quick!

*Look back on some highlights from the conference.

*Discuss what your takeaways are: What inspired you? Motivated you? Challenged you?

Bryan Hale

Bryan Hale

Yeongam High School
Bryan Hale teaches at Yeongam High School in Jeollanamdo. He has worked with all age groups, but especially tweens and teenagers, and previously spent several years teaching elementary and middle school students in both public and hagwon settings. He has recently completed a Master of Applied Linguistics (TESOL) research project exploring the relationship between learners’ experiences of playfulness and language production during speaking games. Bryan is currently serving as Korea TESOL president.
Michael Free

Michael Free

KOTESOL IC 2021 Conference Chair
I love languages, teaching, and helping people learn. It's messy and occasionally frustrating, but that's part of what makes it great! I teach in a small university in Korea, about an hour east of Seoul. Oh, and I'm this year's Conference Chair, which turned out to be, well, not exactly what I had planned — thanks, Corona! Feel free to message me, and just call me Michael!