MA TESOL in Seoul Korea [International Graduate School of Language Education (IGSE)]

Greetings. I am from IGSE’s Marketing Department. English education is going through a rapid transition in all facets with new technologies being introduced every day in the era of the fourth Industrial Revolution. In particular, the use of AI and big data will soon play a pivotal role in English education. To engage with this crucial area, IGSE has introduced a new course, ‘English Education and Big Data’, starting from this semester. We had the chance to have an interview with the professor of this course, Yong Guk Won. Q1. We would like to know more about the course, but, first, we would like to ask a little bit about you. How did you become an expert in this field? Please give us a self-introduction.  Like most people in English education, I was initially not that interested in data-related work. I came to graduate school to study more about efficient methods for English teaching, and I started to become interested in data analysis little by little while learning about ...

 Before entering IGSE, I had tutored children aged 7-10 phonics and I often thought of the importance of phonics. That's why I took the course Literacy and Phonics without hesitation. The class is about learning the basic theories of literacy development and specific class activities. Through the class, I began to think more deeply about how to write an appropriate phonics textbook to help young learners develop phonics knowledge. 1.      Textbooks and supplements    •    Herrera, S., Perez, & Escamilla, K. (2010). Teaching Reading to English Language Learners.   •    Rasinski, T. V., & Padak, N. (2013).  From phonics to fluency: Effective teaching of decoding and reading fluency in the elementary school. Boston, Mass: Pearson.   The first book is about the history of phonics and theories of literacy and methods of teaching phonics to students whose native language is not English. The seco...

International Graduate School of English  17, Yangjae-daero 81-gil, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, Korea, 05408 Admission Contact TEL : 82-80-804-0505

Here's our alumni, Kenneth Chong, from Malaysia giving out some messages for those who want to study at International Graduate School of English. Check out the uploaded video.  Questions about admission are always welcomed.  About IGSE :  IGSE's one of a kind MA program has been specially designed for both those with English language teaching (ELT) qualifications and experience and those without. IGSE’s intensive curriculum is designed to produce professionals in the field of ELT including English teachers, materials developers, researchers, and entrepreneurs. Over the two year course, we provide our students with extensive knowledge of theory in language learning and teaching as well as practical skills and experience.

1. Textbooks and Supplements  There is no set textbook for this class. Professor Luke Jones prepares handouts on a weekly basis that include interesting stories or a variety of activities. To be a good storyteller it is important to be exposed to a lot of good stories, and for this reason I recommend that others taking this class visit  https://themoth.org/  as often as possible. <The moth> is a site where ordinary people tell others their life stories. Using this site is also helpful for improving listening skills as well. 'the moth' website 2. How the class progresses.      The class deals with various aspects of storytelling such as different types of stories, tones and volume of voice, phrases and expressions used in storytelling, and the general components of a good story.  Throughout the class, you will learn all about what kinds of things to do when storytelling, how to control tone, how to use phrases and wr...