Faculty-Language-Pedagogy

Gahye Song

Gahye Song

Adjunct Lecturer in Korean

Office: 402 Kent Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Email: gs2815@columbia.edu

Educational Background

BA: McGill University
MA: Teachers College, Columbia University
EdM: Teachers College, Columbia University

Classes Taught

KORN UN1101 First Year Korean I

Research Interests

Conversation analysis, Grammar and social interaction, Korean linguistics

Gahye Song is an adjunct lecturer in Korean. In addition to teaching Korean, she has taught English as a foreign/second language and academic writing. She is currently finishing her doctoral dissertation on person references in natural Korean conversation. Her dissertation investigates the patterned ways through which various referring expressions are used as Korean speakers organize social interaction and perform social actions through talk.
Selected Publications

Waring, H. & Song, G. (2018). Advice in Education. In E. MacGeorge & L. M. Van Swol (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Advice (pp. 216-235). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Phuong Chung Nguyen

Phuong Chung Nguyen

Lecturer in Vietnamese

Office Hours: W 1:00-3:00
Email: cn2496@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Hanoi National University (2007)
Diploma: Teaching English as Second Language, Hanoi University (2003)
BA: English Language and Culture, Hanoi University (2000)

Classes Taught

VIET UN1101 First Year Vietnamese I
VIET UN1201 Second Year Vietnamese I

Research Interests

Teaching Vietnamese for Special Purposes
Material Development
Testing and Assessment

Phuong Chung Nguyen served as the Vietnamese Language Coordinator for the Post Language Program at the US Embassy in Hanoi from 2008 to 2018. Before joining the Post Language Program, she was the Professional Language Coordinator at the Vietnamese Language Center, Hanoi University and taught for seven years in various Vietnamese language programs for expatriate staff at embassies, universities, and other organizations in Hanoi. She has also created language materials such as Vietnamese Vocabulary Elementary 1, Vietnamese Listening Elementary 1, Survival Vietnamese Handout Volume 1 and Volume 2, Listening and Note-taking for Advanced level, Reading Material on Economics (Intermediate), and Reading Material for RSO and PAS (Advanced level).