Korean

Hyunsong Chung

Research Interest

• Experimental Phonetics
• Pronunciation Teaching
• Prosody in Text-to-Speech
• English as an International Language
• Phonics Instruction
• Features of English as a Lingua Franca in Asian Contexts
• Phonological Convergence and Lingua Franca Core of Korean Learners of English
• Automatic Measurement of Pronunciation Accuracy of English Speech Produced by Korean Learners of English

Teaching

• Theories of English Phonetics and Phonology
• An Introduction to Linguistics
• Pronunciation Practice for English Teachers
• English Pronunciation Teaching
• Computer-assisted Pronunciation Teaching
• Articulatory Phonetics and English Education
• Teaching the Pronunciation of English as an International Language
• Topics in English Pronunciation Teaching
• English Phonology
• Studies in English Pronunciation Acquisition
• Studies in Experimental Phonetics
• Seminar for Integrated Teaching of English Phonetics and Phonology

Education

• PhD in Experimental Phonetics, UCL (University College London), London
• PhD Thesis: Analysis of the Timing of Spoken Korean with Application to Speech Synthesis (2002, Supervisor: Professor Mark Huckvale)
• MA in English Linguistics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul
• MA Dissertation: A Study on the Geometry of Place Features (1991, Supervisor: Professor Kook Chung)
• BA in English, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul
• BA in Japanese, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul

Recent Publications

• Chung, H. (2023c). Manipulation of English speech data of Koreans for education in AI hub using Python, Foreign Language Education, 26, 51-70. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2023b). Comparing the effects of letter-based and syllable-based speaking rates on the pronunciation assessment of Korean speakers of English, Phonetics and Speech Sciences, 15(4), 1-10. [Download]
  
• Kim, H., & Chung, H. (2023). Phonetic features influencing native English speakers and Korean EFL teachers’ comprehensibility and accentedness judgments. Studies in Foreign Language Education, 37((4), 83-107. [Download]
  
• Chang, S. Y., & Chung, H. (2023). The effects of task-based instruction and explicit instruction on the learning of stress patterns in English derived words by Korean high school students. Journal of the Korea English Education Society, 22(4), 223-248. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2023a). Analysis of the rhythm of reading 'The boy who cried wolf ’ passage by Korean speakers, Humanities Studies East and West, 64, 255-277. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2022c). Relationships between rhythm and fluency indices and listeners' ratings of Korean speakers' English paragraph reading, Phonetics and Speech Sciences, 14(4), 25-33. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2022b). A study on the effectiveness of the systematic synthetic phonics program for children, Teacher Education Research, 61(4), 435-454. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2022a). Analysis of phonics and pronunciation elements in the 2022 revised national curriculum of English, Foreign Language Education, 25, 103-122. [Download]
  
• Xue, W., & Chung, H. (2022). Comparisons of the rhythm and speech rate in paragraph reading between native, Chinese, and Korean speakers of English, The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature, 64(4), 237-273. [Download]
  
• Sung, Y., & Chung, H. (2022). Perception of fortis and lenis stops of English in word-initial position in terms of VOT, Language and Linguistics, 95, 121-150. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2021). A research on developing phonics games for children, Foreign Language Education, 24, 109-124. [Download]
  
• Yuk, J.-S., & Chung, H. (2021). The effects of focus-on-form pronunciation instruction on the evaluation of high school students' utterances, Studies in Foreign Language Education, 35(3), 225-250. [Download]
  
• Xue, W., & Chung, H. (2021). A study of the rhythm of native, Chinese, and Korean speakers of English in read speech, Journal of the Korea English Education Society, 20(3), 29-47. [Download]
  
• Kang, K., & Chung, H. (2021). Korean English teachers' perceptions of intelligibility and comprehensibility towards erroneous phonemes: In terms of functional load and attitude. Korean Journal of Teacher Education, 37(1), 25-47. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2020). A preliminary research on developing phonics chants and songs for a children's English language education program. Foreign Language Education, 23, 113-122.
  
