Dr Min Jung Jee
Korean Major
Senior Lecturer
School of Languages and Cultures
+61 7 336 52681
Researcher biography
I have a PhD in Applied Linguistics, specialising in Foreign Language Education, from the University of Texas at Austin. Previously, I designed/coordinated and taught English to all levels of students in various contexts in South Korea for about 10 years. After moving to the US, I designed/coordinated and taught Korean courses at the University of Texas at Austin for 5 years. After joining the Korean Program at UQ, I have coordinated and taught all levels of Korean language courses and I was awarded Fellow rank from the Higher Education Academy in 2019.
My research work and outputs (e.g., publications, presentations, and grants) can be placed within the umbrella-branch of Applied Linguistics called Language Pedagogy. Within this interdisciplinary and practical field, I have mainly focused on Learner Affect (e.g., motivation, anxiety, beliefs and attitudes), Heritage Language Learners (in the US and in Australia), and Technology-Assisted Language Learning (esp. synchronous online communication for developing intercultural communication) from a pedagogical perspective. Recently, I have worked on issues related to Korean heritage speakers as well as Korean immigrants such as Korean heritage speakers' language anxiety, heritage language maintenance and ethnic identity, and Korean immigrants' acculturation in Australia. I am very keen to expand my research areas to include immigrant and ethnic groups in Australia, specifically examining their heritage language maintenance, shift, and loss. I also want to investigate the causes and effects of language anxiety in their daily life contexts, as well as their acculturation process.
Book Chapters
Jee, Min Jung (2023). Korean parents' attitudes toward their children's maintenance of heritage language in Australia. Korean as a heritage language from transnational and translanguaging perspectives. (pp. 46-66) edited by Hyesun Cho and Kwangok Song. New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003227250-5
Crosthwaite, Peter and Jee, Min Jung (2020). Referential movement in L2 vs. heritage Korean: a learner corpus study. Referring in a second language: studies on reference to person in a multilingual world. (pp. 75-99) edited by Jonathon Ryan and Peter Crosthwaite. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429263972-5
Jee, Min Jung (2019). Korean heritage speakers' ethnic identity and L1 proficiency: A study of Korean-Australians. Korean Heritage Language Maintenance, Learning and Development: Australian Practices and Perspectives. (pp. 177-196) edited by Seong-Chul Shin. Seoul, Korea: Sotong.
Journal Articles
Jee, Min Jung (2024). Exploring cultural identity and perspectives of bicultural immigrants: a study on 1.5 and second generations of Koreans in Australia. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/01434632.2024.2323164
Jee, Min Jung and Byun, Ji Hyun (2023). Korean EFL students' foreign language enjoyment and foreign language anxiety in the classroom: the university context. English Literature, 28 (3), 179-206. doi: 10.46449/MJELL.2023.08.28.3.179
Jee, Min Jung, Park, Mi Yung and Cheon, Sang Yee (2023). Language maintenance and ethnic identity among Korean heritage speakers in the Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii). Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1-20. doi: 10.1080/01434632.2023.2170386
Jee, Min Jung (2022). Communicative anxiety among Korean immigrants in Australia: causes and coping strategies. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 46 (3), 293-315. doi: 10.1075/aral.21016.jee
Choi, Eunjeong, Schallert, Diane L., Jee, Min Jung and Ko, Jungmin (2021). Transpacific telecollaboration and L2 writing: influences of interpersonal dynamics on peer feedback and revision uptake. Journal of Second Language Writing, 54 100855, 100855. doi: 10.1016/j.jslw.2021.100855
