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President's Message American Association of Teachers of Korean NO. 28, June 10th, 2020 Editor: Dr. Kyung-Eun Yoon, Dept. of Modern Language, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication, U. of MD, Baltimore County PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE A message from Dr. Joowon Suh Dear members of AATK, Warmest greetings to everyone! Hope you and your family are all healthy and Contents safe in this time of uncertainty. We are now looking forward to a restful summer after an unusually challenging academic year. This year, due to the global COVID-19 situation, instead of welcoming every- one in New York City, I will be meeting you virtually at the 2020 Annual Meeting President’s Message………………....01 on June 19th and 20th . On behalf of the Korean language faculty at Columbia University, I want to emphasize how sorely disappointed and saddened we are that we cannot welcome you in person on the Columbia campus after two The 25th AATK Conference & years of diligent preparations of the meeting. At the same time, I am excited Workshop, Program Chair’s Note .....02 about this unexpected opportunity to take full advantage of technological re- sources and advances available to us at Columbia and the collective experi- The Korean Language in America, ence that we gained through our online teaching during the last half of the Editor’s Note.…………………………..03 spring semester. I understand that all presenters, attendees, and organizers may have to make substantial adjustments. However unusual the situation might be, following the great success we achieved at the University of Minne- Korean SIG at ACTFL…….….……….04 sota last year, I have no doubt that we will continue our meaningful intellectual exchanges and accomplish another success in our annual gathering this year. Interview with the Recipient of the The registration for the conference will continue through June 19th with no reg- 24th AATK Outstanding Graduate istration fee. Considering that more than 100 people have already registered to Student Paper Presentation Award....05 participate in our online meeting, we expect to broaden the audience beyond our familiar group of colleagues. Furthermore, all of us will not only gain valua- ble insights into our academic and professional endeavors but also learn new Korean Honor Society ………………..06 ways to interact with one another through these experiences. Korean Program Updates ……………11 This year’s workshops and conferences owe greatly to the local organizing committee at Columbia University, all of whom are responsible and resourceful Member Highlights ………….………..11 for this collective endeavor, and Dr. Mee-jeong Park, the Program Chair, who have put incredible amount work and energy into making this meeting possible. Dr. Bumyong Choi, the AATK Treasurer, and Dr. Kyung-Eun Yoon, the AATK Book Announcements……………......12 Webmaster & Newsletter Editor, also deserve our special appreciations for their due diligence and commitment to maintain all aspects of conference plan- AATK Website and Listserv…..….…..13 ning and organizational business of the AATK. I also would like to thank the Executive Board, particularly the three departing members, Drs. Hee Ju, Mi- Membership Update…………….........14 jeong Mimi Kim, and Sang-Seok Yoon, for their dedicated services for the or- ganization and its membership. Please join me in thanking them for their inval- AATK Officers and Board Members...14 uable services to the AATK. On behalf of all AATK members, I want to express my sincere gratitude to the Korea Foundation for its generous funds, which have made our annual meet- ings financially possible and stabilized over the years. I specially thank Director Hyeon Seon Choi for her sincere interest in and continuous support for the future of the AATK. This is her last year as Director in Los Angeles Office, and she will be greatly missed. I also want to thank Columbia University for their generous financial and precious moral support. Without it, this year’s meeting Continued... 1 American Association of Teachers of Korean NO. 28, June 10th, 2020 would not have been possible under such a tight schedule volumes, 23.1 and 23.2, were published to include several of converting the conference entirely online. Our very spe- informative, substantial, and stimulating research articles, cial thanks go to Professor Emeritus Ho-min Sohn at the forum pieces, and book reviews. The KLA is truly the intel- Korean Language Education & Research Center (KLEAR) lectual core of the AATK. I strongly encourage all mem- for the generous contribution to the AATK. bers to strive for more submissions to the future KLA vol- umes. At the opportune time of our first-ever virtual annual meet- ing, the new AATK website is to be launched on June 1st. The Korean Honor Society continues to grow at high This long-overdue project, which has gone on for more than schools in various regions in the U.S. thanks to the self- a year and a half since November 2018, is surely one of the less work of the KHS committee, led by Dr. Meejeong most ambitious