Drop by with your morning coffee and/or bagel and hang out with conference goers, to chat about upcoming sessions. A casual, come when you want, leave when you want social zone.

In preparation for Reel to Real Film Festival and KOTESOL National Conference 2021, Rhea Metituk, the conference chair for the event, suggested that the three of us get together to write a promotion for the film festival/conference. This started us on an amazing creative journey that ended in a short article/promotion in The English Connection and an extended version that ended up as a podcast. The presenters will introduce the short article, play the podcast, and then will share their stories of how these two projects came to be. It is a story of unbridled creativity matched with quick collaboration and technical and dramatic talent. The presentation will end with reflections on how to structure successful creative collaboration projects. A question and answer session will conclude the presentation. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

Watch all the Reel to Real 2021 Films, Student and Non Student Films! In this room the films will be playing in succession in an infinite loop.

In this panel, a group of instructors will discuss their ongoing experiences of delivering a presentation course to Korean undergraduate freshmen at the University of Ulsan. The course in question essentially covers 'Presentation Basics' and aims to equip students with universally applicable skills for making direct, effective and watchable presentations. During the session, we'll look at the positives we've encountered and the things that have gone well, along with sharing any areas we have struggled with or tips we have come up with for delivering a more effective course. There will be plenty of opportunity for discussion and ideas sharing, so come along with your own experiences (both positive and not so positive!) of teaching presentations, and add to the discussion on how best to teach this critical 21st century skill! MYSTERY EASTER EGG

This presentation will discuss original research that investigated the use of pedagogical chatbots in an EFL conversational English class. Specifically, this study was concerned with how different types of questions can be used to elicit information from students. Within a Bloom’s Taxonomy Framework, lower-order to higher-order levels of thinking were observed among user-bot interactions. Nineteen South Korean English majors completed six chatbot assignments through an in-house developed Facebook Messenger chatbot. The chatbot activity entailed creating original stories for the class presentation. In addition to directives requesting plot details, the chatbot used closed-ended button reply questions, open-ended questions, and fill-in-the-blank template statements to help students create stories. Results indicated that button reply questions allowed for pacing, recall and content assessment and require low levels of critical thinking. Lastly, directives requesting user input resulted in 35% more output, indicating students took more action when told to do something than when asked. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

The research addresses English teachers’ attitudes towards the socioeconomically diverse ELLs affecting their academic practices in rural Bangladesh. The study explores five elementary and high school English teachers’ perceptions about the diverse student population's skills, aptitudes, and achievements. Primary data on teacher beliefs were obtained from interviewing the EFL teachers working in northern Bangladesh using semi-structured forms. Later, the author observed some of their recorded online lectures to understand how teachers’ beliefs and attitudes influenced their strategic preferences and teaching practices. Results show teachers’ attitudes are powerful predictors of pedagogical choices and actions. Insufficient resources, technology, and learner motivation affect teachers' beliefs and ideologies about diverse students. These non-native teachers need better training to teach a foreign language effectively and indiscriminately to the rural poor learners. Therefore, the research calls for rethinking the local teacher preparation programs to address teachers' negative attitudes towards ELLs in non-Anglophone contexts, including Bangladesh and Korea. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

Let’s assume you’re a dynamic, trained professional with something to say… but you’re not famous enough to get invitations to present here and publish there. How do you break in? This presentation outlines practical steps you can take to showcase your talents and contributions and advance your career to the next level. Come prepared to take notes and leave with an action plan!

Motivating students is critical to the success of extensive reading programs. Therefore, intentional and creative motivational strategies can maximize the efficacy of extensive reading programs by fostering students’ will and desire to read. This presentation explores four different areas to increase students’ motivation: 1. Reducing the amount of effort students need to put forth to read. 2. Increasing the enjoyment of reading (affective aspects). 3. Developing students’ want and will to read (cognitive aspects). 4. Maximizing the use of social factors.

The presenter will offer a wide variety of strategies, considerations, and practical implications related to motivational theory and research. Some strategies focus on generating motivation while others focus on maintaining motivation. Ultimately, the teacher holds the power to effectively nurture self-motivated readers, so come and learn which strategies you can implement in your classroom and how you can make your current strategies more effective.

Handouts shared. Active participation anticipated. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

As traditional publishers have moved more towards global coursebooks and series, a wave of small presses have appeared, with an interest in innovative, experimental, or niche titles. This panel features a variety of authors from Wayzgoose Press talking about their different paths to publication and why they chose a small press over a larger publisher or self-publishing. We’ll also talk about what kinds of projects are best suited for a small press and how to approach one with your own ideas. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

This session will be a live synchronous watch party and discussion featuring some of the students films created by students from Nagoya City University. The teacher will introduce the course and process of planning and creating these films, and give some behind the scenes details about how they were made. The audience is encouraged to participate in the discussion, by asking questions and sharing your opinions and reviews of the films!

Currently I teach English to college students who major in early childhood education. However, my students dislike the textbook that I teach, but respond well to the activities. I have a background in holistic education. and I decided a new curriculum, with an active learning element would better meet their needs . Therefore, in order to improve the curriculum and add a more holistic approach I studied more about curriculum design and holistic education. I also interviewed students who graduated three years before and , who were in the workforce to find out if they could apply anything from my classes that they had learned. I interviewed these students by phone and in person. I went from a textbook based curriculum to an more practical and active curriculum. In this presentation I will explain what I learned from the research, the results of the student interviews, various activities I use to enhance learning, and how I improved curriculum. Finally, this presentation will show how holistic education best prepares students for a globalized workplace and a better future. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

Come join our Mokbang sesh! You can bring lunch and hang out with the KOTESOL Yongin Chapter friends and co. A casual, come when you want, leave when you want social zone.

