KOTESOL Proceedings 2011 Pushing our Paradigms; Connecting with Culture Proceedings of the 19th Annual KOTESOL International Conference Seoul, Korea, October 15-16, 2011 Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (Korea TESOL / KOTESOL) KOTESOL Proceedings 2011 Pushing our Paradigms; Connecting with Culture Proceedings of the 19th Annual KOTESOL International Conference Seoul, Korea October 15-16, 2011 Edited by Korea TESOL Proceedings Editors-in-Chief Dr. David Shaffer Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea Maria Pinto Universidad Tecnologica de la Mixteca, Huajuapan de Leon, Mexico Publications Committee Chair Dr. Jong-hee Lee Layout/Design: Mijung Lee, Media Station Printing: Myeongjinsa For information on this or other Korea TESOL publications, as well as inquiries on membership and advertising, contact us at: www.koreatesol.org or [email protected] © 2012 Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (Korea TESOL / KOTESOL) ISSN: 1598-0472 Price: 10,000 KRW / 10 USD. Free to Members 4 Conference Committee of the 19th Annual Korea TESOL International Conference Julien McNulty Conference Committee Chair Stafford Lumsden David E. Shaffer Stephen-Peter Jinks Conference Co-Chair Financial Affairs Director Conference Advisor Philip Owen Kyungsook Yeum Sean O’Connor Program Director Venue Director Technical Director Vivien Slezak Curtis Desjardins Louisa Kim Guest Services Director Support Services Director Registration Director Robert Dickey Grace Wang Gina Yoo Webmaster Financial Affairs Asst. Director Registration Assistant Director Allison Bill Alicia Kwon Jina Kang Program Assistant Director Special Projects Coordinator Venue Coordinator Mike Peacock Rodney Stubbs Jure Majnaric Student Volunteer Coordinator Student Volunteer Coordinator Publicity Director Maria Pinto Timothy Whitman Tim Dalby Program Editor Extended Summaries Editor Pecha Kucha Manager Kathy Moon Marilyn Plumlee Ingrid Zwaal Food & Beverage Manager Special Events Manager Stage Manager Joanna Oczachowski Gene Shaffer Maria Pinto Banquet Manager Financial Affairs Manager Presenter Services Manager John Phillips Thunder VanBrocklin Duane Myhre IT Support Manager IT Support Manager IT Support Manager Jun Hyuk Shin Stephen-Peter Jinks Min Gi Hong IT Support Manager VIP Liaison International Signs Manager Mikyung Sa Jaeho Ji Tory Thorkelson Food & Beverage Asst. ManagerAssistant OP Liaison Chapter & SIG Liaison David E. Shaffer Grace Wang Tory Thorkelson Program Vetting Team Program Vetting Team Program Vetting Team Scott Miles Allison Bill Kara MacDonald Program Vetting Team Program Vetting Team Program Vetting Team Robert Capriles Brian Heldenbrand Tammy Heldenbrand National President & KOTESOL Ambassador KOTESOL Ambassador OP Liaison 5 Foreword The 19th Annual Korea TESOL International Conference was held at Sookmyung Women’s University on October 15 and 16, 2011. Nearly 1,300 international and Korea-based attendees gathered in Seoul, Korea, for a weekend of teacher development under the conference theme of Pushing our Paradigms; Connecting with Culture. The two-day Conference offered plenary sessions by Stephen Krashen, B. Kumaravadivelu, and Keith Folse, as well as eight featured speaker sessions by Ken Beatty, Robert Dickey, Gavin Dudeney, Thomas Farrell, Nicholas Groom, Muna Morris-Adams, Chuck Sandy, and Setsuko Toyama. In addition, the Conference included 225 concurrent sessions of various formats, including research paper presentations, workshops, and colloquia. We are pleased to present, in this volume, papers by two of our plenary speakers, Stephen Krashen, writing about extended reading, and Keith Folse, writing about three grammar nightmares. In addition, Gavin Dudeney, one of our outstanding featured speakers at the 2011 International Conference, writes on digital literacies and the language classroom. In this volume you will also find papers from 28 other presenters at the 2011 International Conference, writing on themes related to teaching styles and teaching methods, learning styles, assessment, culture, identity, course design, teacher development, and IT in the language learning classroom. It is our pleasure to present to you this volume of KOTESOL Proceedings 2011. We would like to thank the authors of the papers collected here for their cooperation and patience with the editing process, and of course, for making their contributions to this volume. We hope that you will enjoy reading the papers in this publication in your own pursuit of professional excellence. Maria Pinto David Shaffer Editors-in-Chief KOTESOL Proceedings 2011 6 KOTESOL Proceedings 2011 Pushing our Paradigms; Connecting with Culture Proceedings of the 19th Annual KOTESOL International Conference CONTENTS Plenary and Featured Speaker