Hyang Lee

Hyang Lee
Associate Professor
Language assessment, Task-based language teaching, Teaching pronunciation
Dr. Hyang Lee holds a Ph.D. in Korean Linguistics and a M.Ed. in Teaching Korean as a Foreign Language from Ewha Womans University. Prof. Lee has been teaching all levels of Korean courses since the opening of George Mason University Korea in 2014. Prof. Lee’s research interests include language testing and assessment as well as general applied linguistics. She is particularly interested in second language pronunciation and discourse assessment. Prof. Lee is also working on developing a nationally recognized Korean proficiency test and she is participating in various research projects related to Korean language education and culture. Prof. Lee was the recipient of the ‘Excellent Professor in Teaching Award’ at the University of Seoul from 2011 to 2013.
Selected Publications
[Peer Reviewed]
Hyang, L. (2021). Developing a Scoring Rubric for Assessing Discourse Competence through a Performance Decision Tree Approach. Journal of the International Network for Korean Language and Culture 18-1. pp.185-216.
Hyang, L. (2018). A Study on Non-Native Pre-Service Teachers’ Scoring Pattern in Korean Speaking Test. Studies in Linguistics 48, pp. 321-340.
Hyang, L. (2017). An Empirical Study to Rethink the Goals and Components of Teaching Korean Language Pronunciation. Journal of Korean Language Education 28-3, pp. 105-126.
Expanded Publication List
Grants and Fellowships
[ Recent Grants]
2023 Operating and Executing Overseas Korean Language Rater Training Program, King Sejong Institute Foundation. (Project Grant: Co-PI)
2022 Development of Sejong Korean Language Assessment (SKA), King Sejong Institute Foundation. (Project Grant: Co-PI)
2021 Study on the Development of Sejong Korean proficiency speaking assessment: Advanced Level, King Sejong Institute Foundation. (Project Grant: Co-PI)
2021 Development and dissemination of Korean language textbooks for elementary and secondary schools abroad, Ministry of Education. (Project Grant: Co-PI, Senior-researcher, Co-Author)
2021 Development of "2021 Online Training Course for Teachers of Overseas HANGEUL SCHOOLs", Overseas Koreans Foundation. (Project Grant: Co-PI)
Courses Taught
KORE 110 Elementary Korean
KORE 201 Intermediate Korean I
KORE 202 Intermediate Korean II
KORE 301 Advanced Korean Language and Culture
KORE 305 Business Korean
KORE 321 Korean Proficiency through Visual Culture
KORE 332 Special Topics in Advanced Korean Speaking
KORE 410 Korean Linguistics
KORE 490 Internship in Korean Studies
Education
Ph.D. in Korean Linguistics, Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Korea)
M.Ed. in Teaching Korean as a Foreign Language, Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Korea)
B.A. in Korean Language and Literature, Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Korea)
Recent Presentations
Hyang, L & Jung A, P. (2021) Development of AI Chatbot for the Korean Language Education, Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Conference: The International Association of Korean Language Education, April 17, 2021.
Hyang, L. (2020) New model for online evaluation of Korean language education-Focusing on the development of self-assessment tool, Paper presented at the 2020 World Congress Of Korean Language. Youtube: Link, Dec. 21-23, 2020.