Sun-Young Shin
- Lecturer, Second Language Studies
Education
- Ph.D. 2007. Applied Linguistics & TESL. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- M.A. 2002. English as a Second Language. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
- B.A. 1998. English Language and Literature. Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Contact Information
e-mail: shin36@indiana.edu
office: Memorial Hall 314
phone: (812) 855-8479
Research Interests
Second/foreign language assessment, English for academic purposes, Language program evaluation, Web-based language teaching and testing, Heritage language teaching and learning, and Statistical analyses for language study.
Personal Statement
My research agenda mainly focuses on the issues in validation of language assessments for academic language ability in the four skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing. I'm also interested in conducting standard setting study for language proficiency exams, which is mainly about how we decide when someone is at a certain level and what evidence needs to be collected and presented. My current research projects are concerned with validating the use of an oral interview for screening International Teaching Assistants (ITA). Other current research topic includes the investigations of the relationships between the different dimensions of grammatical knowledge and other language skills, and the issues of defining the construct of English oral fluency in the academic context, and how we go about measuring and teaching it effectively. I also serve as a language testing specialist at the Center for the Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR) in developing proficiency guidelines and standards for Central Asian languages, and developing and analyzing the Indiana English Proficiency Exam (IEPE) and the Test of English Proficiency for International Associate Instructor Candidates (TEPAIC).
Courses Recently Taught
- SLST-T500 Web-based Language Teaching & Testing
- SLST-T522 Survey of Applied Linguistics
- SLST-T550 Language Testing
- SLST-T551 L2 Program Evaluation (Spring 2010)
- SLST-S650 Design and Development of Language Assessment
- SLST-S700 Issues in Quantitative Research for Language Study
Publications and Presentations
Shin, S.Y. (2009). "The Functions of Code-Switching in a Korean Sunday School". (To appear in the Heritage Language Journal).
Shin, S.Y. (2009). "An analysis of the relationship between grammatical knowledge and other language skills", presented at American Association for Applied linguistics (AAAL), Denver, CO, April, 2009.
Shin, S.Y. & Azimova, Nigora (2009), "Developing the proficiency tests for Turkic Languages, presented at National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL), Madison, WI, April 2009.
Shin, S.Y. (2008). "Examining the construct validity of a web-based academic listening test: an investigation of the effects of constructed response formats in a listening test". The Spaan Fellowship Working Papers in Second or Foreign Language, 6, 95-129. English Language Institute. University of Michigan.
Shin, S.Y. (2008). "An investigation of the effects of response formats on performance in a web-based academic listening test", presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Washington, DC, April, 2008.
Shin, S.Y. & Azimova, Nigora (2008). "Developing the proficiency guidelines for Uzbek", presented at National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL), Madison, WI, April, 2008.
Shin, S.Y. (2007). "Do monologue and dialogue formats of speaking tests affect students' performance differently in heritage and non-heritage learners of Korean?". presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Costa Mesa, CA, April, 2007.
Shin, S.Y. (2006). "Do you think or believe the Dodgers will win?: A corpus analysis of English verbs marking of stance in BBS, Speech, and Writing". 3rd UC Language Consortium Conference, April, 2006.
Shin, S.Y. (2004). "The Functions of Code-Switching in a Korean Sunday School". 12th Workshop on East Asian Linguistics, April, 2004.
Shin, S.Y. and H. Kim. (2002). "The Effects of Schema-building on KFL Learner Production". Applied Linguistics Association of Korea, December, 2002.
