Envision a classroom where rich, compelling, fun content captivates students who effortlessly develop language skills while expanding their cultural awareness. Could these ideals become realities? This workshop proclaims: Yes! For five years as a university professor in S. Korea, I have been developing ways to infuse music into ELT. Music content is often transformative as students seamlessly enrich their cultural appreciation while concurrently improving their L2. Considering Stephen Krashen’s Compelling Input Hypothesis framework, music and movies together may provide content so compelling, some students will improve their L2 automatically, without giving conscious effort. Beyond compelling content, this workshop will introduce the most effective content delivery strategies -- including OST-centered formative tasks -- I have conducted, fully online, over the past three semesters. I will also summarize a 'History of Rock' course I taught twice, from 2017-2018. During multiple small and whole group discussions, attendee participation is highly encouraged. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

Pixton is a web-based cartoon-making site. It is used to let all levels of students make more from their writings. Low-Level students can express more with a cartoon than they can with just words and higher-level students can expand their thoughts. Pixton makes it interesting and fun for the students. In return, your students try harder, are more passionate about their writings, and learning in general.

I will show you how to use this to help advance your student's creativity and confidence in their Language abilities. As well as creating a "class" for us to play around with. My knowledge comes from practical use of the program. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

A newcomer to the Onion Society brings a mysterious onion to the annual meeting. The president, secretary, and treasurer attempt to figure out what it is and what they should do with it. Four English teachers gathered to make this Korean-language film with English subtitles. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

This year is the tenth anniversary of the birth of the Performance in Education (PIE) SIG of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT). The presenter, the founder of the SIG, will describe its founding, purpose, structure, highlights of its history, its present situation and its possible future. The purpose is to show that a performance in education SIG would be a valuable addition to KOTESOL. The presentation also serves as an invitation for collaborative efforts between the two language organizations and to encourage individual KOTESOL members to participate in our conferences. Popular venues have been Okinawa and Sapporo where we have annual conferences, and Kyoto, Kobe, and hot springs resort towns like Gero. There will be a Q&A session at the end. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

We are living in unprecedented times, education is in upheaval, educators are key role models for the future. One of the major quests of the educator is as Curtis says to “relieve the suffering of the classroom,” and the more we understand the brain and emotional triggers, the more we can help our learners. Making learning more suited to individuals, making learner focused and centered upon the learners is absolutely key, to make sure that "Anyone can learn how to learn easier, better, faster, and that learning to learn is the most important skill a person can acquire." As a panel we will discover how the speakers added dimension that neuroscience and psychology can add to enhance the learning process and in all disciplines, not only language learning. Join us in a LIVE panel discussion forming a triangle spanning the earth - Argentina, Spain, Greece, Japan to Korea. We will also be responding to your questions and comments regarding this topic, so do send in your questions and on the day we will try and address as many as we can. MYSTERY EASTER EGG

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

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

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

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