Anwar, Indry Widyasti, Jee, Min Jung, Adam, Sutisno and Sailuddin, Sartika (2021). Willingness to communicate and its influencing factors among Indonesian pre-service teachers. Journal of Languages and Language Teaching, 9 (4), 385-398. doi: 10.33394/jollt.v9i4.4201
Byun, Ji Hyun and Jee, Min Jung (2021). COVID-19 시대 원격 기반 교양 영어 수업에 대한 대학생 학습자들의 인식. Modern Studies in English Language and Literature, 65 (2), 113-135. doi: 10.17754/MESK.65.2.113
Jee, Min Jung and Byun, Ji-Hyun (2020). Korean university EFL students' motivation, demotivation, and attitudes toward learning English. Journal of Linguistic Studies, 25 (1), 95-112. doi: 10.21291/jkals.2020.25.1.6
Byun, Ji-Hyun and Jee, Min Jung (2020). EFL 및 KFL 환경에서 실시간 토론이 비판적 사고력에 미치는 영향. Modern Studies in English Language and Literature, 64 (2), 65-88. doi: 10.17754/MESK.64.2.65
Jee, Min Jung (2020). Heritage language anxiety and major language anxiety experienced by Korean immigrants in Australia. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 25 (5), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/13670050.2020.1799321
Jee, Min Jung (2019). Foreign language anxiety and self-efficacy: intermediate Korean as a foreign language learners. Language Research, 55 (2), 431-456. doi: 10.30961/lr.2019.55.2.431
Jihyun, Byun and Min Jung, Jee (2019). University EFL students’ perceptions and suggestions toward corrective feedback in English composition. Modern Studies in English Language and Literature, 63 (1), 27-46. doi: 10.17754/MESK.63.1.27
Jee, Min Jung (2018). Foreign language anxiety in relation to affective variables: Learners of Korean as a foreign language in Australia. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 41 (3), 328-348. doi: 10.1075/aral.17068.jee
Jee, Min Jung (2018). Four skill-based foreign language anxieties: learners of Korean in Australia. Linguistic Research, 35 (Specialissue), 23-45. doi: 10.17250/khisli.35..201809.002
Byun, Ji Hyun and Jee, Min Jung (2018). EFL learners’ experience on target culture learning via synchronous discussion. The Journal of Modern British & American Language & Literature, 36 (2), 121-145. doi: 10.21084/jmball.2018.05.36.2.121
Jee, Min Jung (2018). Heritage language proficiency in relation to attitudes, motivation, and age at immigration: a case of Korean-Australians. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 31 (1), 70-93. doi: 10.1080/07908318.2017.1342653
Jee, Min Jung (2017). Examining beliefs about language learning in relation to perceived linguistic self-confidence: learners of Korean as a foreign language in Australia. Linguistic Research, 34 (Special Edition), 25-48. doi: 10.17250/khisli.34..201709.002
Jee, Min Jung (2017). An interview with Michael Levy, The University of Queensland. The Korean Language in America, 21 (1), 19-24. doi: 10.5325/korelangamer.21.1.0019
Jee, Min Jung (2017). An interview with Paula Garrett-Rucks, Georgia State University. The Korean Language in America, 21 (1), 10-18. doi: 10.5325/korelangamer.21.1.0010
Jee, Min Jung and Byun, Ji Hyun (2016). An intercultural exchange project between KFL and EFL students. Foreign Languages Education, 23 (2), 107-136. doi: 10.15334/FLE.2016.23.2.107
Jee, Min Jung (2016). Korean-American students’ beliefs about language learning: the effect of perceived identity. Journal of Korean Language Education, 27 (2), 275-302. doi: 10.18209/iakle.2016.27.2.275
Jee, Min Jung (2016). An Interview with Hangtae Cho, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. The Korean Language in America, 20 (1), 77-84. doi: 10.5325/korelangamer.20.1.0077
Jee, Min Jung (2016). Exploring Korean heritage language learners' anxiety: 'we are not afraid of Korean!'. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 37 (1), 56-74. doi: 10.1080/01434632.2015.1029933
Jee, Min Jung (2015). A case study of a Cultura-inspired project for the teaching of culture. Korean Language Education Research, 50 (5), 114-146.
Jee, Min Jung (2015). A study of language learner motivation: Learners of Korean as a foreign language. Journal of Korean Language Education, 26 (2), 213-238.
