Jihye Seong

I am a PhD candidate in Department of Linguistics at State University of New York at Buffalo (ABD). My research interests lie in the areas of Second language acquisition, phonological development and acquisition, and language teaching.


Education

State University of New York at Buffalo

PhD candidate in Linguistics, ABD

Dissertation (In progress): Internal Syllabic Constituents in Syllable Process (Cross-linguistic Influence and Input Frequency) Committee: Eunhee Lee (Chair), Christian Dicanio, Jeff Good, & Marieke Van Heugten

2015 - Present

University of Delaware

Master of Arts in Linguistics

Summer 2011: Netherlands Graduate Schools of Linguistics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2010 - 2011

Jeonbuk National University

Bachelor of Arts in English language and literature

Spring 2008: North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA (Exchange Student Program funded by Jeonbuk National University and North Dakota State University)

Summer 2007: North Park University, Chicago, IL, USA (American Studies Program sponsored by Jeonbuk National University)

2005 - 2008

Experience

Korean Language Lecturer

State University of New York at Buffalo

As a compassionate teaching professional with over ten years of teaching experience at high education institutions, I have experience in teaching multiple levels of classes ranging from the beginning courses through intermediate, to advanced classes, working with students with diverse backgrounds, guiding students’ research, conferring training to tutors working for the program, and organizing events to promote interests in the Korean language and cultures.

Courses taught are:

  • Korean 101 and 102 (Beginning)
  • Korean 201 and 202 (Intermediate)
  • Korean 301 and 302 (Advanced)

Program coordination

  • Develope a curriculum for the Second-Year Korean (Korean 201 and 202) and the Third-Year Korean (Korean 301 and 302 in Fall 2018 and Spring 2019)
  • Administer and proctor Korean language placement tests
2016 - Present

Program Assistant

National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) Korean Virtual Summer Intensive Program, American Councils for International Education

Served as a program assisant by facilitating communications between faculty and students, reinforcing lessons and help students to complete their classwork, and administering mock tests for ACTFL Speaking Assessment: The Oral Proficiency Interview

2020 - 2021

Korean Language Annotator

Lausanne Business Solution

Provided linguistic knowledge of the Korean language to support the development of artificial intelligence technologies. My job includes a)identifying and annotating Korean text of diverse speech registers, b)assisting the development of instructional materials, c)reviewing documents for errors and providing feedback, and d)attending team meetings, training, and handling other requests.

2018 - 2019

English Language Instructor

Language Education Center · Jeonbuk National University

I have taught the following courses - general English classes for English grammar and conversations, test preparation courses such as TOEIC, TOEIC Speaking, and TOEFL, and academic courses such as Business English (Department of Business) and Current Affairs (Department of Political Science and Diplomacy).

2013 - 2015

Research Assistant

Psycholinguistics laboratory · University of Delaware

I carried out a research project on “Event-related brain potential indices of hyper-active gap-filling,” which is to investigate how speakers of English process verb transitivity information when reading sentences containing filler-gap dependencies. By measuring the reading time, the study examined whether the readers actively makes representational commitments on the gap position before the transitivity of verbs becomes available. As a lab manager, I recruited subjects, ran experiments, maintained lab equipment, and post-analyzed the data.

2010 - 2011

Research

Publications

Seong, J. & Park, J. (in progress). An analysis of Sub-syllabic Structure of Korean

Lee, E. & Seong, J. (under review). L2 Korean Metonymy: The Relative Role of Conceptual Universal and Conventionalization

Seong, J. (2021). Early Language Experience and Phonological Development: A Case Study of a Bicultural but monolingual family in South Korea, Journal of Child Language Acquisition and Development, 9(2), 288-305.

Seong, J. (2018). Variations of English Loanword Sounds Among Korean Speakers, ABD An Interdisciplinary Student Journal, 5, 71-80.

Presentations

Lee, E. & Seong, J. (March 2022). L2 Korean Metonymy: The Relative Role of Conceptual Universal and Conventionalization. The American Association of Applied Linguistics 2022 Conference. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Seong, J. (October 2021). Internal Syllabic Constituents in Syllable Process by L2 Korean Learners of L1 English: Cross-linguistic Influence and Input Frequency. Korean Linguistics Workshop, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.

Seong, J. (November 2019). The Processing of Internal Syllabic Constituents in L2 Korean Learners at Language Sound Structures working group lap exchange hosted by Department of Linguistics at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Seong, J. & Park J. (May 2019). An Analysis of Sub-syllabic Structure in Korean. Presented at CSE Fall Demo Day hosted by Department of Computer Science and Engineering at State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.

Seong, J. (June 2018). Early Language Experience and Phonological Development: A case study of a bicultural family in a monolingual environment in Korea. Presented at the International Child Phonology Conference 2018, China, Greece.

Seong, J. (October 2017). A study on L2 Korean phonological development by Mail-order brides from Vietnam and their children in South Korea. Presented at the Asia @ Noon talk hosted by Asian Studies at State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.

Donelson, K., Moore, R., Jorda Canchez, J.,Seong, J., &Bohnemeyer, J.(July 2017). Choosing Landmarks: A Cross-linguistic Study of Variable Landmarks. Presented at the 14th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Tartu, Estonia.

Seong, J. (August 2011). Perception of Aspiration of Korean Stops: A comparison of Native English and Korean Speakers’ Perception of Aspirated Initial Stops. Presented at the Netherlands National Graduate School of Linguistics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Research Funds

Mark Diamond Research Fund

Graduate Student Association, State University of New York at Buffalo

2020

Professional Development Program Funds

New York State Graduate Student Employees Union

2019

Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award

Nominated by the Department of Linguistics at University at Buffalo

2019

Korean Language Culture Scholarship

LG Electronics USA,INC.

2018

Department Research Funds

Linguistics Department, State University of New York at Buffalo

2017

Nila T. Gnamm Junior Faculty Research Fund

State University of New York at Buffalo

2016

Asian Studies Research Award

Asian Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo

2016

Academic & Community service

Diversity and Inclusion in Department of Linguistics, State University of New York at Buffalo

Committee member

2021

Korean Linguistics Workshop, State University of New York at Buffalo

Organizing assistant

2021

Role and Reference Grammar 2019

Local Organizing Committee

2019

College of Arts and Science, State University of New York at Buffalo

Graduate Ambassador

2018

Dongsan Welfare Center

Volunteer worker

2018

Student Today Leaders Forever

Student member

2008

World Logistics Expo Jeonbuk 2007

Interpreter, Volunteer worker

2007

Languages & Skills

Languages

  • Korean (Native)
  • English (Fluent)

Programming languages

  • R
  • Latex
  • Python(Beginning)

Software tools

  • Praat
  • ELAN
  • E-Prime
  • OpenSesame