Professor
Director, Bilingual/ESL Graduate Program,
Department of Languages and Cultures
Phone: 973-720-3041; Email: yoonk@wpunj.edu

Bio-sketch

Keumsil Kim Yoon is currently professor of linguistics in the Department of Languages and cultures where she is Director of the Bilingual/ESL Graduate Program. She has trained bilingual teachers from all over the world including France and Canada. She co-authored and coordinated a Title VII Bilingual Teacher Training grant project, funded ($ 500,000 +) by the US Department of Education, and has served frequently as a team leader/evaluator of the Title VII federal grant proposals. Since 1992, she has chaired the Annual Bilingual/ESL conference, one of the most comprehensive and stimulating language education forums in New Jersey, attended by over 300 language educators each year.

She has published widely in nationally and internationally acclaimed journals/collections (e.g. Applied Psycholinguistics, Journal of Pragmatics, International Review of Applied Linguistics). She has presented frequently in national and international conferences (e.g. International Congress of Linguists, International Association of Applied Linguistics, International Pragmatics Conference, MLA), and has been invited to deliver lectures overseas. Her research interests have traveled from morpho-syntax through psycholinguistic to sociolinguistics and pragmatics, always focusing on language as it is used in varied interactional settings. Her current focus is on cross-cultural differences in social interactions and the problems these fascinating differences create for speakers of other languages.

EDUCATION

Ph.D (Doctorat de 3 éme Cycle) Linguistics, University of Paris III, 1984
MA (Maîtrise) Linguistics, University of Paris III, 1974
BA French Language and Literature, Ewha University, 1972

POST-BACALAUREAT DIPLOMES/CERTIFICATES
Diplôme Supérieur de linguistique appliquée, University of Paris III, 1975
Diplôme de méthodologie de l'enseignement d'une langue étrangère (option:
français langue étrangère), University of Paris VIII, 1974

COURSES TAUGHT

Graduate Courses: General Linguistics; Second Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics
Undergraduate Courses: Basic/Intermediate French; Sound and Structure of French

RESEARCH AREAS:

a) Micro-sociolinguistics/Pragmatics/Discourse analysis:
b) Macro- Sociolinguistics/Bilingualism/Bilingual Education
c) Psycholinguistics/Second Language Acquisition:

Selected Publications in Refereed Books and Journals

"Interactive Aspect of Voice Mail Communication: Involvement and Prosodic Features," In Eniko Nemeth, (Ed.) Pragmatics in 2000, International Pragmatics Association. Antwerp, Belgium (2001). pp. 625-634.

"A sociolinguistic Assessment of Changes in the New Romanization of Korean,"
The Linguistic Association of Korea Journal, International Issue, 9, 1, (2001). pp. 1-14

"Head Directionality and Intrasentential Code-switching: A study of Japanese Canadian and Korean Americans' Bilingual Speech, (Co-author: Miwa Nishimura), Japanese/Korean Linguistics (Ed. David Silva) -CSLI/Standford University, and distributed by Cambridge University Press. (1998) pp. 121-131.

"Answering Machine Discourse: Components, Variation, & Fluency", (Co-author: Claudia Gdaniec), Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Linguists. (Ed. Bernard Caron) CD ROM, Optimedia Ltd and Elsevier Science Ltd. (1997)

"A Case Study of Fluent Bilingual Speakers: Group Membership and Code Choices" Journal of Pragmatics 25, March, (1996) pp. 395-407

"Challenging Prototype Descriptions: Perception of Noun Countability and Indefinite vs Zero Article Use," International Review of Applied Linguistics VOL. XXXI, NO. 4, (1993) November, pp. 269-289.

"New Perspective on Code-Switching: A Study of Korean-English Intrasentential Code-Switching," Applied Psycholinguistics, Vol. 13, No. 4, (1992) pp.433-450

"Gender-Related Linguistic Features: Investigation into the Use of Hedges" (Selected Paper)Proceedings XVth International Congress of Linguists, Québec, Les Presses de L'Université Laval, Volume 4, (1992) pp. 437-441

"Bilingual Pragmatic Transfer in Speech Acts: Bi-directional Responses to a Compliment" Pragmatics and Language Learning, Vol. 2, University of Illinois. (1991) pp. 75-100

"Linguistic Polarity and Social Dynamics of Asian- American Speech Communities," The Journal of East and West Studies, Vol. 19, No.1. (1990) pp. 97-110

"Beyond Cultural Differences" TESL Reporter, Brigham Young University,
Vol. 21 (1988) No 4, pp. 67-70.

"Assessment of linguistic needs of Korean American students in Northern New Jersey: Implications for future direction," (co-author: Gladys Nussenbaum) NABE Journal, Vol 12, No 1, (1987) pp. 51-63.