Kim, Young-Im(김영임)
KONA Storybook Center / KONA English Center
About
Kim, Young-Im(김영임) earned her MA in TESOL at the University of Reading in the U.K. She finished her Ph. D course in English Literature at Chonnam National University in Korea. She is currently a president of KONA Storybook Center and KONA English Center. She has also taught English for adults at the Life-long Education Center of Gwangju Metropolitan City. She taught English using storybooks at Gwangju University and the Lifelong Education Center of Gwangju National University of Education. Her interests include extensive listening and reading and cultural exchange for kids and adults through volunteering. She runs a UNESCO KONA Volunteers for disadvantaged kids since 2004 and shared wisdom through storybooks as a life mentor. She will describe how the class was mutually beneficial for both adult students and kids, as well as for the global community during the Covid 19 period.Sessions
All levels An Online Zoom Reading Class for Adults in Korea: Online stories as Communicative Tools During Covid 19 more
Sun, Aug 7, 19:00-19:20 Asia/Tokyo
This presentation shows a 15 week-online English class for adults mostly seniors from 2020 through 2021, during the covid 19 era. Internet stories of two websites were used as the primary teaching materials. The presentation talks about 1) various learning activities with easy-to-read online stories with story-map making method 2) Reading-alouds and sharing their daily life experiences, which increased their language exposure and motivated them to read continuously, and 3) volunteering activities of the studentsreading to their family members, children, and neighbors. In addition, the presenters would like to show English teachers how to use online stories and storybooks more effectively in their class.