Jee, Min Jung (2015). An interview with Sang Yee Cheon, University of Hawai'i at Manoa. The Korean Language in America, 19 (1), 102-112. doi: 10.5325/korelangamer.19.1.0102
Jee, Min Jung (2015). Language learners' strategy use and self-efficacy: Korean heritage learners versus non-heritage learners. Language Research, 51 (1), 167-195.
Jee, Min Jung (2014). Affective factors in Korean as a Foreign Language: anxiety and beliefs. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 27 (2), 182-195. doi: 10.1080/07908318.2014.918626
Jee, Min Jung (2014). From first life to second life: Evaluating task-based language learning in a new environment. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 40 (1), 1-15.
Jee, Min Jung (2014). Korean heritage language learners anxiety: Any changes over a year?. Korean Language Education Research, 49 (4), 111-138.
Jee, Min Jung (2014). Software review: KoreanClass101.com. CALICO Journal, 31 (1), 125-131. doi: 10.11139/cj.31.1.126-133
Jee, Min Jung (2013). Beliefs about language learning: a study of American university students learning Korean. Language Research, 49 (2), 399-418.
Byun, Ji-Hyun and Jee, Min Jung (2012). The effects of different foreign language learning on levels of foreign language anxiety. Korean Journal of the Learning Sciences, 6 (2), 1-12.
Jee, Min Jung (2012). Teachers and students perceptions on L1 and L2 use in Korean high school English classrooms. Studies in Foreign Language Education, 26 (2), 167-190.
Jee, Min Jung (2012). Effects of language anxiety on three levels of classes of Korean as a foreign language. Journal of Korean Language Education, 23 (2), 467-487.
Jee, Min Jung (2011). Web 2.0 technology meets mobile assisted language learning. The IALLT Journal of Language Learning Technologies, 41 (1), 161-175.
Jee, Min Jung (2011). ESL students interaction in second life: Unofficial task periods activities. Korean Journal of Applied Linguistics, 27 (4), 55-80.
Jee, Min Jung (2011). Perspectives on the learning of Korean and identity formation in Korean heritage learners. Teaching Korean as a Foreign Language, 36, 266-289.
Traphagan, Tomoko Watanabe, Chiang, Yueh-hui Vanessa, Chang, Hyeseung Maria, Wattanawaha, Benjaporn, Lee, Haekyung, Mayrath, Michael Charles, Woo, Jeongwon, Yoon, Hyo-Jin, Jee, Min Jung and Resta, Paul E. (2010). Cognitive, social and teaching presence in a virtual world and a text chat. Computers and Education, 55 (3), 923-936. doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.04.003
Jee, Min Jung (2010). ESL students' attitudes toward tasks in second life. STEM: Journal of the Society for Teaching English through Media, 11 (2), 183-205.
Jee, Min Jung (2009). Socioculturalism with technology: implications in SLA. Soonchunhyang Journal of Humanities, 23, 307-340.
Jee, Min Jung and Park, Min Jung (2009). Livemocha as an online learning community. CALICO Journal, 26 (2), 448-456. doi: 10.11139/cj.26.2.448-456
Jee, Min Jung (2009). Context-based academic writing with technology: ESL and EFL contexts. Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal, 1 (2), 1-12.
Jee, Min Jung (2008). Using blogs as ePortfolios in ESL/EFL writing classes. SLWIS News, 3 (2).
Conference Papers
Jee, Min Jung (2023). Korean immigrants' acculturation in Australia: perceptions on cultural identity, cultural differences, and unfairness. Empowering Asian Language Speakers Symposium, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 3 July 2023.
Jee, Min Jung, Park, Mi Yung and Cheon, Sang Yee (2021). A Preliminary Study on Korean Heritage Speakers’ Language Use and Maintenance: Asia-Pacific Region (Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii). The 26th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Korean Conference & Workshop, Online, 24 - 26 June 2021 .
Jee, Min Jung (2018). Korean-Australians' ethnic identity in relation to Korean proficiency. American Association of Teachers of Korean, University of Toronto, Canada, 21-23 June 2018.
