/College of Arts and Sciences
Center for Korean Studies

Major in Asian and Asian American Studies: Adolescent Education in Korean, Grades 7-12


VISION

In today’s global society, training students in foreign languages is increasingly essential for fostering cross-cultural understanding, professional development, intellectual advancement, and personal growth. The demand for Korean language instruction, in particular, has increased dramatically in recent years, driven in no small part by Korea’s rising economic power and the growing popularity of Korean pop culture. Learning Korean is beneficial for both heritage and non-heritage students: the socio-cultural and linguistic properties of the Korean language are very different from those of English, and exposure to these types of differences can broaden students’ international horizons, help them recognize and respect different values, and grant them a deeper understanding of the nature of languages through comparison of the Korean language with their own. Despite these clear benefits, however, no American institution currently offers a teacher preparation program that leads to state certification in the teaching of Korean. Partly owing to this, many public schools have difficulty maintaining or adding Korean programs. The Korean Teacher Education program at Stony Brook University, which prepares students for certification in Korean language instruction at the secondary level, is the first of its kind. 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Korean Teacher Education program in Asian and Asian American Studies (AAAS) is an undergraduate degree program designed to satisfy New York State’s requirements for initial certification as a teacher of Korean at the secondary level (grades 7-12). Through this program, students will acquire a firm comprehension of the Korean language and literacy, an understanding of foundational linguistic principles, and sensitivity to the fundamentals of various approaches to foreign language teaching. These skills are developed through intensive content coursework, field experience, and student teaching. Students will also receive professional development in the skills and knowledge necessary to adjust their teaching to various proficiency levels and to accommodate the needs of students with different learning styles and diverse educational and ethnic backgrounds. Upon successful completion of all AAAS and Professional Educational Program (PEP) degree requirements and NY State licensure tests, students will obtain Initial Certification for Teaching Languages Other Than English (LOTE), Korean, grades 7-12.

To be admitted to the Korean teacher preparation program, applicants must meet the Professional Education Program (PEP) Admission Requirements:

http://www.stonybrook.edu/pep/guide/requirement.shtml

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST (DOWNLOAD FROM HERE)

1. Completion of content core (Korean) courses (39 credits) from the following courses:  View Here


Notes:

a. Students must complete 30 credit hours of Korean language courses or courses taught in Korean to be eligible for certification. Courses taught in English will not satisfy the language requirement for certification purposes. The courses marked with * are taught in Korean.

b. Find more information on Challenge Exams and other course requirements: http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/asianamerican/programs/asianlang/Program_AsianLang_and_TeacherEduc.html

c. Find more information on one course that should be taken from other than Korean studies within the Asian Studies courses: http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/bulletin/current/academicprograms/aas/degreesandrequirements.php

2.  Completion of professional educational requirements (35 credits):

  • PSY 327 Human Growth and Development in the Educational Context
  • SSE 350 Foundations of American Education
  • CEF 347 Introduction to Special Education
  • LIN 344 Language Acquisition and Literacy Development or FLA 440 Foreign Language Acquisition Research
  • FLA 339 Methods and Materials in the Teaching of Foreign Languages and Field Experience I
  • FLA 340 Curriculum Development and Micro-Teaching and Field Experience II
  • FLA 449 Field Experience I
  • FLA 450 Field Experience II
  • FLA 451 Supervised Teaching--Foreign Language, Grades 7-9
  • FLA 452 Supervised Teaching--Foreign Language, Grades 10-12
  • FLA 454 Student Teaching Seminar

Notes:

a. Students are encouraged to take as many advanced language courses as possible and participate in a study abroad program such as TaLK for SUNY prior to student teaching.

b. Prior to student teaching, students must participate in an official ACTFL OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) and receive a minimum spoken proficiency rating of Intermediate High as defined in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines – Speaking (1999). Students must contact Language Testing International (LTI) and arrange for their interview: http://www.languagetesting.com/

c. Students are required to take two 300-level language courses before beginning the sequence of Methods courses.

d. Methods I must be taken prior to Methods II (Methods I & II may not be taken concurrently), and both must be successfully completed prior to enrolling in student teaching.

e. Students wishing to prepare for dual certification (i.e., certification in two foreign languages) should consult the advisor for Foreign Language Teacher Education.

Requirements for NYS Teacher Certification 

Pathway to Certification

1. NYSTCE Teacher Certification Exams

  • Educating All Students (EAS)
  • edTPA

(For registration and information go to the NYSTCE website.)

 2. Certification and Licensing Workshops 

  • NCE 600 Training in Identifying and Reporting Suspected Cases of Child Abuse and Maltreatment
  • NCE 601 Identification and Referral of Substance Abuse
  • NCE 602 Prevention & Identification of School Violence
  • NCE 604 Training in Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination Prevention and Intervention
  • Fingerprinting

For more information, visit:http://www.stonybrook.edu/spd/career/tworkshops.html


SAMPLE COURSE SEQUENCE:   Download PDF Here

RESOURCES

Guide to Professional Education Program: http://www.stonybrook.edu/pep/guide/

Course Descriptions (FLA): http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/bulletin/current/courses/fla/

Course Descriptions (KOR): http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/bulletin/current/courses/kor/