Korea TESOL

"[10] Korea TESOL's membership includes teachers in private and public schools at all levels (K-12, college/university faculty, and hagwon [private language institute] instructors), as well as teachers-in-training, administrators, researchers, materials developers, publishers, and students.

An increasing number of members hold higher degrees in language teaching and related fields.

[11] Many join for networking opportunities, both social and professional,[14] others come to learn and share practical techniques as well as theories in English language teaching, particularly in the Korean ELT setting.

[15] KOTESOL was formed through an amalgamation of memberships from two predecessor organizations, the Association of English Teachers in Korea (AETK) and the Korea Association of Teachers of English[16] (KATE - not the same organization as the society now known as KATE, 한국영어교육학회).

Most chapters hold regular (monthly) meetings 8 or more times per year, which typically include both academic (training) and social activities.

[23] The quarterly news-magazine The English Connection is the best-known publication, along with the annual KOTESOL Proceedings (select articles from the annual international conference, published roughly 9 months after the conference) and the semiannual Korea TESOL Journal.

[26] These are all available online[27] in a moving wall system (access limited to members for a defined period, then open-access) and are complemented by the monthly online/email KOTESOL News and each chapter's own occasional newsletters, plus news as presented solely on the association's official website and through the Facebook group and Facebook page.