Third Harvard Korean Language Research and Pedagogy Workshop

Date and Time

December 11, 2025
10:00AM - 04:00PM EST

Location

Huguette and Michel Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Workshops and Conferences
Hosted by Korean Language Program, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Sponsored by Harvard Korea Institute

9:40 am - 9:55 am Coffee Time

9:55 am - 10:00 am
Welcoming Remarks by Hi-Sun Kim, Senior Preceptor in Korean; Director of the Korean Language Program, Harvard University

Panel 1: Research in Korean Language Pedagogy
Moderator: Wooyoung Jee, Harvard University

10:00 am - 10:30 am
Measurable Proficiency Gains through Integrated Performance Assessment in an Intensive Korean Immersion Program
Heeyeong Jung, Brown University

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Reframing K-pop as Cultural Text: Destigmatizing Fandom for Sustainable Korean Language Program
Eun Ha Hwang, Dartmouth College

11:00 am - 11:30 am
Investigating the Discourse Processing of Korean Speech Styles by Korean English Bilinguals
Sunyoung Park, Harvard University

11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Historical Development of Korean Subject and Topic Markers
Kyoungwon Oh, Harvard University

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch

Pedagogy Workshop 1
-은/는 vs -이/가

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Textbook & Grammar Explanation Teaching Materials & Activities
Yun Nam Seo, Harvard University

1:45 pm – 2:15 pm
Learner Interlanguage
Lindsay Schaffer, Harvard University

2:15 pm – 2:25 pm
Discussion
Wooyoung Jee, Harvard University

2:25 pm - 2:30 pm Break

Pedagogy Workshop 2
-(으)ㄴ데/는데

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Textbook & Grammar Explanation Teaching Materials & Activities
Ahsil Noh, Harvard University

3:00 pm - 3:30pm
Learner Interlanguage
Lindsay Schaffer, Harvard University

3:30 pm – 3:55 pm
Discussion
Sunyoung Park, Harvard University

3:55 pm – 4:00 pm Closing Remarks