“Coming together is a beginning; Keeping together is progress; Working together is success.” –Henry Ford

I highly value the beauty of collaboration. I often invite my colleagues to join the team/collaborative projects I initiate. I collaborate with students, colleagues, and organizations within Yale and beyond- locally, nationally, and internationally. I learn a lot from my colleagues while working together with them. I hope my colleagues feel the same way working with me. From my perspective, collaboration is way more meaningful and valuable than competition!

As Korean Program Director in the Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, I actively promote the culture and learning by hosting a variety of cultural events.

 

Administrative Collaboration for Team-Teaching and Expanding the Program

• Initiated Collaboration with CLS at Yale /Sogang University in Korea, inviting faculty for team-teaching for the program: create  additional section/new course.   Invited and mentored David Malinowski (CLS) in order to create Elementary Korean (KREN110) Section 3, Fall semester, 2016/ Sogang University Faculty (Three Visiting Lectors for Elementary Korean Section 2 (KREN110-120) and Create non-Heritage track Advanced course (KREN150-151), AY2011-2013.

Actively involved in Heritage Language (HL) Special Interest Group(SIG) at ACTFL and Yale

• shares the concerns of the Heritage Languages teaching community of ACTFL and act as a liaison between the ACTFL membership and the Title VI National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC).
• networking  within the community of teachers of the many languages included under the general term Heritage Languages. It will provide a forum for teachers, students, researchers, and administrators to voice their concerns and identify the most salient issues this relatively new field is confronting.
• discusses the teaching and learning of the heritage languages and cultures in the United States of America.
• shares the most recent research and the best teaching practices of heritage languages in general and the unique challenges of specific languages and language communities.
• plays a role in connecting teachers across the K-16 levels of instruction and fostering collaboration in the creation of new curriculum, teacher training, assessment, and program development and supervision.

Research/Project Collaborations with Colleagues at Yale and the Field (National and International)

• CLS Fellowship, Spring 2020: Developing an Intercultural Communicative Task Inventory for the CJK Curricula and Light Fellows. Team Leader. Collaborative Project with N. Liang (Chinese Senior Lector, EALL, Yale), H. Nichimura (Japanese Senior Lector, EALL, Yale).
• Proficiency-based Curriculum and Materials Design- First-Year College Korean Collaborated with M. Song (Cornell U.) and H. Cho (UPenn). Funded by the Mellon Collaborative Partners and the University of Chicago Language Center. July 2020. University of Chicago (Remote mode)
• Proficiency-based Test Design & Development, 2019, Collaborated with M. Song (Cornell U.) and H. Cho (UPenn). Funded by the Mellon Collaborative Partners and the University of Chicago Language Center. August 18-21, 2019. University of Chicago
• The Consortium for Teaching and Learning Language & Yale Council on East Asian Studies Funded Workshop 2019, “Workshop on Project-based Language Teaching and Learning”, Primary Organizer.  Collaboration with J. Suh (Columbia); M. Song (Cornell).
• [Book Project] Enchanting Folktales from Korea, 2019. Co-authored with Mijeong Kim (Washington University in St. Louis). KONG & PARK USA: Chicago, IL.

• [CLS Fellowship, Fall 2018] Creating Pedagogical Modules (ProM) for Project-Based Language and Culture Learning, Primary Investigator. Collaboration with S. Alexandrov (Spanish program at Yale): The purpose of this project is to expand and refine existing teaching modules, detailed instructions for instructors and students, for projects currently in use in Korean and/or Spanish classes at Yale in order to create a learning object repository site (Yale CampusPress) that can be shared with language faculty at Yale and beyond. With accommodations, the global nature of the content of these modules and range of criteria (i.e. place, project, genre, community, multiliteracies, telecommunication) will make these suitable for use in a broad range of language courses.

