Dr Yeji Han

Teaching

I teach the following modules:

• Accelerated Korean
• Korean Language and Society
• Korean Language Project
• Intercultural Communication
• Language and Society
• Language, Identity and Culture
• Second Language Acquisition

Professional activities

I am a member of British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) and a board member of The Korea Contents Association (KoCon). I am a proposer of a BAAL Asian Language Education in Global Contexts SIG with other interested members. For peer-review activities, I served as an ad-hoc reviewer for Journal of Second Language Writing, The Journal of the Korea Contents Association, Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, Journal of Multilingualism and Multilingual Development, and Transcultural Psychiatry. Also, I have reviewed book proposals and manuscripts for Routledge, Wiley-Blackwell, Cambridge University Press, and Science Books.

In South Korea, I served as an editorial board member for the government-authorised English textbooks for secondary school (2012 to 2014).

For Impact activities, I am actively involved in English teacher societies in South Korea, invited as a plenary speaker and seminar leader. In the UK, I have hosted externally-funded public engagement events for knowledge exchange of Korean language and cultural artefacts.

Research Interests

I consider myself as an applied linguist, as most of my research activities fall in second language learning and use. My PhD dissertation was motivation and its influence on language use in the case of Vietnamese learners of Korean language. Afterwards, I continued working on the topics of motivation, foreign language enjoyment, mobile communication, multimodal language use, study abroad, intercultural communication, etc. Currently, I am working on the two externally-funded projects as a Co-I:

• Mobile-assisted language learning among Korean language learners (funder: Academy of Korean studies, USD 20,000)
• Mental health suffering due to English fever in South Korea (funder: Academy of Medical Sciences, GBP 22,600)

Publications and Conferences

Book

O, T. & Han, Y. (2023). Directions of English Education [영어공부, 방향이 먼저다]. Seoul Korea: Hankookmumhwasa [한국문화사]

Book Chapter

Han, Y. (forthcoming). L2 selves as a source of emotional discomfort: A self-discrepancy perspective. In A. Hajar & S. Manan (Eds.). Multilingual Selves and Motivations for learning languages other than English (LOTEs) in Asian Contexts. Multilingual Matters.

Journal Articles

Han, Y. (2023). Motivations for Learning Korean in Vietnam: L2 Selves and Regulatory Focus Perspectives. Journal of Language, Identity and Education. 22(6). 559-573. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2021.1935961

Han, Y. & McDonough, K. (2021). Motivation as individual differences and as task conditions: Their effects on complexity, accuracy, fluency and lexical dysfluency in L2 Korean. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 15(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/17501229.2019.1652614

Han, Y., Segalowitz, N., Khalil, L., Kehayia, E., Turner, C., & Gatbonton, E. (2020). Do nurses use discourse markers differently when using their second language as opposed to their first while Interviewing patients? The Canadian Modern Language Review, 76(2), 91-113. https://doi.org/10.3138/cmlr-2018-0268

Han, Y. & McDonough, K. (2018). Korean L2 speakers’ regulatory focus and oral task performance. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 56(2), 181-203. https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2015-0116

Conference Proceeding

Han, Y. (2012). Do native languages play a role in second language writing? In S. Hong, S. Jung, Y. Park, Y. Rho, & H. Ryu (Eds.). Proceedings of the Modern Linguistic Society of Korea. (pp. 147-151). 

Dissertation

Han, Y. (2017). L2 regulatory focus in the context of Korean language learning in Vietnam [Doctoral dissertation, Concordia University].

Conferences

Invited talks

Han, Y. (2023, December). The Interrelationships between Culture and Foreign Language Enjoyment. ICCC 2023, Shimonoseki City University, Japan (online)

Han, Y. (2022, August). Foreign language enjoyment in case of Korean. European Association for Korean Language Education (EAKLE). (online)

Han, Y. (2022, March). Korean language panel discussion and Q&A - Korean Language Education. University of Sheffield. (online)

Conference presentations

Han, Y., Kiaer, J., & Dewaele, J-M (2023, August). Does the target culture shape foreign language enjoyment? An investigation among Korean foreign language learners. Paper presented at British Association for Applied Linguistics, York, the UK.

Han, Y. (2016, October). Cluster analysis: L2 motivational profiles and the quality of L2 speech. Paper presented at Focus on learner: Contributions of individual differences to second language learning and teaching, Konin, Poland.

Han, Y. (2016, September). The effects of trait-based and task-based regulatory focus on L2 oral performance and noticing of feedback. Paper presented at Second Language Research Forum, New York, the US.

Han, Y. (2016, August). L2 depression and anxiety in relation to L2 self. Paper presented at European Second Language Association (EuroSLA), Jyväskylä, Finland.

Han, Y. (2016, August) Motivational inclinations of L2 self: Promotion and prevention focus. Paper presented at Psychology of Language Learning 2, Jyväskylä, Finland.

Han, Y. (2015, March). Exploring the effects of trait- and state-based regulatory focus on L2 oral task performance. Paper presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Toronto, Canada.

Han, Y. (2012, June) Do native languages play a role in second language writing? Paper presented at the Modern Linguistic Society of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.

Han, Y. (2011, October) Keywords from academic corpora: NS-NNS comparison. Paper presented at the Korea TESOL, Seoul, South Korea.

Kim, Y., Tracy-Ventura, N. and Han, Y. (2011, September) Task repetition, learner-learner interaction, and the development of L2 oral performance. Paper presented at the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA), Stockholm, Sweden.

Han, Y. (2010, September) Turn-taking patterns in inter-cultural and intra-cultural conversations: English, Korean and Spanish. Paper presented at the South East TESOL, Miami, the US.

Han, Y. (2010, March) The role of perceptability in vowel epenthesis. Poster presented at the TESOL graduate forum, Boston, the US.