Dr Ku In (Kyuin) Kim

BA, MA, PhD

School of East Asian Studies

Teaching Associate in Korean Language

Ku In Kim
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Ku.kim@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Ku In (Kyuin) Kim
School of East Asian Studies
Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
91直播
S3 7RA
Profile

Dr. Ku In (Kyuin) Kim is a Korean language lecturer in the School of East Asian Studies at the University of 91直播 where she has worked since 2018. She completed her Ph.D. in 2021 in Korean language Pedagogy at Ewha Womans University in Korea.

She has a varied background with broad expertise in many forms of Korean Studies.
From 2014 to 2018, she has worked as a Korean lecturer at SungKyunKwan University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. she worked in the private sector of multinational companies in Korea. In addition, she also worked as a translator and published 鈥淜orean for Overseas Koreans (English)鈥 by the Ministry of Education of Korea.

As a Korean studies researcher, her research involves Intercultural competence in Korean language pedagogy, analyses how Intercultural competence is perceived/acquired, and how can be measured/implemented in the Korean language pedagogy.

Qualifications

B.A. (University of California, San Diego)
M.A. (Ewha Womans University)
Ph.D. (Ewha Womans University)

Research interests

My research agenda is currently focused on the development of intercultural capabilities in Korean language education. Research interests include:

  • Korean Language Pedagogy
  • (Inter)cultural competence in Korean language pedagogy
  • Cultural representations in Korean language textbooks
Teaching interests

Kyuin Kim's teaching approach combines language skills and Intercultural competence to provide students with a more comprehensive view of both the Korean language and culture.

  • Her modules encourage students to develop their language proficiency and communicate successfully with different cultures in the global world.
  • She incorporates innovative teaching methodologies and provides a student-centered, interactive learning environment to build confidence in students鈥 learning journeys.
Teaching activities

EAS 171 & 6251 Non-specialist Korean Language I

EAS 172 & 6261 Non-specialist Korean Language 2

EAS 21001 Non-specialist Korean Language 3 

EAS 21002  Non-specialist Korean Language 4

EAS 373 Non-specialist Korean Language 5

EAS 374 Non-specialist Korean Language 6

Professional activities and memberships

Project 

(Current) 鈥淸K-Series] Learning Korean through Cultural Keywords鈥 She is working on intermediate-advanced Korean textbooks.

(2022) 鈥溾 - Online Korean Language & Culture Curriculum and Contents, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. She was the director of the project. She developed the Korean Language-Culture Curriculum with the contents of Korean Foods.

Publications

Books

Ku In (Kyuin) KIM, Sehee Park (2023) 鈥溾. 91直播 Library Open Educational Resources (OER).

Translations Published (Korean-to-English)

"Korean for Overseas Koreans" (2015) Volume 4.2-6 published by the Ministry of Education of Korea.

Journal articles

Kim, KI & Yum, JE (2023) 氍疙檾 鞏胳柎 電ル牓 鞁犾灔鞚 鞙勴暅 頃滉淡鞏绰冯頇 甑愳湣 氚╈晥 鞐瓣惮 - 鈥橅暅甑潓鞁濃欖潉 氚旐儠鞙茧 - (Enhancing Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Korean Education Topic - Korean Food -). , 1099-1131

Kim Ku-In (Kyuin) (2022) 頃滉淡鞏 甑愳湣鞐愳劀鞚 氍疙檾 電ル牓鞐 甏頃 順柬暕 氚╇矔 鞐瓣惮 (A Mixed-Method Study on Cultural Competence in The Field of Korean Language Education). , 582-596.

Kim, KI & Lee, HJ (2020) . Studies in Foreign Language Education, 34(2).