Sueyon Seo 4282 N Wilson Drive #4 Shorewood WI /sseo@uwm.edu

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1 Sueyon Seo 4282 N Wilson Drive #4 Shorewood WI /sseo@uwm.edu JOB OB JECTIVE Associated faculty in Japanese language Education University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI PhD in Education May 2012 Emphasis: Second Language Acquisition in Curriculum and Instruction, Urban Education M.A. in Linguistics May 2006 Catholic (Songsim) University B.S. in Biology February 1989 EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI Foreign Languages and Literature Japanese Lecturer September 2009 present Teaching Assistant January 2005 August 2009 Taught beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of Japanese to undergraduate students. Instructed students in grammar, vocabulary, kanji (Chinese characters), and culture Conducted research to examine efficient methodology in the foreign language classrooms Assisted students reading and writing for school projects and events Coordinated 2 nd year Japanese language program managing college grade system Counseled with students in office to give additional support for their homework and Japanese Gave quizzes, oral tests, to evaluate proficiency in Japanese Managed Japanese Conversation Table once a week to share cultural information on Japan Demonstrated calligraphy during class Japanese Instructor Fall, 2010 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Instructed adult learners in Japanese grammar, vocabulary, kanji, culture, and conversation Japanese Instructor Fall, 2004 Seoul International Language Institute Bundang, Korea Instructed college students in Japanese grammar and conversation

2 YMCA Bundang, Korea English Instructor Taught adults English grammar and conversation Introduced American culture INTERPRETER/TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE Human Resources Development of Korea Overseas Recruit Center Interpreter/Translation Assisted and interpreted for Japanese delegates in the International IPEC Youth Camp and International Youth Skill Olympics Translated Japanese/English to Korean and vice versa for delegates from Canada and Japan Translated White Paper of Ministry of Health and Welfare in Japan into Korean Interpreted at international conferences hosted by Human Resources Development of Korea Assisted English interviews between the company and the interviewees Searched for information on U.S visas and translated into Korean Searched for foreign companies profiles and government agencies and introduced them to Korean candidates Guided delegates and showed them around the cities of Korea SWITS Interpreting Services Milwaukee Freelance Interpreter 2012-present Interpreted at the hospital to aid communication between doctors and Korean patients who do not understand English. Helped social workers of US government to communicate with Korean immigrants who do not understand English. WORK EXPERIENCE Human Resources Development of Korea (HRDK) Overseas Recruiter Conducted and reviewed background checks on foreign companies and government agencies business practices Collected and examined profiles on foreign companies and government agencies interested in hiring Korean candidates. Screened and interviewed candidates based on skills, education, and experience for jobs Arranged and coached job interviews for Korean candidates Coordinated workshops and lectures on cultures to the candidates for the overseas jobs

3 Convention Planner Planned, organized, and coordinated the International IPEC Youth Camp which was held in Ulsan, Korea, 2001 Accompanied and assisted Korean candidates in the International Youth Skill Olympics which was held in Montreal, Canada, 1999 Planned, organized, and coordinated Job Fair annually. Korean Air Marketing and Reservation Department Staff Managed special reservations such as unaccompanied minors, stretchers or VIPs Cooperated with Korea s leading banks to develop airline-bank mileage system Coordinated to develop airline s mileage burning programs. PERSONAL Achieved 1 st level of Japanese Proficiency Test, 2003 Achieved TESOL Certificate at Ajou University in Korea, 2004 Passed PPST I in 2008 and PPST II (Foreign language education) in 2009 Achieved Teacher Training Certificate at Sookmyung Women s University in Korea, 2002 Awarded Excellence Teachers from Students Accessibility Center in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2011 Obtained a scholarship of School of Education in 2008 Achieved International Convention Planning Certificate at Korea University in Korea, 2001 Received an award for work performance by the Ministry of Labor, Korea, 2001 Demonstrated calligraphy at Atwater Elementary School in Shorewood, 2007 Volunteered as substitute teacher in ESL classroom at Atwater Elementary School in Shorewood, 2007 Elementary level of Chinese PUBLICATION LIST Published 2013a. Explanation or Examples? published by Lambert Publishing This book is based on the doctoral dissertation Explicit vs implicit instruction in the intermediate level of second language learners of the Japanese particles wa and ga. The current trend of ESL methodologies is mostly focused on communicative, performance-based instruction, however, its effectiveness is in doubt when a target language is very distinct from a mother tongue. Considering that Japanese and English are two very different languages and the concepts for the two Japanese particles are ambiguous, explicit instruction is more useful in order for students to understand the concept and to be able to use each particle appropriately.

4 2013b. Cultural factors motivating Chinese ESL students 2013 Hawaii University International Conferences Education & Technology Math & Engineering Technology The paper is to investigate how the integrative and instrumental motivations work in different ways for students of the East and the West. It has been known that in learning foreign languages, integrative motivation stimulates students learning more than instrumental motivation, however, it was different for Chinese ESL students and the reason was the different cultural background of the students The Awakened One Poetics Joseph S. Spencer, Sr. published by Rochak Publishing This is a volume of English language poems supplemented by translation into different languages. I did Japanese translation for 40 poems. Talks 2013a. Why teaching culture in the foreign language classroom is important? 2013 Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (MCAA) Recently most language courses offer cultural components to enhance students language ability. By investigating the motivational factors of foreign language learners, the study is to provide empirical support to show that offering cultural experience will be a great motivation for students in foreign language education. 2013b. The effect of shadowing/repeating practice on the elementary level of Japanese students pronunciation Sueyon Seo & Kazuhide Takeuchi 2013 Central Association of Teachers of Japanese (CATJ) The paper is to investigate whether shadowing practice in elementary level language learning improves students pronunciation. Shadowing practice is regarded to be a useful method for improving learners pronunciation and speaking skill; however, its effectiveness is proved mostly advanced level learners. The purpose of the research is to find out if the method is useful on the elementary level as well and how the method can be adopted to the normal language classroom environment Does reading aloud improve foreign language learners speaking ability? 2014 American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) This paper is published in Global Science and Technology Forum GSTF Jed vol.2, no.1 The purpose of this study is to find ways to enhance foreign language students speaking ability. Many such students are anxious about speaking the target language because they are conscious of their imperfect

5 pronunciation and feel strange about their own voice pronouncing the unfamiliar sound. I wish to explore whether the practice of reading aloud in the classroom addresses this problem. Research in Progress The first one is about the effect of the combined method of shadowing and repeat practice on students' ability to speak This is a continuation of my research of 2013 about the effect of shadowing/repeating practice on beginning-level Japanese students' pronunciation. The purpose of my current study is to find out whether the combination of the two practices has any influence on students' speaking ability. Since my previous work did not involve a control group and the borderline between shadowing and repeat practice was left vague, my present research focuses on how to familiarize students with Japanese sounds by repeating the model conversation regardless of whether shadowing or repeat practice is used. My second project involves interviews with our best students to find out about their learning style and habit in studying Japanese. I would like to know whether students who are very successful in studying Japanese have specific learning styles or habits that help them. I will choose the best students in the 1st and 2nd year courses of our Japanese program, examine Western students' learning styles, and hope to suggest effective ways for students to acquire Japanese.