Papers Seeking a justification for skill-building 13 Stephen Krashen Grammar nightmares: The three P’s 21 Keith Folse Digital literacies and the language classroom 31 Gavin Dudeney Assessment / Testing An analysis of interaction in task-based oral assessment 39 Martin Hawkes Student autonomy in the TOEIC classroom: Introducing student self-constructed TOEIC tests 51 Bruce Lander and Harry F. Carley III Content-Based Instruction Application of Content-Based Instruction in Japanese university EFL classes to instill global awareness: The case of the geopolitical challenges of peak oil and the end of inexpensive energy in Northeast Asia 63 Richard Miller, Michael Parrish, and Zane Ritchie Content-based instruction considerations for tertiary-level instruction 75 David E. Shaffer Cross-cultural / Intercultural Communication An evaluation of audio diaries as a research method in language research Scott Aubrey and Andrew Nowlan 87 Teachers connecting cross-culturally: A new paradigm for intercultural professional mentoring 99 Julie Ciancio and Lynne Díaz-Rico 7 Culture and Language Learning The importance of foreign teacher understanding and adjustment to EFL learners 109 Kevin Watson and Grant Agawa English for Specific or Academic Purposes Connecting disciplines at a Japanese university: Adapting EAP to local academic culture 123 Howard Brown and John Adamson Identity (Learner or Teacher) Who we are, what we think: Teachers talking about themselves and teaching 135 Maria Pinto Learning Preferences / Styles Peer teaching: A strategy for exploiting autonomous learning 153 Alina Chirciu and Tulika Mishra Materials / Course Design Model United Nations for EFL/ESL learners: Preparation and outcomes 163 Calum Adamson Changing the curriculum paradigms: Implementing a new needs assessment model for university language programs 169 Kathleen Brown Multiple Skills Integrating skills through survey-based project work 183 Matthew Coomber Effective strategies and methods for teaching EFL without a common language 189 Amanda Green Critical transformation: Enhancing EFL textbooks with critical thinking 195 Michael Massey and Vincent Greenier 8 Reflective Teaching Practice Overcoming the obstacle of culture: Integrating critical thinking with college English writing instruction 211 Wanqing Cheng Second Language Acquisition Second language acquisition principles for East Asian students 223 Douglas Meyer Sociolinguistics / Language Policy / World Englishes Korean university students’ attitudes towards varieties of English 235 Jake Breaux and Marnie Brown Speaking Skills Refraining from becoming the next speaker: A case study of three-party second language interaction 251 Nathan P. Krug and Tomomi Otsu Teacher Development Utilizing ICT video-conferencing for pre-service English teacher training and cultural learning 263 Minako Yogi Technology-Enhanced Instruction / CALL / CMI Using social media to extend the language classroom 279 Tom Edwards Language learning through multilingual wiki creation: Embracing technology and culture 283 John McGaughey Vocabulary Building on a coordinated vocabulary program 295 Alonzo R. Williams 9 Writing A review and guide for self-assessment in second language writing 303 John Peloghitis Workshop Reports Paint it green: Using environmental themes in the language classroom 315 Brian English Love or Logic? A cultural guide for Westerners and Koreans working together 321 Shelley Lawson Speaking of making speeches: The how, the what and the why 329 Amanda Maitland Reading: Take away the 10-question syndrome from your students 343 Novi Rahayu Restuningrum and Diyantari Conference Overview Presentations of the 19th Korea TESOL International Conference 351 10 Plenary and Featured Speaker Papers Proceedings of the 19th Annual KOTESOL International Conference, Seoul, Korea 12 KOTESOL PROCEEDINGS 2011 Seeking a Justification for Skill-Building Stephen Krashen University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA Skill-Building, the idea that we acquire language by first learning rules (or discovering them) and then practicing them in output, is the basis for pedagogy in most language classrooms throughout the world. Several kinds of evidence, however, show that Skill-Building at best plays only a small and peripheral role: we can acquire language without it, the means needed for Skill-Building (output, correction) are scarce, and the rules to be learned are very complex. I review here some of the evidence showing the severe limits of the Skill-Building Hypothesis, a hypothesis based on conscious learning. First, some definitions. COMPREHENSION AND SKILL-BUILDING Current theory distinguishes two very different ways of developing ability in another language: The Comprehension Hypothesis says that we acquire (not learn)