Jee, Min Jung and Byun, Ji-Hyun (2017). Learner perspectives toward different types of corrective feedback in EFL composition class. Korean Association of Teachers of English International Conference in Seoul, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea, 30 June - 1 July 2017.
Choi, Eunjeong , Jee, Min Jung , Go, Jungmin and Schallert, Diane (2015). Telecollaboration Across Culture and Language: Peer Feedback on L2 Writing. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 27 March 2015.
Strauss, Susan, Choi, Seungja, Ju, Hee, Kim, So-young, Lee, Mina, Park, Ok-Sook, Park, Mi Yung, Kim, Ihnhee and Jee, Min Jung (2014). Increasing voices, representation, and readership for The KLA (workshop). Association of American Teachers of Korean, Boston University, Boston, 19-21 June, 2014.
Jee, Min Jung and Byun, Ji-Hyun (2014). Intercultural project between EFL and KFL students on Facebook. Korean Association of Teachers of English, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 4-5 July 2014.
Jee, Min Jung (2014). Intercultural communication on Facebook. Texas Language Centre workshop, "Blogs, and Chat, and Tweets, Oh My!", The University of Texas at Austin, 28 September 2014.
Jee, Min Jung (2013). Facebook to face Culture. American Association of Teachers of Korean, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States, 27-29 June 2013.
Jee, Min Jung (2013). Negotiation in Second Life. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Convention, Dallas, Texas USA, 20-23 March 2013.
Kayi-Aydar, Hayriye , Hardy, Jacques , Jee, Min Jung and Schallert, Diane (2012). L2 Use, Emotions, and Flip-flops: Intercultural Communication in Engineering/Science Labs. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Convention, Philadelphia, USA, 28-31 March 2012.
Hardy, Jacques , Kayi-Aydar, Hayriye , Jee, Min Jung and Schallert, Diane (2011). Scenario-based learning for students in multicultural research labs. Texas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TexTESOL) State Conference, Austin, Texas, USA, 28-29 October 2011.
Jee, Min Jung (2010). ESL students’ language use in Task-based SCMC in Second Life. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, GA United States, 6-9 March 2010.
Jee, Min Jung (2009). Language for Social Relation in SCMC: an exploratory study. International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT), Georgia State University, 25-31 May, 2009.
Jee, Min Jung (2009). Teachers’ and students’ perceptions on the use of L1 and L2 as instructional language and its relationship with the new English education policy of South Korea: a case of high school. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), San Diego Convention Center, 19-22 November 2009.
Jee, Min Jung (2009). Korean Heritage Learners’ maintenance of their identity and language: a case of college level students. The International Society for Language Studies (ISLS), Orlando , Florida, USA, 11-13 June, 2009.
Byun, Ji-Hyun and Jee, Min Jung (2009). How to run the “Book Club”? Using a English Young Adolescent Novel as a Textbook to Intermediate-level English Learners. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Denver, Colorado, United States, 21-24 March 2009.
Jee, Min Jung (2009). Functions of L1 and L2 Use in an EFL Context: A Case of Korean High School English Class. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Doctoral Forum, Denver, Colorado United States, 25 March 2009.
Jee, Min Jung (2009). SCMC Environment from the Socioconstructivist Point of View: an exploratory study. The Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO), Arizona State University, 10-14 March 2009.
Jee, Min Jung, Hong, Eun-Mi, Song, Young-Wan, Park, Sun-Eon and Cho, Sook-Whan (2005). Topic continuity in naturalistic speech data by Korean high-functioning autistic children. Korean Society for Cognitive Science Conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 28 May 2005. Seoul, Republic of Korea: The Korean Society for Cognitive Science (KSCS).
Data Collections
Jee, Min Jung (2024). Acculturation strategies and adaptation of Korean immigrants - survey data. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/6abe33b
Jee, Min Jung (2023). Survey responses on perceived cultural identity of Korean-Australians. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/0cfb2f4