This workshop starts with a brief discussion on the definition of, and need for incorporating environmental themes and content within our EFL lessons, and then continues by offering practical ideas for creative content for classes and curricula via a focus on the experiences of nine EFL teachers teaching about environmental issues within South Korea over the last decade, and two more based in Japan. Participants will have the opportunity to share their own experiences of teaching material with an environmental theme, and ask questions at the end. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

A surreal fantasy with call backs to iconic Hollywood scenes representing embattled educators' journeys through psychological and emotional challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

Watch all the Reel to Real 2021 Films, Student and Non Student Films! In this room the films will be playing in succession in an infinite loop.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led the world into an online teaching mode that has impacted every aspect of education. This presentation will explain the importance of how reflective practice on teaching online can lead to successful learning outcomes and better teaching practices. The reflections come from the presenter’s own writings while teaching writing online during a virtual camp for middle school students, which have helped in self-awareness and increased confidence when converting to a new platform of teaching. Through observing the progress of students while collaborating in class and submitting their assignments on Google Classroom, and receiving feedback through surveys about the overall impressions of the class, the teacher could see the development of his students. Finally, the presentation will highlight the reflections of the instructor on mental health amid teaching during the pandemic and how managing the complex challenges of online teaching has helped him improve his teaching. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

Soft skills have long been hailed as being of fundamental value to young people’s education. This talk considers why certain new competencies are increasingly being recognised as vital by employers and societies around the world. Based on what current research indicates as being instrumental for young people seeking to achieve success in their professional and personal lives, this talk also consists of some suggestions for how students in ELT contexts can be enabled to develop these competencies.

The 21st century ESP learner is required to demonstrate a broad range of communicative and professional skills in their chosen vocation. In order to facilitate the development of such skills, ESP instructors must be aware of the specific communicative needs of their students, while also considering the growing importance of soft skills in the modern workplace. This session will examine the terms ‘specificity’ and ‘soft skills’ and their role in ESP teaching. A clear distinction will be made between hard and soft skills and how they contribute to professional success. The speaker will then introduce practical methodologies and techniques to help learners develop specific communicative and professional skills simultaneously. Special attention will be paid to the implementation of these strategies, which include scaffolding techniques, use of authentic and specific materials, in addition to the integration and use of functional language and topic specific vocabulary. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

The Seoul Trail: 157km of hiking through mountains, rivers and forests all around the entire city of Seoul! Learn more about this not-so-hidden treasure of Korea. One Canadian’s experience and impressions on walking the trail. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

Do you know about the different shots used in film and video, such as close-up, medium shot, and wide shot? Have you tried storyboarding a video project? How about your students? Whether to spend time introducing these is an important consideration when setting a video project. Although it is often said that secondary and university-age students are already fluent in video, they may not have been introduced to these features, so this session will explore the benefits of a “focus on form” in video. As well as getting hands-on and learning about these features ourselves, we will discuss potential benefits for learners’ language use, including supporting more language use throughout project processes, and encouraging more ideas about using language in their finished videos. We will consider some possibilities for introducing these ideas, and also discuss strategies for scaffolding a project sequence to help students come alive as filmmakers. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

In our increasingly interconnected world, people are learning, creating, and interacting in unprecedented ways, but maximizing these opportunities also requires emotional and social skills for creative thinking, solving problems, and implementing solutions. English for 21st Century Skills can help educators achieve this goal. In this forum discussion, the book company and the editors will explore ways in which creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, inclusion, wellbeing, leadership, and other 21st century skills can be integrated and developed in language learning contexts. If you wish to keep up to date with the latest developments in this increasingly important field of language education, please join us. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

ESL classrooms often follow a one-size-fits-all approach in terms of assessing and grading students. However, this can be quite demoralizing and even unfair to students of lower levels. In order to motivate lower-level students and create a more dynamic classroom, a variety of different assessment techniques can be incorporated. In this course, trainees will learn about different assessment strategies for both the online and offline classroom that go beyond tests and quizzes in order to learn how to truly gauge their students' level, check for understanding, and better their students’ language abilities. Trainees will first work on differentiating assessments for different levels of speakers, then they will work to create their own assessment. Finally, trainees will examine a baseline rubric (adapted from WIDA) and work on adjusting the rubric to fit students of all different levels and their own classroom environment, for both online and offline learning. EASTER EGG 7

A fundamental goal of education for a sustainable future should be peacebuilding. This involves creating peaceful and just societies, at the heart of which are relationships shaped through our communication. Because English language teaching and research is about learning to communicate in a new language, there are endless ways to embed peace as process, outcome and experience for learners and teachers. In this 45-minute panel, three long-time and active KOTESOL members working in different contexts in South Korea will define key concepts then share observations from their research and practice in the areas of peace linguistics, peace education, nonviolent communication, and peace language education as a springboard for further discussion. It is hoped that participants will leave this dialogic session more aware and excited about fostering peace in their own environments. EASTER EGG 6

Examining the negative connotations related to the perception of change, the study shall explore the mechanics involved in creating a knowledge sharing workplace to combat workplace deviant behaviour. Many factors contribute to such unwarranted behaviour and one of key importance is the relationship between organizational leadership and the employee. This relationship is critical for successful change management. Additionally, the scope of information shared in relation to the change management process will either hinder or enhance positive perception to change. Therefore the working environment is critical for cognitive influence and decision making. Change itself happens in the workplace due to external market pressures, internal policies, and sometimes a combination of both. However, resistance to change also occurs at a cognitive level, where the fear of the unknown, job insecurity and feelings of helplessness are factors that contribute to the negative narrative perception. MYSTERY EASTER EGG