  Over the last few years, a number of original/ new projects have been implemented in Korean and Heritage Spanish language classes, but comprehensive, shareable instructions (teaching modules) exists for only one of these. A total of six new teaching modules for learning language and culture projects will be completed in the fall of 2018. These pedagogical modules will provide clear goals and detailed activities to guide both teachers and students through each project. Finally, they will be presented on a Yale CampusPress site, which will serve as project-based teaching repository, and will be available not only to language faculty at Yale but also to colleagues in the field of foreign/heritage language education.

• [Instructional Innovation Workshop 2018] Developing Interculturality Guidelines for East Asian Language Curricula, Primary Investigator. Collaboration with N. Liang (Chinese Coordinator, EALL,Yale) and H. Nishimura (Japanese Coordinator, EALL,Yale)
• [Panel] “Heritage Meets Heritage: Building a Community of Heritage Language Learners” Co-panelist with S. Alexandrov (Spanish), J. Titus (Russian), and M. Kalimbou (Greek),Yale University. 3rd International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages. February 16-18, 2018. UCLA, CA.
•  Leading a Session entitled The Lost and Found “C”: Community-based Language Teaching and Learning, Primary Presenter. Collaboration with S. Goren (Hebrew, Yale); S. Al Ani (Arabic, Yale); Q. Van (Vietnamese, Yale).2017 ACTFL Convention in Nashville, TN, Nov 17-19, 2017.
• Leading a Workshop, Revitalizing “Communities” of the 5C’s: Community-based Language Learning Projects, Primary Presenter. Collaboration with Joowon Suh (Princeton University) and Bumyong Choi (Emory University). 2017 AATK Annual Conference and Professional Workshop, University of Southern California.  This workshop offers ways that Korean programs in K-12 and higher education can develop connections between community engagement and language (as FL/HL) instruction. Compared to the other 4 C’s – Communication, Culture, Comparisons, and Connections – “Communities” appears to be significantly underutilized, perhaps in particular in the field of language teaching and learning (ACTFL, 2011; Cutshall, 2012; Magnan et al., 2012; Bell, 2014). Participants will a) gain insight into different ways community-based projects ( Telecomminucation/ Campus Community/ Local Community) can be implemented, b) discuss the outcomes of the projects and their pedagogical implications, and c) design (or plan) a community-based project for their own language curriculum through step-by-step guidelines and modules provided by presenters. 22nd AATK Annual Conference and Workshop, University of Southern of California, June 29-July 1, 2017.
•  The Lost and Found “C”: Community-based Language Teaching and Learning, Session Presentation, 2017 ACTFL,  Primary Presenter. Initiated and Collaborate with Quang Van (Vietnamese, Yale; Shiri Goren (Hebrew, Yale ); Sarab Al Ani (Arabic, Yale) This is a collaborative project in which college-level Vietnamese, Modern Hebrew, Arabic and Korean courses incorporated community-based projects into their language curriculum and discusses the outcomes of the projects and their pedagogical implications. Specific attention will be given to the mechanics of designing such community-based student-driven projects and incorporating them into an ongoing language curriculum. The projects were created and developed with the 2016 Instructional Innovation Workshop (IIW) Grant supported by CLS Yale.
• Korean Language Textbook & Workbook Series: Second Edition, Korean for Overseas Koreans 1~6 for English Speaking Heritage Korean Learners in K-12 Setting. Collaborative project with M. Lee( Ewha Womans U. in Korea) H. Kim (Stanford U.), H. Lee (Columbia U.), and other colleagues in Korea. Granted by The Ministry of Education, National Institute for International Education, Republic of Korea. 2016-17
