CoTESOL Presentation By Dr. Kyla Hammond and Debby Jennings, M.A. Friday, October 24, 2008 CoTESOL Presentation By Dr. Kyla Hammond and Debby Jennings, M.A. Friday, October 24, 2008 Designing a South Korean English Learning Village

 A unique partnership between Yeungjin College of South Korea and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Artist’s rendering

Introductions and welcome Background and overview of the Daegu Partnership (Dr. Hammond) Structure of the DGEV Village (Debby Jennings) Cultural challenges (Dr. Hammond) Future of program and future initiatives (Debby Jennings)

 Dr. Kyla Hammond  Ms. Debby Jennings  Who is in the audience? ◦ Teachers ◦ Administrators ◦ Others  What do you want to get out of this presentation?

 Yeungjin’s Vision  Negotiations  Groundbreaking

 Yeungjin provides: ◦ Facility ◦ Funding ◦ Marketing ◦ Staff ◦ Teaching assistants ◦ General management ◦ Administrative oversight

 UCCS provides: ◦ Teacher recruitment ◦ Curriculum oversight ◦ Stateside marketing ◦ Stateside administration and staff

Opening Ceremony

Kindergarten English English for Young Learners (5/4) Super Saturdays Vacation Programs Business English for Adults English for Korean English Teachers English for College Students

Airport security checkpoint Airplane classroom Gymnasium registration Hungry Bears Fast Food

 For-profit and public  Teacher status and working conditions  Collectivist vs. individualistic societies  Saving face, honor  Hierarchical organizational approach

 Increasing enrollments  Possible future programs at DGEV ◦ English for Lawyers ◦ English for Health Care Professionals

 Russia  Japan  Mexico

Dr. Kyla Hammond Director of Extended Studies College of Education – UCCS Ms. Debby Jennings Stateside Director, Daegu English Village College of Education- UCCS

Mailing Daegu English Village 744 Yeonhwa-ri, Jichun-meon Chilgok-goon, Gyeongbuk , South Korea Website html