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Seunghee Back

Seunghee Back

ADJUNCT LECTURER IN KOREAN

Office: 402 Kent Hall
Office Hours: M W Th 11:25-12:25
Teaching Hours: M W Th 10:10-11:25
Phone: (212) 854-5144
Email: sb4079@columbia.edu

Educational Background

BA: Sangmyung University (’02)
MA: Sangmyung University (’04)
PhD: Sangmyung University (’09)

Classes Taught

KORN GU4104 Fourth Year Korean I

Research Interests

Korean Textbook Development & Studying at the Korean Language and Culture Education

Seunghee Back received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Korean Language and Literature and B.A. in Korean Language Education and from Sangmyung University in Seoul, Korea.

She has taught Korean language courses at all levels from Beginner to Advanced at Sangmyung University since 2006. Dr. Back was also a core member in developing Korean Language textbooks for the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, and has contributed to the publication of several textbooks. Moreover, she was a co-researcher for the Korean curriculum and material development research report that helped overseas Koreans understand how to better teach Korean. Most recently, she joined Columbia Korean 4th year program as an instructor.

Selected Publications

Researcher for Standardized Tests for Korean Schools, The National Association for Korean Schools (2016)
(co-author), Korean Language and Korean Education II, Prunsasang (2012)

“The National Association for Korean Schools: Utilization of Korean Language Education Curriculum with the Weather Terms for Advanced level,” Journal of Korean-American Education Vol. 29 (2012)

Wenlian Zhang

Wenlian Zhang

LECTURER IN CHINESE

Office: 501 Kent Hall
Office Hours: MWF 10:30-11:30
Teaching Hours: MWF 11:40-12:55, MTWR 6:10-7:15
Phone: (212) 854-5038
Email: wz2377@columbia.edu

 

Educational Background

MA: Modern Chinese Language, Renmin University of China (2000)
BA: Chinese Language and Literature, Qufu Normal University (1991)

Classes Taught

CHNS UN2201 Second-Year Chinese N I
CHNS UN2202 Second Year Chinese N II
CHNS UN3003 Third-Year Chinese N I
CHNS UN3004 Third Year Chinese II

Research Interests

Linguistics
Pedagogy of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
Modern Chinese Literature

Wenlian Zhang had taught Chinese in all levels at Beijing Language and Culture University (Beijing, China), BaeWha Women’s College (Seoul, South Korea) and University of Mary Washington (Virginia, USA). She joined Columbia University in 2016 and has been teaching various levels of Chinese language.

Publications

“”Barrage group “,” barrage culture “and” speech community “construction” (Review of city culture ,2016)
International Chinese Teacher’s Handbook: 81 questions for the new teachers (The Commercial Press, 2012)
“The perspective of Cultural consciousness of Chinese teaching from the cultural turn of translation” (Journal of Hainan Normal University, 2010)
“Literature teaching in middle and advanced Chinese teaching” (Heilongjiang Researches on Higher Education, 2011)
Study on Chinese teaching materials (The Commercial Press, 2006)

Hyunkyu Yi

Hyunkyu Yi

LECTURER IN KOREAN

Office: 401 Kent Hall
Office Hours: MTWR 4:00-5:00
Teaching Hours: MWR 10:10-11:25, MW 2:40-3:45, TR 2:40-3:45
Phone: (212) 854-5144
Email: hy122@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: East Asian History, Yonsei University (1987)
BA: History, Yonsei University (1982)

Classes Taught

KORN UN1001 Introductory Korean A
KORN UN1002 Introductory Korean B
KORN UN3005 Third-Year Korean N I
KORN GU4106 Fourth Year Korean II
KORN GR8010 Advanced Korean in Mixed Script

Research Interests

Korean Language Pedagogy

HyunKyu Yi taught Korean at Korean Language Institute in Yonsei University from 1988 to 1996. Hyunkyu Yi joined Columbia faculty in 1996.

Online publications

Korean for Overseas Koreans (English) (National Institute for International Education, Ministry of Education of Republic of Korea, 2017; co-author)
Standardized Tests for Korean Schools (the National Association for Korean Schools, 2016)
Korean 5 (Ministry of Education Science and Technology, 2011; co-author)
Korean 6 (Ministry of Education Science and Technology, 2011; co-author)
Korean Language curriculum for Korean School (NAKSNEC –The National Association for Korean School s Northeast Chapter, 2011; co-author)
Korean Language II (Second edition) (Korea Culture Research Inc., 2010; co-author)
Korean Language I – Easy to learn – (Third edition) (Korea Culture Research Inc., 2008; co-author)
“Teaching Korean Grammar” (Bulletin of the National Association for Korean Schools (NAKS), 2006)
Korean Language I – Easy to learn – (Second edition) (Korea Culture Research Inc., 2004; co-author)
Korean Language II (Korean Language Center of New York, 2002)
“Teaching of Speaking Korean Language in the Classroom”, (Bulletin of the National Association for Korean School (NAKS), 2001)
Korean Language I – Easy to learn – (Korean Language Center of New York, 2000; co-author)
Korean Language I (CD-ROM) (Korean Language Center of New York, 2000)
“How to Teach Speaking” (Bulletin of the National Association for Korean School (NAKS), 2000)