DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

Ihnhee Kim earned her doctorate degree in Second Language Education and Applied Linguistics from Temple University. Her academic journey, spanning both Korea and America, enriched her with knowledge in language acquisition, linguistics, and literature. Her specialization lies in teaching and research focused on second language acquisition (SLA), bilingualism, and interculturalism.

She has extensive experience teaching Korean language courses across all levels at several universities. Additionally, she has made significant contributions to curriculum development, placement testing, teaching material development, standard assessments, and outreach projects.

Her research interests encompass interculturality, identity, discourse analysis, multimodal literacy, innovative teaching methods, pedagogy, and related areas. She actively participates in national language assessments as a certified tester of both oral and writing proficiency across all levels of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

Furthermore, Ihnhee Kim has served as a peer reviewer for journals, an executive board member of the American Association of Teachers of Korean (AATK), co-founder of the Midwest Korean Speech Contest, co-president of the Midwest Association of Teachers of Korean (MATK), and a member of the Korean Education Advisory Committee. She consistently presents her research papers at conferences and provides professional services nationwide in the field of language education.

In addition, Ihnhee Kim has published research articles in various peer-reviewed journals including Korean Language in America published by Pennsylvania State University press and Korean Linguistics published by John Benjamins Publishing Company.

 Recently, she co-authored a Korean textbook titled The Famous People in Korean History: Korean through Historical Figures (2024) with Dr. Sang Yee Cheon and Dr. Min Jung Jee. By providing cultures in history, this book is designed to enhance proficiency toward an advanced level, aligned with ACTFL standards. Organized thematically around the historical figures, it integrates the 5Cs (Communication, Comparisons, Cultures, Connections, and Communities) and balances all four language skills.

ISBN 978-1-63519-086-1 52995      Published by Kong & Park Publishing, Inc. Seoul, Korea.