ABOUT THE FOUNDER
IESC was founded by Dr. Jong Yule Kim in April
of 1995 in New York in order to launch English programs in Korea.
Dr. Kim, a graduate of Seoul National University's School of
Education, has a Doctorate degree from Teachers College, Columbia
University in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. He has extensive teaching
and administrative experience both in Korea and in the U.S. He has
worked as Director of the Bilingual Program at Mercy College and as
Adjunct Professor at Manhattanville College. He also served as the
president of Dong-Seo University in Pusan. He now resides in New York.
Dr. Kim would like to thank the following people for their advise
and support: Dr. Bryant Hicky, Director of ESL at Pace University:
Dr. Larry Crutz, Director of the Foreign Language Institute at Manhattanville
College; Prof. Shelley Alkins, Vice President at Mercy College; and
Prof. Sun Ja Choi, Korean Language Institute at Yale University.
Commencement - Teacher Training Program, Winter 2003
Dr.Kim has also written about Language education in Korea in the
Korean Times. Below you can view few of his past editorials published
in the paper.
The
Korean Times - Opinion section 6/14/2001
The
Korean Times - Opinion section 5/10/2001
The
Korean Times - Opinion section 3/03/2001
The
Korean Times - Opinion section 2/12/2001
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published book sample page
There has been numerous articles in the Korean press about Dr.Kim
and his programs. Click on the links below to view articles written
about Dr.Kim. Please visit IESC in the Media section to view articles
written about the past IESC programs.
Pusan Ilbo
7/21/1995
Korea Times 12/24/94
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