Curriculum & Materials Development

 

“Thank you for your feedback here. Every time I go further into your materials for K110, I’m awed by how deep and extensive they are across the different skills. Along with being hardworking, our students are pretty lucky!” – David Malinowski, KREN110 Team teacher, Fall 2016.

Showcases of the Developed Curriculum, Materials, and Projects

  • 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
  • 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.

Korean Language Learning Textbooks

2021.  Open Educational Resources (OER) First-Year Korean Textbook  You Speak Korean Book 1 ( First-Semester Korean)  and You Speak Korean Book 2 ( Second-Semester Korean) University of Pennsylvania Libraries

2021. K-Grammar for Instant Communication I. (Book 1 Beginning-Level), Kong & Park

Cultural Reading Textbook (2019) and Digital Humanities: Korean Cultural Folktales Audiovisual Book

For the entire story series, visit here (Click)

2020 Inventory of Intercultural Reflection Tasks for East Asian Language Learners, CLS Fellowship 2020 (Collaboration with H. Nishimura and N. Liang).

2019 Rosenkranz Award for Pedagogical Advancement, Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning:  Digital Humanities: Building a Digital Humanities Platform for Learners and Educators of World  Languages- Multiliteracies Podcasts at Yale (MPY) Click

ProM: Project Modules for Language and Culture Learning, CLS Fellowship, Fall 2018 (in collaboration with S. Alexandrov (Senior Lector II of Spanish, Yale) Click

2017. (Click) Korean for Overseas Koreans: Textbook/Workbook/Teachers’ Manual Series [Level 1-6] Project  with colleagues ( in Korea and U.S.) for Korean Heritage Learners in K-12 (재외동포를 위한 한국어: 영어권 1-6) in North America and English-Speaking Countries. Korean Textbooks funded by The Ministry of Education, South Korean Government.

Development Korean Online Placement Exam (OWL)

Korean Program Website Design and Construction

KREN110 Elementary Korean I Course Modules:

KREN 110  is a L1 course and I created the “Flipped classroom self-study materials” so that students can preview the lesson goals and vocabulary at home before the class session, while in-class time is devoted to exercises, projects, or meaningful communicative activities.

Intermediate-Level Korean

  •  Learning by Playing Games: Kahoot (Korean Idioms)

 Intermediate Korean for Heritage Learners

Advanced Korean for Heritage Learners

  • Promoting Sociocultural Competence in Advanced Korean Curriculum: Drama [Misaeng (Incomplete life)] Project- _ 20 Units (Co-developed with Roh, JM, Boston University)  TV Drama Misaeng Units 1-20
  • Discussion and Debates Prompts
  • Interdisciplinary Content-and Project-based Advanced Curriculum Modules

Content-focused Advanced Language Curriculum Modules 

  • KREN150 Advanced Korean and Culture through K-POP Music
  • KREN151 Advanced Korean through Media

 

List of the Materials & Projects Developed  (Project outcome samples are available on each course site-Project & Activities)

