The 2024 STEM Online Seminars(SOS)
Structured as a series of monthly lectures on a given topic, our seminar series offer a comprehensive introduction to your chosen subject. All can be enjoyed online via a livestream. This series of lectures explores key regional issues shaping English language teaching and learning with media.
According to Mirian Rivas Reyes(2022), "Media from English-speaking countries are an incredible source of information and great material to use in the classroom and one of the best allies to engage students as well as it shows authentic material. A short video from a TV series could be used as a perfect tool to pursue the aims that teachers expect in their classes depending on the activity. It has to be designed and adapted to the group level and a clear aim will be necessary to put the video activity in practice. It can be said that communicative language teaching is extremely linked to audiovisual interaction as an important tool to achieve different abilities and skills when learning a language. This topic is of great significance to teachers, due to the fact that they are in charge of using pedagogical material and maintaining the trend of learning new methods of teaching, they have to take into account every single detail about teaching whereas the students should interiorize what they assimilate from their teachers and from the information taught in a classroom".
According to Mirian Rivas Reyes(2022), "Media from English-speaking countries are an incredible source of information and great material to use in the classroom and one of the best allies to engage students as well as it shows authentic material. A short video from a TV series could be used as a perfect tool to pursue the aims that teachers expect in their classes depending on the activity. It has to be designed and adapted to the group level and a clear aim will be necessary to put the video activity in practice. It can be said that communicative language teaching is extremely linked to audiovisual interaction as an important tool to achieve different abilities and skills when learning a language. This topic is of great significance to teachers, due to the fact that they are in charge of using pedagogical material and maintaining the trend of learning new methods of teaching, they have to take into account every single detail about teaching whereas the students should interiorize what they assimilate from their teachers and from the information taught in a classroom".
"This is an excellent venue for people interested in learning or brushing up the basics of English language teaching. Semianars consisted of the explanation of the main concepts and animations that helped participants understand the most important ideas. Learning materials were closely related to the contents and objectives of the topic, so there were no surprises. The presenters were all enthusiastic and definitely, knew (and loved) his/her topic extremely well."
(from Dr. JUNG, Jinkyeong, a professor of English education at Texas Tech University, USA and a participant in 2023 STEM Online Lecture Series)
(from Dr. JUNG, Jinkyeong, a professor of English education at Texas Tech University, USA and a participant in 2023 STEM Online Lecture Series)
Oranizers
Collaborators
Our Mission
- STEM (The Society for Teaching English through Media) aims to develop learning materials and teaching methodology based on the use of movies and multimedia in English language learning.
- In order to contribute to an effective English education in Korea, STEM tries to provide a focal organization for the interest in movies that is found scattered throughout Korean English education institutes.
- STEM will define the concepts of language and conversation newly, and contribute to helping Korean English learners develop their communicative competence.
- STEM consists of many members working in various fields. By working together it is possible to combine theory and practice in setting up new teaching methodologies.
- STEM contributes to raising the status of methods using movies to teach English through various international exchanges.