Education
- B.A. Seoul National University of Education, Korea. 1990
- M.A. Linguistics (Sociolinguistics). University of Texas at Arlington. 2000
- Ph.D. Linguistics (Second Language Acquisition). University of Georgia. 2005
Research Interests
- Acquisition of Korean as a second language
- Sociolinguistics (language attitudes and language variation)
Curren Research Projects
- Learner motivations as predictors of language learning outcomes
- Conversation analysis (code-switching between L1 and L2)
- Distribution of L1 and target L2 in second/foreign/heritage language teaching and learning
- Development of pronunciation accuracy among learners of Korean as a second/foreign/heritage language
- Compiling teaching materials for beginning and intermediate level Korean
| | Courses Taught
- First-Year Korean for Novice Learners (Korean 301-302-303)
- First-Year Korean for Heritage Learners (Korean 305-306-307)
- Second-Year Korean for Heritage Learners (Korean 315-316-317)
- Readings in Contemporary Korean (Korean 411-412-413)
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