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Dr Min Jung Jee
Dr

Min Jung Jee

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Overview

Background

I have a PhD in Applied Linguistics, specialising in Foreign Language Education, from the University of Texas at Austin. Previously, I designed/coordinated and taught English to all levels of students in various contexts in South Korea for about 10 years. After moving to the US, I designed/coordinated and taught Korean courses at the University of Texas at Austin for 5 years. After joining the Korean Program at UQ, I have coordinated and taught all levels of Korean language courses and I was awarded Fellow rank from the Higher Education Academy in 2019.

My research work and outputs (e.g., publications, presentations, and grants) can be placed within the umbrella-branch of Applied Linguistics called Language Pedagogy. Within this interdisciplinary and practical field, I have mainly focused on Learner Affect (e.g., motivation, anxiety, beliefs and attitudes), Heritage Language Learners (in the US and in Australia), and Technology-Assisted Language Learning (esp. synchronous online communication for developing intercultural communication) from a pedagogical perspective. Recently, I have worked on issues related to Korean heritage speakers as well as Korean immigrants such as Korean heritage speakers’ language anxiety, heritage language maintenance and ethnic identity, and Korean immigrants’ acculturation in Australia. I am very keen to expand my research areas to include immigrant and ethnic groups in Australia, specifically examining their heritage language maintenance, shift, and loss. I also want to investigate the causes and effects of language anxiety in their daily life contexts, as well as their acculturation process.

Availability

Dr Min Jung Jee is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin

Research interests

  • Affect in language learning/language learner differences

    motivation, anxiety, beliefs, attitudes in learning a foreign/second language

  • Language anxiety in immigrant contexts

    issues on heritage language anxiety and majority anxiety experienced by immigrants

  • Heritage language maintenance

    issues related to heritage language maintenance/shift/loss in Korean community in Australia

  • Bilingual/multilingual education

  • Language textbook analysis

Works

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80 works between 2005 and 2024

1 - 20 of 80 works

2024

Journal Article

Parental ideologies in heritage language maintenance : The case of Korean interlingual families in New Zealand

Park, Mi Yung and Jee, Min Jung (2024). Parental ideologies in heritage language maintenance : The case of Korean interlingual families in New Zealand. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. doi: 10.1075/aral.24045.par

Parental ideologies in heritage language maintenance : The case of Korean interlingual families in New Zealand

2024

Conference Publication

Engaging with Korean language and culture through historical figures: Intermediate and advanced learners

Jee, Min Jung, Cheon, Sang Yee and Kim, Ihnhee L. (2024). Engaging with Korean language and culture through historical figures: Intermediate and advanced learners. The 4th Biennial International Conference and Annual Teacher Workshop of the Australian Association of Teachers of Korean (AUATK), Melbourne, VIC Australia, 12-14 December 2024.

Engaging with Korean language and culture through historical figures: Intermediate and advanced learners

2024

Conference Publication

Korean as a Foreign Language (KFL) learners’ motivation, demotivation, and language achievement: The Australian and New Zealand context

Park, Mi Yung and Jee, Min Jung (2024). Korean as a Foreign Language (KFL) learners’ motivation, demotivation, and language achievement: The Australian and New Zealand context. The 31st Japanese Korean Linguistics Conference, Monash University Caulfield Campus, VIC, Australia, 30 October 2024.

Korean as a Foreign Language (KFL) learners’ motivation, demotivation, and language achievement: The Australian and New Zealand context

2024

Journal Article

Broadening the opportunities for Korean as a heritage language in Australia

Jee, Min Jung (2024). Broadening the opportunities for Korean as a heritage language in Australia. Melbourne Asia Review, 20. doi: 10.37839/mar2652-550x20.7

Broadening the opportunities for Korean as a heritage language in Australia

2024

Conference Publication

Plenary talk: understanding the diversity of Korean language learners - affective factors

Jee, Min Jung (2024). Plenary talk: understanding the diversity of Korean language learners - affective factors. The 26th International Conference of the Korean Language Education Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Education, South Korea, 26 October 2024.