• National Collaboration on Curriculum Development Project for College-level Korean by the American Association of Teachers of Korean (AATK) (2012-2015): Developed six levels of Korean curriculum framework and guidelines providing the national standards-based learning goals, contents, activities and tasks. The final product was published in 2015.
  • Final Meeting of the Working Group, 4^th Curriculum Development Committee Meeting January 16-17, 2015, Rutgers University
  • Meeting of the Working Group, 4^th Curriculum Development Committee Meeting, March 14-16, 2014, University of Minnesota
  • Meeting of the Working Group 3^rd Curriculum Development Committee meeting, October 11-13, 2013, Washington University, St. Louis
  • Meeting of the Working Group 2^nd Curriculum Development Committee meeting (AATK-National Standards-based Curriculum Development Project for College Korean), March 15-17, 2013, Princeton University
• The Senior and Youth (SAY)– Princeton and Yale Collaborative Community-based Language Maintenance and Cultural Exchange Project
• 2016 Open Your Ears Wide (co-authored with Seong-hee. Kim at Sogang University, Korea): Focused Listening Practice Book for Elementary Korean Learners: Hawoo Press, Seoul, Korea.
• 2016 Heritage Meets Heritage: Empowering and Supporting HL Learners (Co-present with Alexandrov,S., Kaliambou, M., &Titus, J., Yale University) the ACTFL 2016 Convention in Boston, MA, November 18-20, 2016.
• 2016  Introducing Seniors and Youth (SAY): Language Learning with Communities (Co-present with Suh, JW. and Kim, YM, Princeton University), the ACTFL 2016 Convention in Boston, MA, November 18-20, 2016.
• 2016 Promoting socio-languacultural competence in advanced Korean curriculum: using drama [Misaeng] (Co-authored with Roh, J-M. Boston U.), The Language and Culture 12-2, pp113-142. The Korean Language & Culture Education Society.
• 2016 Promoting Sociocultural Competence in Advanced Korean Curriculum: Drama [Misaeng] Project (co-presented with Roh, JM, Boston U.) The 11th International Conference of the Korean Language and Culture Education Society, Jan. 30-31. University of Southern California, CA.
• 2015 “Level 2 Curriculum” (co-authored with Cho, H.(U. of Minnesota), Kim, M.(U of Washington at St. Louis), & Türker, E. (Arizona State U.) in Special Issue: College Korean Curriculum Inspired by National Standards for Korean: Curriculum/Curricular Framework. pp. 200-234.(As a member of the Working Gorup of the AATK Standards-Based College-Level Curriculum Development Project 2012-2015) ‘Standards-Based College Korean Curriculum Framework’ The Korean Language in America, 19-2. The Penn State University Press, PA.
• 2014 Panel Presenter: Literature, Language, and Culture: Multiliteracies-based Approach to Teaching KoreanHeritage Language Learners, the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Panel Title: ‘Teaching Korean in North American Universities’ (Panel assembled with Theresa Lee (Georgia U.), S. Chun (U. of Hawaii), Arong Lee (Toronto U.) 2014 Annual Conference Philadelphia, PA, March 27-March 30, 2014.
• 2014  Group Panel Presenter: Overview and Progress Report of the AATK College Curriculum DevelopmentProject, 19^th AATK Annual Conference and Workshop, Boston University, June 19-21, 2014.
• 2011 Reducing Korean heritage-language learners’ orthographic errors: The contribution of on-line and in-class dictation and form-focused instruction (co-authored with D. Pyun, Ohio State U.), Language, Culture, and Curriculum, Volume 24, Issue 2, 2011. p.p. 141-158.
•  2012  A book chapter. ‘Chapter 3. Hankukeo Kyosubeob (Korean Language Pedagogy)’ pp. 71-110. in Hankukeowa Hankukeo Kyoyuk I, II (Korean Language and Korean Language Education). H. Shin et al.Prunsasang, Seoul, Korea.
• 2011  An analysis of the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) focusing on beginning-level vocabulary andgrammar items”, (co-authored with D. Pyun, Ohio Sate U.) Journal of Korean Language Education 22-4. p.p. 1-26, The International Association for Korean Language Education.
• 2006 Web–based Advanced Korean Course Material Development for a 4^th level High-Advanced Course, KREN154: Advanced Korean III, (co-project with S. Choi, Yale)