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Kyae-Sung Park

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  • Five College Senior Lecturer in Korean

Kyae-Sung Park teaches Korean at all levels. Her research interests include first (L1) and second (L2) language acquisition, Korean linguistics, and language pedagogy. She is interested in the discourse effects of information structure on native and non-native speakers’ choices in word order alternations. Her research is concerned with whether properties pertaining to different linguistic and extralinguistic levels cause difficulties for L2 learners – and if so, how these difficulties can be theoretically explained and then practically overcome in the L2 classroom.

Areas of Expertise

Second Language Acquisition (SLA) & First Language Acquisition; Information Structure & the Syntax–Discourse Interface (Givenness, Dative Alternation); Korean Linguistics & Cross-Linguistic/Bidirectional Language Acquisition; L2 Pedagogy & Curriculum Design (Critical Pedagogy, DEI, Social Justice); Multiliteracies Approach

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Hawaii, Manoa
  • A.B.D., Sogang University
  • M.A., Southern Illinois University
  • M.A., B.A., Kangwon National University, Gangneung

Recent Publications

Park, K.-S. (2021). Given-before-New and Theory of Mind in English-acquiring children. Discourse and Cognition, 28(1), 105-127.

Park, K.-S. (2018). Information structure in canonical vs. scrambled dative order in L2 Korean. Linguistics Vanguard, 4, 1–14. 

Recent Honors

Park, K.-S. (2026). Learners as designers of meaning: A multiliteracies approach to redesigning Korean folktales. American Association of Teachers of Korean 31st Annual Conference and Professional Development Workshop (AATK 31), Ohio State University, Ohio. June 18.

Park, K.-S. (2024). Critical evaluation of KFL textbooks: Are all students represented? American Association for Applied Linguistics 2024 Conference (AAAL 2024) Houston, TX. March 18.

Park, K.-S. & S. Chang. (2023). Integrating social justice into the KFL curriculum. American Association of Teachers of Korean 28th Annual Conference and Professional Development Workshop (AATK 28) University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. June 17.

Park, K.-S. (2023). Critical evaluation of cultural representation in the Integrated Korean series: Implications for diversity, equity, and inclusion in KFL education. American Association of Teachers of Korean 28th Annual Conference and Professional Development Workshop (AATK 28) University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. June 16.

Park, K.-S., J-Y Kim & H-Y. Smith (2019). Designing and implementing YouTube vlog projects in the language classroom. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Annual Convention (2019 ACTFL). Washington, D. C. November 23.   

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