Cultural Awareness in the Language Classroom 

Spring Symposium presented by Busan-Gyeongnam KOTESOL.  

April 18, 2015 12:30pm-5:30pm

Pusan National  University, 2nd Education Building (701)

Fee: Members  - 5,000 won / Non-members  - 10,000 won

The Symposium will open with long time KOTESOL member, world citizen, and cultural anthropologist Dr. Steve Garrigues. His presentation is titled "Hot Air on a Cool Day: Cross-Cultural Issues in Semantics for English Teachers in Korea."

The Symposium will also feature Guest speaker Hyunwoo Sun of the popular website Talk to me in Korean.  Hyunwoo Sun will discuss how learning Korean can aid native English teachers with a better cultural and linguistic understanding of their students.

In addition there will be a  selection of presentations and workshops on topics such as differing cultural views of education, and student speaking activities.

*************Special offer for Non-members, pre-pay by April 15th and get the member rate. Just transfer 5,000 won to KEB account # 571501 01 276923 Sarah (Busan KOTESOL) Then email [email protected] with the transfer date and the name on the account *****************

For more information, including the full printed program book (available as PDF),

See the KOTESOL-Events page - http://koreatesol.org/content/busan-gyeongnam-spring-symposium