Kilryoung Lee, Dean of GS TESOL
PhD, State University of New York
KILRYOUNG LEEklee@hufs.ac.kr
Professor Lee, who was brought up in a family of teachers (ex. 2 principals and 2 teachers), believes education to be the backbone of his life. Accordingly, it is no surprise that he has been teaching EFL and theories of TESOL for approximately 20 years.
Professor Lee’s academic interests involve professional development, practicum, and classroom dynamics. With respect to professional positions held, Professor Lee is currently President of ALAK (Applied Linguistics Association of Korea) and Executive Director of Asia TEFL.
Hyun Jung Kim,Vice-Dean of GS TESOL
EdD, Columbia University
HYUN JUNG KIM hjk2104@gmail.com
Professor Hyun Jung Kim earned an Ed.D. in Applied Linguistics from Teachers College, Columbia University. She currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Second Language Assessment, Second Language Acquisition, Research Methods, English Textbook Studies and Teaching Methods, and Studies in English Curriculum Education. Her research interests include second and foreign language assessment, assessment of speaking ability, language test validation, and discourse analysis. She is a board member of Asia TEFL and the Applied Linguistics Association of Korea.
From Pittsburgh, USA, Jennifer has spent the last 15 years teaching both EFL and TESOL-related courses to undergraduate and graduate students in Korea. Within the GS TESOL, Jennifer typically teaches courses such as ELT Approaches & Methods, TESOLⅠ, TESOLⅡ, Teaching Reading & Writing, Teaching Listening & Speaking, as well as Portfolio Development, Jennifer’s teaching and research interests involve second language learning and teaching, bilingualism, classroom interaction, learning strategies, technology-based and authentic materials development for K to adults, and resource development for TESOL programs.
David Kellogg is an applied linguist with thirty years experience teaching at the university level in China, England, and now Korea. He currently teaches thesis writing, research methods, and issues in language learning. David has published articles on Vygotsky and language teaching in Applied Linguistics, the journal of Applied Linguistics, the International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Language and Education, Language Teaching Research, and Language Awareness, as well as the Canadian Modern Language Review. David is now working on translating the works of Vygotsky into Korean (the first five volumes will be completed in January 2013).
Paul C. Alexander
M.Ed, University of British Columbia
PAUL C. ALEXANDER paulalex@hufs.ac.kr
Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Paul was the inaugural Chair of the Department of ELT Contents Development from 2009-2012. During his tenure as Chair, Paul was responsible for initiating/creating the GS TESOL recording studio, multimedia lab, and website, while also assisting in developing policies and curriculum. He has either taught or served as program coordinator for various teacher-training programs both in Canada and Korea over a 15 year career. Within the Graduate School of TESOL., Paul typically teaches courses on MALL, learning management systems (LMSs), course design and materials development. Paul’s professional interests involve how the use of communicative applications such as wikis, LMSs, and video conferencing can be appropriately used within language-based contexts
Steven Adoranti MA, University of New England
STEVEN ADORANTI stevenado@hufs.ac.kr
Steven is an applied linguist and specialist in foreign language pedagogy. He is originally from Canada and has taught language skills-based courses at the university undergraduate level in South Korea for more than 10 years. Since 2009, Steven has taught in the Graduate School of TESOL at HUFS, teaching a variety of courses including Lesson Design, Teaching English Grammar, and Introduction to Learning Management Systems, Creation of Multimedia Elements, and so on. Steven enjoys topics in phonetics and phonology, as well as how technology can be used to supplement and enhance language learning.
Andrew has taught in a variety of countries and contexts in his teaching career, with the last 14years teaching in Korea. Andrew’s qualifications include a Masters degree in Educational Technol0gy and TESOL from the University of Manchester, as well as a Licentiate Diploma from Trinity College, London. He is a qualified Cambridge CELTA teacher trainer and has an eye for developing trainees’ awareness of the more practical issues and techniques in their teaching. Andrew’s research interests include integrating synchronous computer chat tools in language teaching, developing LMS platforms and building and exploiting electronic corpora in the classroom.
James Brawn
M.Ed. University at Texas Austin and English/Language Art Teaching Certificate grades 6-12 from the state of Texas. jbrawn67@gmail.com
James is from a small town forty minutes north of Boston, MA, USA. Before coming to Korea, he used to be a high school English teacher in Austin, TX. He has over fifteen-years of teaching experience, over ten-years of materials and curriculum development experience and over five-years of teacher-training experience. He currently works in the Graduate School of Education at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, South Korea. He is also an affiliated faculty member with the World Learning/SIT Graduate Institute in Vermont, USA. His research interests include second language vocabulary learning, teacher-training, and materials development.
Originally from Austin, Texas, Merrilee has spent the last 10 years teaching both EFL and TESOL-related courses to undergraduate and graduate students in Korea. With a graduate degree in Educational Technology, Merrilee's courses focus on teaching English in technologically-rich environments, with courses such as Web Contents for English Education. Her teaching and research interests thus revolve around online education, second language learning and teaching, online learning strategies, and assessment.
Mike Misner
Ph.D. Candidate at University of Hawaii at Manoa
MATESOL and Linguistics at Ball State University Mike A. Misner mamisner1@yahoo.com
Mike is from a small town in Indiana and has spent his 20 year career teaching ESL/EFL in France, the USA, and Korea. Over the 13 years he has taught in Korea, he has taught all age groups and ability levels from children in a language school to teacher trainers in graduate school. He is especially fond of teaching extensive reading, young learners, curriculum development, and qualitative and quantitative research methods. He is currently writing his dissertation on the longitudinal effects of second language extensive vs. intensive reading on reading rate, comprehension, attitudes and vocabulary.
