Lecturer

Kyoko Matsui Loetscher

Kyoko Matsui Loetscher

Senior Lecturer in Japanese, Director of the Japanese Language Program

Office: 514 Kent Hall
Office Hours: TR 4:00-5:00
Phone: (212) 854-3523
Email: kml2168@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Second Language Acquisition, Ohio State University
BA: English Literature, Aoyama Gakuin University

Classes Taught

JPNS UN1101 First Year Japanese I
JPNS UN1102 First Year Japanese II
JPNS UN3005 Third Year Japanese I
JPNS UN3006 Third Year Japanese II

Research Interests

Second Language Acquisition
Content-Based Instruction

Kyoko Matsui Loetscher joined Columbia University in 2010. Before joining Columbia, she taught at Princeton University for 8 years including Princeton Summer Program in Ishikawa. She developed curriculum and teaching materials for 4th and 5th year Japanese course based on Content-Based Instruction while teaching at Princeton. She is currently working on creating new teaching materials for Third Year Japanese.

Publications

Shokyuu Nihongo no moji purojekuto [Japanese Orthography Project] (with Shinji Sato and Yuri Kumagai; 2016)

Yike Li

Yike Li

Lecturer in Chinese

Office: 506 Kent Hall
Office Hours: T/R 3:45PM-5:15 PM
Phone: (212) 854-8545
Email: yl4707@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Chinese Philology, Beijing Language and Culture University
BA: English, Beijing Language and Culture University

Classes Taught

Chinese GU4013 BUSINESS CHINESE
Chinese UN1115 ACCELERATED FIRST YEAR CHINESE (W)
Chinese UN1101 FIRST YEAR CHINESE I
Chinese UN1102 FIRST YEAR CHINESE II
Chinese UN2201 SECOND YEAR CHINESE N I
Chinese UN2202 SECOND YEAR CHINESE N II

Research Interests

Pedagogical Grammar
Chinese Phonetics
Development of Audio-Visual Materials

Yike Li was appointed as a Chinese Language Lecturer in the fall of 2020. Prior to joining Columbia University, he taught at Princeton University and Harvard University for six years. He has teaching experiences at different summer language programs, such as Princeton in Beijing and Harvard Beijing Academy. He was awarded the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching and was recognized for excellence in teaching for six consecutive semesters at Harvard. He received funding from the Princeton Center for Language Study and the Department of East Asian Studies of Princeton University to make thirty 1- to 3-minute videos for use as supplementary materials for FIRST STEP – An Elementary Reader for Modern Chinese (Chih-p’ing Chou, Jing Wang and Jun Lei 2014). This effort involved scriptwriting, directing, recording, editing and producing.

Publications

Development of Audio-Visual Materials for First-Year CSL Classes, publication pending

Beom Lee

Beom Lee

Lecturer in Korean

Office: 502-C Kent Hall
Office Hours: MW 1:00-2:00
Phone: (212) 854-5144
Email: bl355@columbia.edu

Educational Background

EDM: Instructional Technology and Media, Teachers College, Columbia University
MA: Computing and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
MA: Sociology, Hanyang University
BA: Sociology, Hanyang University

Classes Taught
Introductory Korean
First Year Korean
Second Year Korean
Third Year Korean
Fourth Year Korean
Fifth Year Korean
Advanced Korean in Mixed Script
Research Interests

Computer/mobile-based Language Instruction
Language Learning in Cognitive Science

Beom Lee is Korean Language Lecturer in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. He specialized in second language learning with multimedia at Teachers Collage, Columbia University. In Korea, he taught philosophy, history, and culture of Korea and English in the Republic of Korea Army as a military officer in education and psychological warfare. He also worked for Hyundai Construction and Engineering Company as an assistant project manager. Beom Lee joined Columbia faculty in 2005, has taught Introductory, First Year, Second Year, and Fifth Year Korean, and has developed online Korean language resources for First and Second Year Korean with his colleagues.

Online publications

Audio recording for Integrated Korean: Beginning I/II & Intermediate I/II, second edition (University of Hawaii Press, 2016) (http://www.kleartextbook.com)
Online Korean Learning Materials for Non-Heritage Students – Second Year Level I & II, second edition (Columbia University, 2014; co-author) (http://www.lrc.columbia.edu/ko/ko10000)
Online Korean language (The Korea Society, 2013; In progress and partially published)(http://www.koreasociety.org/korean-studies/online-language.html)
Online Korean Learning Materials for Non-Heritage Students – Intermediate Level II (Columbia University, 2012; co-author) (http://www.lrc.columbia.edu/ko/ko10000)
Online Korean Learning Materials for Non-Heritage Students – Intermediate Level I (Columbia University, 2011; co-author) (http://www.lrc.columbia.edu/ko/ko10000)
Online Learning Materials for Elementary Korean True Beginners (Columbia University, 2010; co-author) (http://www.lrc.columbia.edu/ko/ko10000)