Korean

Hyunkyu Yi

Hyunkyu Yi

Lecturer in Korean

Office: 502-C Kent Hall
Office Hours: TR 4:10 PM-5:10 PM
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)

Seunghyo Ryu

Seunghyo Ryu

Adjunct Lecturer in Korean

Email: sr2862@columbia.edu
Office: 502F Kent Hall
Office hours: After class or by appointment

Educational Background

MA: Applied Linguistics, Teacher’s College, Columbia University (2012)
MA: English Language and Literature, EWHA Women’s University (2006)
BA: English Language and Literature, EWHA Women’s University (2004)

Classes Taught
KORN UN1001 Introductory Korean A
KORN UN1002 Introductory Korean B
KORN UN1101 First Year Korean I
KORN UN1102 First Year Korean II
Research Interests

Second Language Acquistion, Sociolinguistics, Class pedagogy.

Seunghyo Ryu has taught Introductory Korean A since 2018 at Columbia. Before teaching Korean, she had worked as English/Korean translator in Seoul at a global law firm.

Yongjun Choi

Yongjun Choi

Adjunct Lecturer in Korean

Email: yjc2126@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
BA: The Kyoto University of Education

Research Interests

YongJun Choi received his M.A. in Comparative Linguistics from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. His research focused on the verb systems of Korean and Japanese. From 2001 to 2011, he taught Korean at language schools in Kyoto, Osaka, and Tokyo. He has also taught at CUNY, the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Beekman School and the Korea Society, at all levels, from beginning to advanced. He currently teaches Korean and Japanese at Montclair State University, the Korean Education Center, New York University and Columbia University.