The KOTESOL (Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) 2005 International Conference will be held October 15 to 16, in Seoul, Korea.

　　It is also known as the 13th Korea TESOL International Conference. The theme is “From Concept to Context: Trends and Challenges”.

　　The conference’s purpose is to provide a forum for educators to share their ideas, innovations, experience, research, and major research findings in the following areas:

　　*Classroom management

　　*Computer-assisted (CALL) or media-assisted (MALL) language learning

　　*Cross-cultural issues, methodologies or approaches to ELT

　　*English for specific purposes (ESP)

　　*Global and environmental education

　　*Issues in language and literacy

　　*Learning strategies and styles

　　*Methodologies and techniques for teaching: conversation, pronunciation, grammar, listening, reading, vocabulary, writing

　　*Music, art and literature in the classroom

　　*Second language acquisition (SLA) and applied linguistics

　　*Sociolinguistics

　　*Testing and evaluation techniques

　　*Teaching in under-resourced environments

　　*Teacher resources

　　*Teacher training and development

　　*Video in the classroom

　　*Other relevant issues of EFL/ELT

　　The conference is calling for papers and research reports, workshops, panels, colloquia, and poster presentations. The closing date for submission of presentation proposals is June 30.

　　KOTESOL’s main goal is to assist its members in self-development and to contribute to the improvement of ELT in Korea. It also serves as a network for teachers to connect with others in the ELT community and as a source of information for ELT resource materials and events in Korea and abroad.

　　It is an affiliate of TESOL Inc., and is closely associated with IATEFL, JALT, ThaiTESOL, and TESL Canada.

　　For more information, please go to http://www.kotesol.org/2005/.