Faculty

Sue Y. Yoon

Sue Y. Yoon

Lecturer in Korean

Office: 502E Kent Hall
Office Hours: TW 4-5 PM
Phone: (212) 854-5038
Email: syy2121@columbia.edu

Educational Background

PhD: Korean Language and Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2023)
MA: Linguistics with specialization in Language Teaching Studies, University of Oregon (2017)
MA: Korean Linguistics and Pedagogy, University of Oregon (2017)
BA: Linguistics, University of Oregon (2015)

Classes Taught

Introductory Korean A
First Year Korean
Second Year Korean
Accelerated Korean for Heritage Speakers
Third Year Korean

Research Interests

Interactional Linguistics
Conversation Analysis
Korean Linguistics and Pedagogy

Sue Y. Yoon received her doctoral degree in Korean Language and Linguistics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her dissertation, titled “The Interactional Uses of Response Tokens in Korean Conversation: As Resources for Managing Turns, Sequences, and Stances”, examines how the recipient of a turn deploys response tokens to accomplish a diverse range of interactional work.

Filed Under: Adjunct, Korean

Jiyeon Janice Kim

Jiyeon Janice Kim

Adjunct Lecturer in Korean

Office: 502F Kent Hall
Office Hours: T 2:30 pm -3:30 pm
Email: jyk2123@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Teacher’s College at Columbia University (’15)

Classes Taught

KORN UN1101 First-Year Korean I

Research Interests

Second Language Acquisition.

Jiyeon Kim has been teaching a wide range of Korean levels to all ages since 2014. She received her M.A. in Early Childhood Education from Teachers College Columbia University and holds a TESOL certificate from University of California, Riverside. She is currently working at the Korea Society as a Korean language instructor.

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Shuichiro Takeda

Shuichiro Takeda

Adjunct Lecturer in Japanese

Email:  st3377@columbia.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Educational Background

Master of Educational Technology, University of British Columbia
BA, Psychology, Hunter College
BA, English and American Literature, Nanzan University

Research Interests

Japanese Pedagogy

Shuichiro Takeda began his teaching career in Quebec City, where he taught Japanese to adult learners until 2015. Since then, he has taught Japanese language courses at all levels at Hunter College, Japan Society, The New School, New York University, and Columbia University. Beyond language instruction, he has designed and taught cultural courses such as Japanese Pop Culture, History of Manga and Anime, and Society in Japan, as well as workshops on Japanese business etiquette. Outside the classroom, he is the author of The Beginner’s Guide to Manga and Anime (Scholastic Inc., 2024) and has provided Japanese language coaching for the HBO Max series Tokyo Vice and the Searchlight Pictures film Rental Family.