Mrs Sukyeon Cho

BA (Korea Air & Correspondence University), MBA (Sogang University)

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Profile

Sukyeon Cho has been Director of the Korean Language Programme at the University of Sheffield since 2008. She first joined the School of East Asian Studies in 2005 as a part-time language teaching fellow, and also taught Korean at the University of Durham in 2006-2007. Mrs. Cho has been an active member of the Sheffield Korean Society. She was deputy head of the Sheffield Korean School in 2003-2006 and head teacher in 2006-2008. In partnership with her husband Dr. Andrew Killick she is a prize-winning translator of modern Korean literature.

Teaching

Mrs. Cho teaches on the following modules.

EAS101 (EAS6251) Korean Language I
EAS102 (EAS6261) Korean Language II
EAS201 (EAS687) Advanced Korean I
EAS202 (EAS688) Advanced Korean II
EAS301 (EAS685) Advanced Korean III
EAS302 (EAS686) Advanced Korean IV

My Teaching Philosophy

My dream as a child was either to be a writer or a teacher. I am very pleased to teach in the prestigious University of Sheffield and enjoy teaching and meeting students. I strongly believe that learning languages should be fun and that students learn most effectively by actively using the target language for communication. Therefore I set up a variety of activities in class where students can use appropriate language forms in simulated situations. I use a lot of games and songs as well as my own video and audio materials. To give students more opportunities to practise speaking Korean, I arrange language exchange programmes with Korean people in Sheffield. I try to boost motivation for learning the language by promoting an interest in Korean culture.

As an experienced translator and a learner of several different languages myself, I feel that I am aware of the difficulties that students might face when they learn Korean and endeavour to help students overcome these challenges.

Media Expertise

Mrs. Cho has been interviewed by MBC of Korea and appeared in a 2011 documentary on the international dissemination of knowledge about Korea.

Translations Published (English to Korean)

1994 To My Daughter by Jawaharlal Nehru. Seoul: Shinseo.

Translations Published (Korean to English)

2005 Southerners, Northerners (Namnyŏk saram pungnyŏk saram) by Lee Ho-Chul. Co-translated with Andrew Killick. Norwalk, CT: EastBridge.

2004 Cat School (Koyang-i Hakgyo) by Kim Jin-kyung. Co-translated with Andrew Killick. Paju-si, Kyunggi-do: Munhakdongne Children.

Awards and Honours

2004 - Korea Times Modern Korean Literature Translation Prize.
1997 - Daesan Foundation grant for translation of Korean literature.
1996 - Korea Times Modern Korean Literature Translation Prize.