Teaching English to North Korean refugees with PSCORE

An interview with EFL tutor Christine Pickering

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ID20358232
AuthorsAlzo David-West, Sora Suh (0009-0008-8316-3214)
Year2014
Volume30
Issue2
Pages13-17
Publication date2014-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnglish Today (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0266-0784 • E-ISSN: 1474-0567
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0266078414000078
OpenAlexW2141997490
LanguageEN
Citations received1

The following interview with Christine Pickering, an instructor of English as a foreign language at Duksung Women's University, Seoul, South Korea, discusses teaching English to North Korean refugees with People for Successful Corean Reunification (PSCORE). A non-profit nongovernmental organization and human rights-national unification initiative, PSCORE was founded in 2006 in Seoul and has an office in Washington, D.C., with support from the U.S. State Department. PSCORE offers a one-on-one education program and free volunteer tutoring in computers, languages, mathematics, and other subjects, serving some 140 North Korean refugees as they adjust to life and employment competition in South Korea. The interviewers thank Mr. Bada Nam, PSCORE secretary general, and Ms. Jeongeun Ahn, PSCORE research manager, for approving the interview. The interview questions were prepared by Alzo David-West, and the interview was conducted in person by Sora Suh on August 1, 2012, at a PSCORE teaching location in Seoul. All personal names of North Korean refugee students have been removed

Library science · Media studies · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · TUTOR · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law · Medicine · Psychology

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