Ji-Yeon Lee
- Assistant Teaching Professor in Korean
- Academic Program Associate, Korean Language Coordinator
Contact Info
1445 Jayhawk Blvd
Lawrence, KS 66045-7594
Biography —
Ji-Yeon Lee, Assistant Teaching Professor in Korean, specializes in the education of Korean as a foreign language, instructional technology in language teaching, and the development of classroom pedagogical materials. She is a certified ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) tester and ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) rater in Korean.
Education —
Selected Publications —
Lee, J. (2023). Best practices for including students with visual impairment in KFL classrooms. The Korean Language in America, 27(2), 221-232.
Lee, J. & Cho, H. (2019). “I’ve found my own identity here!” Korean graduate student mothers’ identity transformations in the US higher education context. In J. A. Gammel, S. Motulsky, & A. Rustein-Riley (Eds.), I Am What I Become – Constructing an Identity as a Lifelong Learner. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Cho, H., Song, K., & Lee, J. (2017). Korean immigrant parents’ involvement in children’s biliteracy development in the U.S. context. In G. Onchwari (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Pedagogies and Cultural Considerations for Young English Language Learners (pp. 344-359). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Lee, J. (2013). Pre-college study abroad and its new impact on Korean mothers. Cross-Cultural Studies, 32(3), 81-107.
Lee, J. (2011). The effects of pronunciation instruction using duration manipulation on the perception of English vowel sounds. English Teaching, 66(3), 95-122.
Lee, J. (2009). Perception of English High Vowels by Korean Speakers of English.
Phonetics and Speech Sciences, 1(4), 39-46.
Selected Presentations —
“What Makes a LCTL Program Thrive? Insights From a Longitudinal Case Study of a Korean Program” Symposium on Language Pedagogy in Higher Education (SOLPHE) 2025, Online, October 2025
“Korean Wave in Motion: A Dynamic Journey of Korean Language Program at a Midwestern University” Migration Symposium: Art, Music, and Language through the Lens of Global Asia, Lawrence, KS, April 2024
“Including a blind student in a college KFL classroom: Theory and practice” Annual Penn State Korean Applied Linguistics Conference, Online, February 2023.
“A Korean Language Program Surfing the Korean Wave” Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (MCAA), Lawrence, KS, September 2022.
“Adaptation of Online Class Activities for the Enrichment of In-Person Classes” Midwest Association for Language Learning Technology (MWALLT) Annual Conference, Online, February 2022.
“Korean Transnational Parents' Perceptions and Practices of Heritage Language Maintenance in the U.S. Midwest” with Hyesun Cho, Korean-American Educational Researchers Association (KAERA) 6th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2015.
“South Korean ‘New Wild Geese’ Mothers Studying in the U.S.” Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (MCAA) /Southwest Conference of Asian Studies (SWCAS) Joint Conference, Lawrence, KS, October 2014.
“Korean Pronunciation of American English Learners of Korean: One year longitudinal study” American Association of Teachers of Korean (AATK) 16th Annual Conference, New Haven, CT, June 2011.
“Perception and Production of Korean Stops and Non-front Vowels by English Learners of Korean” AATK 15th Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2010.
“Computer-based Instructional Materials for Teaching English Vowel Sounds” Electronic Village, TESOL 2010 Annual Convention, Boston, MA, March 2010.
“Teaching Materials for Korean Listening and Speaking Using Praat Software” AATK 14th Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2009.
“The Effect of Pronunciation Instruction Using Duration Manipulation on the Acquisition of English Tense-lax Vowel Pairs by Korean EFL Teachers” American Association of Applied Linguistics 2009 Conference, Denver, CL, March 2009.
“Teaching English Pronunciation using Praat Software” Electronic Village, TESOL 2008 Annual Convention, New York, NY, April 2008.