Seongwon Yun, PhD student, TESL and Linguistics

MA in TESOL, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, S. Korea

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Language socialization among young bilingual children
• Teaching English as a second language, specializing in oral skills

Publications

• (2008) The dialectic relationship between gesture and language. [Review of the book: Gesture and the Dynamic Dimension of Language]. PsycCRITIQUES. (in press) (with Shelia M. Kennison).
• (2008) Role-play and language socialization among bilingual Korean children in the U.S. Simulation & Gaming, 38. (in press).

Honors and Offices

• (2007) Travel Award, English Dept. OSU
• (2007) EGSA Development Scholarship for “First Publication”, English Dept. OSU

Conference Presentations

• (2008) The functions of secretive code-switching among Korean preschoolers. Paper presented at Doctoral Forum at TESOL 2008 Annual Convention. New York, NY.
• (2008) Frog’s leap: A case study of SPEAK and ITA tests. Paper presented at 19th Annual OSU Research Symposium. Stillwater, OK.

Current Research/Articles in Progress

• Korean speech community under construction in the U.S.: Constructing multiplicity of gender and identity through code-switching

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