Purpose

Founded in 2006, the Ohio State University - Pusan National University Joint TESOL Program is a six-week, intensive program for Korean teachers of English that takes place each summer at Pusan National University in Busan, Korea. Our program offers preservice and inservice teachers the opportunity to develop and augment their professional expertise in the teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL) through a series of five courses taught by faculty and instructors affiliated with Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Courses include academic English, second language acquisition, TESOL methods, pedagogical grammar, and testing.