Jisuk Park

Lecturer in Japanese

Office: 520 Kent Hall
Office Hours: TR 1:30 – 2:30pm
Phone: (212) 854-5502
Email: jp2194@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Japanese Linguistics and Pedagogy, University of Madison-Wisconsin
BA: Irish Literature, University of Aichi Shukutoku

Classes Taught

JPNS UN1101 First Year Japanese I
JPNS UN1102 First Year Japanese II
JPNS UN2201 Second-Year Japanese I
JPNS UN2202 Second Year Japanese II
JPNS UN3005 Third Year Japanese I
JPNS UN3006 Third Year Japanese II
JPNS GU4017 Fourth-Year Japanese I
JPNS GU4018 Fourth-Year Japanese II

Research Interests

Social Networking Approach
Project-Based Learning

Jisuk Park joined Columbia faculty in 2002, and has taught Japanese at all levels. During her time at Columbia, Ms. Park has been a member of the review committee for First, Second and Fourth-Year Japanese materials, and took part in a team that worked on the development and revision of various course materials at Columbia University.

In 2011, she co-authored the published text “Hiyaku: An Intermediate Japanese Course, Routledge, 2011”. Ms. Park also taught Intermediate Japanese at Princeton University’s Ishikawa Summer Intensive Program as well as two summers at the Hokkaido International Foundation.

Selected Publications

“How to Develop “21st Century Skills” in Foreign Language Education” (the American Association of Teachers of Japanese journal “Japanese Language and Literature,” 2016; co-author: Fumiko Nazikian)

“How to Connect with Others, Things and Information outside of Classroom” (Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education, 2016)

“「他者の発見」「自己の発見」「つながりの実現」を目指して：　「３X３＋３」を指標にした日本語上級者のためのポスターセッションプロジェクト” (Social Networking Approach and Japanese Language Education, Tokyo, 2016; co-author: Fumiko Nazikian)

“Towards the Acquisition of a “Comprehensive Communicative Ability: The Use of a Communicative Ability Index (Can-Do Statements) in Project-Based Learning” (Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education, 2014)

Hiyaku: An Intermediate Japanese Course (Routledge, 2011; co-authors: Shigeru Eguchi, Miharu Nittono, Fumiko Nazikian, Jisuk Park)