Plenary talk: understanding the diversity of Korean language learners - affective factors

2024

Conference Publication

Exploring studies on Korean immigrants: Global perspectives and the Australian context

Jee, Min Jung (2024). Exploring studies on Korean immigrants: Global perspectives and the Australian context. The 9th BK21FOUR Global Scholar Lecture, Seoul National University, South Korea, 25 October 2024.

Exploring studies on Korean immigrants: Global perspectives and the Australian context

2024

Book

The famous people in Korean history

Kim, Ihnhee Lee, Cheon, Sang Yee and Jee, Min Jung (2024). The famous people in Korean history. Korea: Kong & Park.

The famous people in Korean history

2024

Conference Publication

Promoting critical thinking and intercultural competence through exploring historical figures in upper-level Korean class

Cheon, Sang Yee, Kim, Ihnhee L. and Jee, Min Jung (2024). Promoting critical thinking and intercultural competence through exploring historical figures in upper-level Korean class. The International Association of Korean Language Education, Seoul, South Korea, 5-6 July 2024.

Promoting critical thinking and intercultural competence through exploring historical figures in upper-level Korean class

2024

Journal Article

Exploring cultural identity and perspectives of bicultural immigrants: a study on 1.5 and second generations of Koreans in Australia

Jee, Min Jung (2024). Exploring cultural identity and perspectives of bicultural immigrants: a study on 1.5 and second generations of Koreans in Australia. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/01434632.2024.2323164

Exploring cultural identity and perspectives of bicultural immigrants: a study on 1.5 and second generations of Koreans in Australia

2024

Other Outputs

Acculturation strategies and adaptation of Korean immigrants - survey data

Jee, Min Jung (2024). Acculturation strategies and adaptation of Korean immigrants - survey data. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/6abe33b

Acculturation strategies and adaptation of Korean immigrants - survey data

2024

Book Chapter

Facilitating mutual acculturation: acculturation strategies and challenges among Korean immigrants in Australia

Jee, Min Jung (2024). Facilitating mutual acculturation: acculturation strategies and challenges among Korean immigrants in Australia. Rethinking the Asian language learning paradigm in Australia. (pp. 125-149) edited by Kayoko Hashimoto. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-74149-4_6

Facilitating mutual acculturation: acculturation strategies and challenges among Korean immigrants in Australia

2024

Journal Article

Language maintenance and ethnic identity among Korean heritage speakers in the Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii)

Jee, Min Jung, Park, Mi Yung and Cheon, Sang Yee (2024). Language maintenance and ethnic identity among Korean heritage speakers in the Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii). Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 45 (10), 4364-4283. doi: 10.1080/01434632.2023.2170386

Language maintenance and ethnic identity among Korean heritage speakers in the Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii)

2024

Book Chapter

Korean language maintenance and shift in the English-speaking world

Park, Mi Yung, Jee, Min Jung and Waugh, Bethany (2024). Korean language maintenance and shift in the English-speaking world. Sociolinguistics and Korean language education: linking language learning, society, and culture. (pp. 220-246) edited by Hye-Sook Wang. Berkeley, CA, United States: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Korean language maintenance and shift in the English-speaking world

2024

Book Chapter

Summary and implications for other Anglophone countries

Jee, Min Jung and Hashimoto, Kayoko (2024). Summary and implications for other Anglophone countries. Rethinking the Asian language learning paradigm in Australia. (pp. 151-161) edited by Kayoko Hashimoto. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-74149-4_7

Summary and implications for other Anglophone countries

2023

Other Outputs

Survey responses on perceived cultural identity of Korean-Australians

Jee, Min Jung (2023). Survey responses on perceived cultural identity of Korean-Australians. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/0cfb2f4

Survey responses on perceived cultural identity of Korean-Australians

2023

Journal Article

Korean EFL students' foreign language enjoyment and foreign language anxiety in the classroom: the university context

Jee, Min Jung and Byun, Ji Hyun (2023). Korean EFL students' foreign language enjoyment and foreign language anxiety in the classroom: the university context. English Literature, 28 (3), 179-206. doi: 10.46449/MJELL.2023.08.28.3.179

Korean EFL students' foreign language enjoyment and foreign language anxiety in the classroom: the university context

2023

Conference Publication

Korean immigrants' acculturation in Australia: perceptions on cultural identity, cultural differences, and unfairness

Jee, Min Jung (2023). Korean immigrants' acculturation in Australia: perceptions on cultural identity, cultural differences, and unfairness. Empowering Asian Language Speakers Symposium, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 3 July 2023.