  • 2020 Inventory of Intercultural Reflection Tasks for East Asian Language Learners, CLS Fellowship 2020 (Collaboration with H. Nishimura and N. Liang).
  • 2019   Korean Folk Tales to Develop Communication and Intercultural Competences  (Reading Textbook for Language and Cultural Learning )
  • 2018   Pedagogical Modules for Langauge and Cultural Learning Projects (CLS Fellowship, Fall 2018)
  • 2016   Elementary Korean Focused Listening Practice Book (KREN110-120)
  • 2016   StoryMap: My Happy Place (KREN110)
  • 2016  My Life StoryMap: Retracing My Footsteps (KREN152)
  • 2016   A Community-based Intermediate Heritage Korean Learning Project: Campus Tour Guide Service,Materials and Module Development (KREN142)
  • 2016 Heritage-Meet-Heritage project: Empowering and supporting heritage language learners (KREN142)- Collaborative project with other heritage language programs at Yale.
  • 2016 Junior & Mentor (JAM) Project: Graduate mentor-Undergrad junior mentoring project (KREN152)
  • 2016   Intermediate Korean Oral Proficiency-based Speaking Topics and Contents (KREN140)
  • 2015   Advanced Korean Learning Materials for Enhancing Cultural Competence: Using TV Drama Serise [Misaeng]. 20 Lesson Units. (Co-developed with Roh, J. Boston University) (KREN152)
  • 2015 Senior & Youths (SAY) Project: Korean seniors and Yale Youths are matched and talk through Skype and learn culture and language (KREN152)- Collaborative project with Princeton Korean program.
  •  2015  Multiliteracies-based Korean Learning Materials Using TV PSAs: Pedagogical Framework and Modules (Heritage Intermedaite-Advanced learners) (KREN142)
  •  2014  Created course materials: Grammar, Vocabulary usage examples Constructed Discussion/Debate topics to promote advanced speaking fluency. Designed differentiated learning tasks for the students who are in lower/higher fluency. Selected readings in modern Korean literature. Constructed quizzes and tests. (Advanced Korean for Advanced Learners I; KREN 152)
  •  2014  Created supplemental course materials; Grammar, Litesning, and Reading. Designed speaking tasks to promote fluency. Constructed Quizzes and Tests (Intermediate Korean II; KREN 140)
  •  2014  Refined and created additional learning materials for communicative-based grammar exercise activities (Elementary Korean; KREN 110-120)
  •   2014  Constructed Online (QUIA) Students Questionnaire on Learning Korean
  •   2014  Refined OWL Online Korean Placement Exam with technical support from the CLS.
  •   2013  Incorporating e-Portfolio into KREN 150-151.(with support from the CLS, IIW) Developed and refined Portfolio assignments. (Speaking, cultural learning and experiences, and writing)
  •   2013  Refined main course materials for KREN142 (Intermediate Korean for advanced learners): incorporating additional reading and listening materials from the Sogang online Korean (Intermediate I,II), Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK level 3-4), authentic reading texts. In addition, I created speaking topics in order to help students to develop a higher level of speaking proficiency.
  •  2013   Audio Speaking Portfolio Tasks for Advanced Korean (in the non-heritage track) (KREN150-151)
  • 2012   Updated the Korean Program Course Website adding learning materials developed: grammar, listening and dictations, grammar translations.
  •  2012  Completed creating OWL placement exam site adding a Listening section.(with support from the CLS, IIG)
  •  2012   Offered a new course KREN 150-151 Advanced Korean (for non-heritage track) Developed supplemental teaching-learning materials and assignments: extra grammar, speaking, and writing practice activities/tasks
  •  2011 Audio Speaking Portfolio Tasks for Elementary Korean (KREN110-120) and Intermediate Korean for Advanced Learners (KREN132-142)
  •  2011 Speaking Enrichment Task Activities Design for Elementary Korean (KREN110-120)
  •  2011 Korean Irregular Verb Conjugation Practice Materials
  •  2011 Online Korean Placement Exam and Student Questionnaire
  •  2011 Power Point Presentations for the Elementary Korean (KREN110-120) Course Lesson Materials
  •  2011 Restructure the curricula for Korean courses (Elementary and Intermediate Korean)
  •  2010 Audio storytelling (Korean folk tales) –audio recording for Intermediate Korean Learners
  •  2010 Picture glossary project completed for Elementary Korean
  •  2010 Idiom picture glossary for Intermediate Korean
  •  2010 Audio materials development for Focused Listening Practice (for Elementary Korean )
  •  2009 Vocabulary audio, usage, glossary for Elementary Korean Textbook supplement
  •  2007-2009 Course material development for Heritage Korean Learners (For Heritage Intermediate Korean 132/142  Yale Course, Advanced Korean 150/151)
  • 2007 Web-based Dictation Practice Program for Heritage Korean learners
  • 2006 Web–based Advanced Korean Course Material Development for a 4th level High-Advanced Course, KREN154: Advanced Korean III, (co-project with S. Choi).
  • 2004 Online Vocabulary Flashcards for Heritage Korean Learners