• Jeong, J., & Chung, H. (2020). Effects of using smartphone applications in teaching English segments on middle school students' listening and pronunciation abilities. Journal of Learner-centered Curriculum and Instruction, 20(23), 459-481. [Download]
  
• Kim, J.-O., Lee, T.-W., Chung, H., & Jung, E. Y. (2020). Development and application of competency-based elementary school teacher training program for maker education. Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information, 25(9), 213-222. [Download]
  
• Kim, J.-Y., Jung, E. Y., Chung, H., Kim, J.-O., & Lee, T.-W. (2020). Developmnet and application of a novel engineering-based maker education course for pre-service teachers. Education Sciences, 10(5). https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811228001_0001 [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2020). Segmental and rhythmic features of English as a lingua france of Asian speakers. Phonological Studies, 23, 65-76. [Download]
  
• Min, C., Kim, Y., Chung, H., Lee, S., Park, S., Yeom, J., Kang, M., & Nesbit, B. A. (2020). Middle school English 3. Seoul: Jihaksa.
  
• Jeong, S., & Chung, H. (2020). The effects of the eastern Gyeongnam dialect on students' English intonation: Focusing on the learnability. Studies in Foreign Language Education, 34(1), 191-214. [Download]
  
• Moon, M., & Chung, H. (2019). An analysis of phonics in third and fourth grade elementary school English textbooks based on 2015 revised national curriculum of English. Teacher Education Research, 58(4), 471-482. [Download]
  
• Shin, H. & Chung, H. (2019). Effects of explicit instruction of nuclear stresses on improving elementary school students' English listening proficiency. Foreign Language Education, 22, 41-62.
  
• Kim, J.-O., Lee, T. W., Kim, J., Chung, H., & Jung, E. Y. (2019). Job analysis of teachers for maker education using the DACUM method. Journal of Learner-centered Curriculum and Instruction, 19(3), 1159-1181.
  
• Min, C., Chung, H., Lee, S., Kim, Y., Na, W., Ahn, H., Weon, J., & Klinkner, R. (2019). High school English II. Seoul: Jihaksa.
  
• Min, C., Kim, Y., Chung, H., Lee, S., Choi, J., Park, S., Yeom, J., & Foreman, W. (2019). Middle school English 2. Seoul: Jihaksa.
  
• Chung, H. (2018). A longitudinal study on the development of English phonological awareness in preschool children. Phonetics and Speech Sciences, 10(4), 53-66. [Download]
  
• Yun, S. & Chung, H. (2018). A study on the intonation patterns of discourse markers by Asian speakers of English: Focusing on the location and function. Teacher Education Research, 57(4), 499-516. [Download]
  
• Min, D., & Chung, H. (2018). A study of effects of fluency in read speech on the accuracy of English front vowels. Studies in Foreign Language Education, 32(2), 153-180. [Download]
  
• Min, C., Chung, H., Lee, S., Kim, Y., Kwak, N, Weon, J., Woo, E., & Klinkner, R. (2018). High school English. Seoul: Jihaksa.
  
• Min, C., Chung, H., Lee, S., Kim, Y., Na, W., Ahn, H., Woo, E., & Klinkner, R. (2018). High school English I. Seoul: Jihaksa.
  
• Min, C., Kim, Y., Chung, H., Lee, S., Choi, J., Park, S., Yeom, J., & Foreman, W. (2018). Middle school English 1. Seoul: Jihaksa.
  
• Chung, H. (2017). A diagnostic review of English pronunciation teaching based on the analysis of the 2015 revised English curriculum and English textbooks. Studies in Modern Grammar, 96, 191-212. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2017). Pronunciation features of Asian speakers of English in interlanguage talk. Humanities Studies East and West, 53, 53-68.
  
• Chung, H. (2017). A basic introduction to speech recognition. Foreign Language Education, 20, 183-192.
  