Korean immigrants' acculturation in Australia: perceptions on cultural identity, cultural differences, and unfairness

2023

Book Chapter

Korean parents' attitudes toward their children's maintenance of heritage language in Australia

Jee, Min Jung (2023). Korean parents' attitudes toward their children's maintenance of heritage language in Australia. Korean as a heritage language from transnational and translanguaging perspectives. (pp. 46-66) edited by Hyesun Cho and Kwangok Song. New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003227250-5

Korean parents' attitudes toward their children's maintenance of heritage language in Australia

2022

Journal Article

Communicative anxiety among Korean immigrants in Australia: causes and coping strategies

Jee, Min Jung (2022). Communicative anxiety among Korean immigrants in Australia: causes and coping strategies. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 46 (3), 293-315. doi: 10.1075/aral.21016.jee

Communicative anxiety among Korean immigrants in Australia: causes and coping strategies

2021

Journal Article

Transpacific telecollaboration and L2 writing: influences of interpersonal dynamics on peer feedback and revision uptake

Choi, Eunjeong, Schallert, Diane L., Jee, Min Jung and Ko, Jungmin (2021). Transpacific telecollaboration and L2 writing: influences of interpersonal dynamics on peer feedback and revision uptake. Journal of Second Language Writing, 54 100855, 100855. doi: 10.1016/j.jslw.2021.100855

Transpacific telecollaboration and L2 writing: influences of interpersonal dynamics on peer feedback and revision uptake

Funding

Current funding

  • 2021 - 2028
    Developing UQ as a central hub for nurturing the next generation of Korean Studies education, research and regional cooperation for Queensland and Northern Territory, Australia
    The Academy of Korean Studies
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    Korean as a foreign language (KFL) learners' motivation, demotivation, and language achievement: The Australian and New Zealand context (AKS grant administered by the University of Auckland)
    University of Auckland
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Heritage language use, maintenance and ethnic identity by Korean heritage speakers in Asia-Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii)
    The Academy of Korean Studies
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Language anxiety and its influencing factors among Korean Immigrants in Australia
    Korean Studies Grant
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Understanding foreign language learners' anxiety: focusing on learners of Korean in Australia
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    A study on factors of heritage language speakers' proficiency in Australia
    Korean Studies Grant
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Min Jung Jee is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • Issues on (Korean) immigrants or Korean diaspora

  • Language anxiety in immigrant contexts

  • Ethnic identity and heritage language maintenance

  • Learner affect in foreign/language education

  • Foreign/second language education (e.g., EFL/ESL; Korean as a foreign/second language)

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The influence of ethnic Korean churches on heritage language and identity maintenance among 1.5 and 2nd generation Koreans in Australia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Anna Mikhaylova

  • Master Philosophy

    Integrating Goal Theories and EFL Motivation: A Mixed Method Study of Chinese Secondary Students

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Noriko Iwashita

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Comparative Analysis of Environmental Education between Korean and Korean-Chinese primary schools from two textbooks; Korean language, English Foreign Language textbook

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Isaac Lee

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating Teachers' Agency in the Application of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) in Indonesian Universities

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Noriko Iwashita

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Case Usage in Adolescent Heritage Russian Speakers in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Anna Mikhaylova

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Comparative Analysis of Environmental Education between Korean and Korean-Chinese primary schools from two textbooks; Korean language, English Foreign Language textbook

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Isaac Lee

  • Doctor Philosophy

    (Revised title) Impacts of Merdeka Curriculum on English Language Teachers in Islamic-based Primary Schools

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kayoko Hashimoto

  • Doctor Philosophy

    OK, but it will be in Ranglish: Grammatical case and word order patterns across 3 generations of Russian speakers in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Anna Mikhaylova

Completed supervision

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