Congratulations to Dr JY Ryu on receiving the Vice-Chancellor's Excellence Award!
On 11th November, Dr JooYeoul (JY) Ryu was awarded the Education Award at the Vic-Chancellor's Excellence Awards Ceremony 2025. JY is recognised for his remarkable commitments towards student learning and was awarded under the category of 'Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Students Learning'.
Dr JooYeoul (JY) Ryu draws on his background as an actor, TV drama producer, and theatre lecturer to transform Korean language learning. Integrating actor-training techniques, he engages over 200 undergraduates each semester in embodied, multisensory practice through speech, emotion, and movement. This whole-body approach fosters expressive authenticity, pragmatic competence, and memory retention, bridging linguistic understanding with cultural expression and creating immersive, affectively rich environments that deepen engagement beyond grammar and structure.
Please join us in congratulating JY for his excellent achievement!!