2. George Elliott Koichi Whitehead
About me
George Elliott Koichi Whitehead 경일
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3. Certificate for Teaching ESL Linguistics PhD Education (in progress)
Associates of Arts
BA Linguistics
Certificate for Teaching ESL Linguistics
MA TEFL/ TESL
PhD Education (in progress)

4. My 16 Year Career
The beginning…

5. My 14 Year Career continued..

6. My 14 Year Career continued..

7. Academic Writing Work Darakwon Publishing (Author, Editor, Advisor)
Books
Gang, Y.S., Kim, H.D., Whitehead, G., Goo, Y.S., Gwon, H.Y., Han, G., & Hong, G.M. (in-press). Middle School English 1. Seoul, South Korea: Darakwon.
Gang, Y.S., Kim, H.D., Whitehead, G., Goo, Y.S., Gwon, H.Y., Han, G., & Hong, G.M. (under contract). Middle School English 2. Seoul, South Korea: Darakwon.
Gang, Y.S., Kim, H.D., Whitehead, G., Goo, Y.S., Gwon, H.Y., Han, G., & Hong, G.M. (under contract). Middle School English 3. Seoul, South Korea: Darakwon.
KSAT

8. Journal Publications
Hiver, P., & Whitehead, G. (under review). Teaching metacognitively: Adaptive inside-out thinking in the L2 classroom. In C. Bjørke, M. Dypedahl, & Å. Haukås (Eds.), Metacognition in Language Learning and Teaching. New York, NY: Routledge.
Hiver, P., & Whitehead, G. (under review). Sites of struggle: The co-construction of language teacher agency and teacher identity through classroom practice. System [Special Issue] Interdisciplinarity in Language Teacher Agency: Theoretical and Analytical Explorations.
Whitehead, G. (2017). Teachers’ voices: Obstacles to communicative language teaching in South Korea. Asian EFL Journal, 18 (4).
Whitehead, G. (2016). The rise and fall of the National English Ability Test: Examining Korean high school English teachers’ perspectives. Asian EFL Journal, 19(4)
Greenier, V., & Whitehead, G. (2016). Towards a model of teacher leadership in ELT: Authentic leadership in classroom practice. RELC Journal, 47(1), DOI: /

9. Reviewing & Editing
Asian EFL Journal - Editor/ Reviewer (
Asian ESP Journal – Editor/ Reviewer (
System – Guest reviewer (

10. Ask George!

11. Contact Website: profgwhitehead.weebly.com

12. Refining Academic Writing
with Prof. George E.K. Whitehead

13. The course This course is designed to:
1. help you develop a richer understanding of various types of academic writing.
2. increase your understanding and ability to write different sections of a thesis or academic journal article.
3. help to increase the quality and clarity of your academic writing through participation in various task- feedback activities.
4. develop your ability to knowledgeably review, and critique different genres of academic writing
5. increase your confidence in your ability to write academically.

14. Course Overview

15. Course Overview

16. Course Evaluation Attendance 20 points
Participation, Professionalism, Excellence 20 points
Writing portfolio points
(10 x 3 & 30 x 1)
Total points

17. Attendance *Attendance includes being here on time prepared for class.
LATENESS
*5 mins. after the start of class = late
*Late = 1 point deduction in attendance
Absence
*More than 30 mins. = absent
* Absence = 2 point deduction in attendance
**Absence and tardiness will only be excused if a valid reason and/or a doctors note is provided.

18. Participation, Professionalism, Excellence
*Participation includes all classroom tasks i.e. projects, performances, discussions etc., as well as attention, attitude.
Professionalism is the way you conduct yourself in class and with your professor.
*5 excellence points are reserved and rewarded for exceptional effort.
Some ways to get excellence points:
Always here on time for class
Outstanding effort during class
Helping others in class
Outstanding classwork or homework

19. Writing Portfolio (10 x 2 & 40 x 1)
Assignment #1: Writing an Introduction (10 points)
Assignment # 2: Writing a literature review (10 points)
Assignment #3: Findings & Discussion (10 points)
Assignment #4: Introduction, Literature review, Findings, Discussion, (Conclusion) (30 points)

20. Additional Details and Information & Course Materials
Homepage: profgwhitehead.weebly.com