• Park, J. H., & Chung, H. (2017). Developing procedure-based assessment model of English and its application to elementary school students' learning of listening and speaking. Teacher Education Research, 56(4), 367-384. [Download]
  
• Park, J. H., & Chung, H. (2017). A study on applicability of assessment tools for elementary school students' English listening and speaking competence based on 2015 revised English curriculum. Journal of Learner-Centered Curriculum and Instruction, 17(24), 575-604. [Download]
  
• Kim, H. K., & Chung, H. (2016). An analysis of the rhythm and reduced vowels of Korean adult learners of English. Studies in Foreign Language Education, 30(3), 109-132. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2016). An analysis of the use of media and children's spoken language in an English curriculum of a private nursery school. Journal of Learner-Centered Curriculum and Instruction, 16(10), 907-924. [Download]
  
• Chung, H., Lee, S.-K., & Kim, Y.-K. (2016). A study on the features of English as a lingua Franca in Asian contexts: Rhythmic features. Phonetics and Speech Sciences, 8(2), 1-9. [Download]
  
• Kim, Y.-K., Chung, H., & Lee, S.-K. (2016). English as a lingua franca in the Asian context: Indicating and responding to non-understanding in NNS discourse. Korean Journal of English Language and Linguistics, 16(2), 359-382. [Download]
  
• Chung, H., Kim, Y.-K., & Lee, S.-K. (2016). A study on the features of English as a lingua Franca in Asian contexts: Segmental features. Language and Linguistics, 71, 237-266. [Download]
  
• Lee, S.-K., Chung, H., & Kim, Y.-K. (2016). Features of English as a lingua franca in Asian contexts: Repair strategies for resolving lexico-grammatical errors. Secondary English Education, 9(2), 89-114. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2015). Measuring vowel formants and drawing a vowel formant scatter plot using Praat. Journal of Humanities, 15, 127-144.
  
• Chung, H. (2015). Concatenative synthesis in text-to-speech for foreign language education. Foreign Language Education, 17, 91-112
  
• Ryu, H., & Chung, H. (2015). The effect of Korean elementary school students' English pronunciation performance on their English self-concept. Journal of the Korea English Education Society, 14(3), 139-160. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2015). The measurement of English rhythm using Praat. Journal of the Elementary Education Society, 21, 103-120. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2014). Designing sound identification and discrimination experiments using Praat. Foreign Language Education, 16, 225-266. [Download]
  
• Kim, M. S., & Chung. H. (2014). A study on the effects of shadowing activities on Korean high school students' learning of English rhythm. Studies in Foreign Language Education, 28(2), 433-457. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2013). A study on the rhythm of Korean English learners' interlanguage talk. Phonetics and Speech Sciences, 5(3), 3-10. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2013). Phonological accommodation and convergence of English consonants in interlanguage talk by Korean learners of English in the UK. Language and Linguistics, 59, 241-266. [Download]
  
• Chung, H. (2013). A critical review on ELF (English as a Lingua Franca) paradigm in English pronunciation. Journal of the Elementary Education Society, 17, 123-138.
  
• Min, C. K., Chung, H., Kim, Y. K., Lee, S. K., Y. J. S., Park, S. M., Seong, S. H., Kim, S. M., Park, S. R., Lee, Y. H., & Foreman, W. A. (2013). Middle school English 1, 2, 3. Seoul: Kumsung Publishing.
  
• Park, J. H., & Chung, H. (2011). A study on intonation patterns implemented by Korean learners of English in an elementary school. Foreign Language Education, 12, 59-84.
  
• Kim, K., & Chung, H. (2011). A study on the rhythm of Korean learners' English in read aloud and spontaneous speech. Studies in Foreign Language Education, 25(1), 25-56.
  
• Chung, H. (2010). Redefining Lingua Franca Core for Korean learners of English. Phonetics and Speech Sciences, 2(4), 129-134. [Download]
  
• Min, C. K., Chung, H., Yoon, K. J., Jeong, M. R., Chung, M. H., Kwak, N, J., Jo, S. J., Foreman, W. A., & Lee, S. Y. (2010). High school English 1, 2. Seoul: Joongang Publishing.
  

Current Positions

• 2005-           Professor, Department of English Education, Korea National University of Education
• 2022-           Vice-president, The Korean Society of Speech Sciences
• 2018-           Editor-in-chief, Language and Linguistics, HUFS Language Research Institute
• 2017-           Vice-president, The Korean English Education Society

Previous Positions