Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
Virtual: Wednesdays 10:00 - 12:00 or by appointment
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Areas of Interest
- Language Pedagogy
- Project-based Learning
- Curriculum Design
- The Social Networking Approach
Biography
Jisuk Park joined the department in 2021. Her research interests include language pedagogy, project-based learning, and curriculum design. Her recent studies focus on exploring ways to apply the Social Networking Approach to foreign language education. Prior to joining the University of Toronto, Park taught Japanese language courses for all levels at Columbia University for 17 years. For 10 years during the summer, she also taught at Princeton University’s Ishikawa Summer Intensive Program as well as the Hokkaido International Foundation. She is also an executive board member of the Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education.
Awards
- 2018 National Research Centers/Foreign Language and Area Studies Grant National Resource Centers Program
- 2018 Consortium Workshop Award Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning
- 2018 National Research Centers Grant National Resource Centers Program
Publications
- Social Networking Approach to Japanese Language Teaching: The Intersection of Language and Culture in the Digital Age (Routledge : 2021)
- "Imagining an Alternative: ‘What If?’ Project: Novice to Intermediate Level" (Routledge : 2021)
- “On Goals of Language Education and Teacher Diversity Beliefs and Experiences of Japanese-Language Educators in North America” (American Association of Teachers of Japanese : 2020)
- “How to Develop ‘21st Century Skills’ in Foreign Language Education” (American Association of Teachers of Japanese : 2016)
- Hiyaku: An Intermediate Japanese Course (Routledge : 2011)