
Dr Seong-Chul Shin
PhD in Linguistics (黑料网大事记); Master of Applied Linguistics (Macquarie); Master of Education in KFL (Yonsei)
I am an applied linguist听and a language teacher听with a PhD in Linguistics, a听Master of Applied Linguistics and a听MEd in KFL.
My research areas include: error analysis and teaching methodology in L2 Korean; curriculum issues in Korean at both secondary and tertiary levels; sociolinguistic issues with reference to Korean L2 or HL situations.
I have undertaken听a number of research projects funded by the government agencies and 黑料网大事记, extensively publishing journal articles, book chapters and monographs. I am currently undertaking monograph projects on language maintenance and and cultural identity focused on Korean ethnic communities and bicultural families.听
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
Include:
- KF and AKS Fellowship Grants, FASS and School Research Grants.
- Other grants (education-development projects, e.g. NCP听Mobility Grants,听Australian Government Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Ministry for Education and Training).
The Korea Foundation Field Research Fellowship, and The Academy of Korean Studies Visiting Scholar Fellowship, etc.听
include: involvement in international, regional academic associations or boards in various capacities, e.g. IAKLE, KSAA, ICKL as board member, editorial committee, conference/symposium organiser, peer-reviewer, advisory committee member, etc. Also have involved in government agencies for expert consultations.听
External, includes:听
- Australian Research Council (ARC) Assessor (2010- current )
- International Association of Korean Language Education (IAKLE), Journal of Korean Language Education Editorial Board (2009- current)
- Language Facts and Perspectives Editorial Board (2015 - current)
- Teaching Korean as a Foreign Language Editorial Board (2016 - current )
- Korea Grammar Education Circle Board member (2018- current)
- A guest editor and peer-reviewer of Korean Linguistics听
- Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) member
- International Circle of Korean Linguistics (ICKL) member
- National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI, Australia) Translator
- Peer-reviewer听of journal articles, books and book chapters; and examiner of HDR theses
My Research Supervision
"Mediating family language policy in the digital space: A case study of Arabic-speaking families in Australia" (PhD, 2024 ~)
"A longitudinal Investigation into the Lexical and Syntactical Development in L2 Written Indonesian by Acehnese Child Learners" (PhD, 2024 ~)
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(Supervised HDR theses in recent years include):
"Abnormalities in ESL academic writing" (MPhil, 2024).
"Language, ethnicity, and culture: A mixed-methods approach to understanding self-assessed linguistic proficiency, ethnic identity, and cultural identity of Korean heritage speakers in Australia" (PhD, 2023).听
"Language use and maintenance in bicultural families in multiculturalising South Korea" (PhD, 2023).
"Heritage language development and maintenance in heritage speakers of Korean in Australia in primary school years" (PhD, 2022).
"An investigation of English-L1 KHL learners' written errors and pedagogical implications" (PhD, 2018)
"An investigation of written errors made by Saudi EFL foundation year students" (PhD, 2017)
My Teaching
Undergraduate:
Advanced Korean A/B; Insights into Korean as a Second Language; Professional Korean; Korean Translation; Korean Interpreting.听
School BA Honours team teaching - Action Research
Postgraduate:
Insights into the Korean Language; Korean Teaching Practicum
MA by Research and PhD program supervision (Applied and Educational Linguistics / Korean Linguistics)