and challenging projects that the current Kim, and K-12 teachers. The AATK representation at the AATK leadership has to tackle. Along with the newly de- ACTFL and collaboration with the Korean-SIG in the field signed look, the new website accommodates new technolo- of foreign language education has become strengthened gy and user profiles more effectively and makes almost all with the general support of the Korea Foundation. Under AATK business and projects operate online. For instance, the new leadership, Dr. Angela Lee-Smith as the Chair we will conduct this year’s board member election online and Ms. Sandra Song as the Vice Chair, I anticipate that from recommending candidates to voting. In addition, we many more AATK members will actively participate in the reinforced online functions that manage membership, annu- 2020 ACTFL World Language Convention & Expo in San al meeting websites, conference registration, program chair Antonio, Texas on November 20 through 22. Please refer tasks, and developed the online procedures for Korean to more detailed reports of these projects and activities in Honor Society and specifically designed space for our fu- this newsletter. ture virtual meetings. With the updated website, I expect that we will build an even stronger and more dynamic com- The AATK has now been firmly established as the sole munity together. This was all made possible with the full organization that represents Korean language educators financial support of the Korea Foundation. I thank Director in North America. Encouraged by all the developments Choi for her guidance to secure the funding. For this new and expansions in the field recent years, we should con- website project, the AATK Officers, led by Dr. Kyung-Eun tinue to collaborate to adjust and improve ourselves in Yoon, worked tirelessly – reviewing our needs, updating order to grow further to embrace diversifying group of contents, streamlining the process, and collecting market members, to better position the Korean language educa- information to locate a company for this project. My deep- tion within the field of foreign language education, and to est gratitude goes to Dr. Yoon for her dedication, persever- prepare ourselves for the future generation of the field. I ance, and thoroughness throughout this long and arduous urge you to join in these endeavors and to continue your process. Without her commendable effort, and more than interest in and support for the AATK. 200 correspondences that she had to manage, this com- plex project would not been possible at all. Enjoy our first remote AATK Annual Meeting hosted by Columbia University! I sincerely hope to see you all, in th Following the achievements in previous years, the three person, next year at Cornell University for our 26 Anni- main AATK projects and activities have continued their versary Meeting! successes: the Korean Language in America, the Korean Honor Society, and the Korean Special Interest Group at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Lan- guages. The Korean Language in America, the official jour- Best wishes, nal of the AATK, continues to flourish under the editorship of Dr. Hae-Young Kim. Since our last meeting in 2019, two Joowon Suh th THE 25 AATK CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP A message from Program Chair, Dr. Mee-Jeong Park th This year, as AATK moves into its 25 anniversary, the Last year, and continuing into this year, we are pleased annual meeting will be focused around the following to have a very special Plenary Panel organized by Pro- theme: “Redefining the Field: Envisioning Future Direc- fessor Young-mee Yu Cho of Rutgers University and tions for Korean Language Educators.” Due to the circum- Professor Hae-Young Kim of Duke University as a dis- stances surrounding the unforeseen pandemic, the key- cussant. Bearing in mind the connection between Lan- note speech and plenary speeches were canceled, and guage Education and Korean Studies, there will be all the presentations have been moved online in both syn- three panelists presenting under the title “Creating Lan- chronous and asynchronous formats. This is the very first guage-Content Connections in Korean Studies Pro- time we are conducting our annual conference meeting grams”: entirely online. Despite this unexpected change in the presentation format, most of the presenters have kindly agreed to deliver their presentation in both synchronous Continued... and asynchronous formats. 2 American Association of Teachers of Korean NO. 28, June 10th, 2020 Kyeong-Hee Choi, Associate Professor of Modern entirely online over the course of two days from June 19 Korean Literature (University of Chicago) to June 20. Despite the fact that this year’s theme may have been slightly complicated, a total of 148 abstracts Sonja M. Kim, Associate Professor of Asian and Asian and proposal submissions were received, and out of American Studies (Binghamton University) these, a total of 51 were selected, with an acceptance Sung-Ock Soh, Professor of Korean Language and rate of 34%.
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