International Presidential Fellows 2013-2014
The International Presidential Fellows program was designed to introduce leading graduate students and visiting scholars to ongoing pathbreaking research at CSU, to develop their leadership potential in the international sphere, and to help build bridges to other researchers across the entire CSU campus. This year there are 25 International Presidential Fellows representing 17 countries at Colorado State University. (source: http://international.colostate.edu)
The International Presidential Fellows program was designed to introduce leading graduate students and visiting scholars to ongoing pathbreaking research at CSU, to develop their leadership potential in the international sphere, and to help build bridges to other researchers across the entire CSU campus. This year there are 25 International Presidential Fellows representing 17 countries at Colorado State University. (source: http://international.colostate.edu)
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I am honored to be nominated to be an International Presidential Fellow. My name is Sookhee Jeong and I'm from South Korea. Currently I'm studying for a MA in Teaching English as a Foreign/Second Language (TEFL / TESL) at CSU. I taught English at public secondary schools in Kyonggi Province, Korea for over 16 years and will teach English again when I return to Korea after completing my degree. I love teaching and enjoy experiencing new places, different cultures and ideas. The world is becoming more globalized and efforts to embrace multiculturalism are badly needed more than ever. Experiencing a variety of cultures at CSU contributed to opening and widening my mind to diverse cultures and it could lead to improving my teaching philosophy with regard to cultures. I think teaching other languages ("English" in my case) includes learning about other countries' cultures as well as the language itself. Additionally, I want my students to have an interest and ability to articulate their own identity and to introduce their cultures to the people in the world in English. In other words, I hope people around the world are able to understand each other in English and realize the importance of culture in language education, keeping in mind that cultures are just different things. There is no superior or inferior culture in the world. If we believed in this basic principle and applied it to our actual life, we could live in more harmony.
Here is the link to the Internationl Presidential Fellows : http://international.colostate.edu
Here is the link to the Internationl Presidential Fellows : http://international.colostate.edu