Hakyung Sung
Research Interests
- Corpus and Computational Linguistics
- Evaluation of Large Language Models Applied to Learner Language
- Linguistic Annotation of Learner Language Corpora (English & Korean)
- Second Language Assessment (speaking & writing)
- Usage-based Constructionist Approach
- University of Oregon, Linguistics, Ph.D., 2021.9-Current
- Concurrent M.S. in Computer Science, 2022.9-Current
- Advisor: Dr. Kristopher Kyle
- Seoul National University, English Language Education, M.A., 2016.3-2018.2
- Ewha Womans University, English Language and Literature, B.A., 2011.3-2016.2
- Sung, H., & Shin, G-H. (in press). Constructing a dependency treebank for second language learners of Korean. In LREC-COLING 2024.
- Sung, H., & Kyle, K. (2024). Annotation scheme for English argument structure constructions treebank, In Proceedings of the 18th Linguistic Annotation Workshop (LAW-XVIII).
- Sung, H., Cho, S., & Kyle, K. (2024). An empirical evaluation of lexical diversity indices in L2 Korean writing assessment, Language Assessment Quarterly, 1-22.
- Sung, H., & Shin, G-H. (2023). Diversifying language models for lesser-studied languages and language-usage contexts: A case of second language Korean, In Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2023.
- Kyle, K., Sung, H., Eguchi, M., & Zenker, F. (2023). Evaluating evidence for the reliability and validity of lexical diversity indices in L2 oral task responses, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1-22.
- Sung, H., & Shin, G-H. (2023). Towards L2-friendly pipelines for learner corpora: A case of written production by L2-Korean learners, In Proceedings the 18th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications, 72-82, Association for Computational Linguistics. [🪧]
- Kyle, K., & Sung, H. (2023). An argument structure construction treebank, In Proceedings of the Workshop on Construction Grammars and NLP, 51–62, Association for Computational Linguistics.
- Sung, H. (2019). Korean EFL learners’ processing of English caused-motion construction, English Teaching, 74(1), 49-73.
- LARC. Brigham Young University, Utah. (April 2024)
- Sung, H. Exploring the relationship between argument structure construction usage and L2 English proficiency.
- Graduate Student Research/Travel Awards (2022/23/24), University of Oregon
- Professional Development Graduate Scholarship (2023), University of Oregon
- Raymund Fellowship (2021), University of Oregon
- Promising Scholar Award (2021), University of Oregon
- Lockey Graduate Science Award (2021), University of Oregon
- Top-off Award in Linguistics Department (2021), University of Oregon
- Excellence of Academics (2017), Seoul National University
- Scholarship of Graduate Student Instructor (2017), Seoul National University
- Scholarship from Humanities Alumni (2013), Ewha Womans University
- Dean’s List (2011/12/14), Ewha Womans University
- Korean Studies Grant (co-researcher), The Academy of Korean Studies, 2024.2-2025.1
- PI: Gyu-Ho Shin (Assistant Professor of Linguistics at University of Illinois at Chicago)
- Title: Towards inclusive NLP research: Developing language models on second language Korean
- Budget: $13,200
- Graduate Employee, UO Linguistics, 2022.9-Current
- Summer Intern, ACTFL, 2022.6-2022.8
- Electronic Resources Student Assistant, UO Library, 2021.10-2022.9
- English Teacher, Daewon Foreign Language High School, 2020.3-2021.2
- English Teacher, Gyeonggi Foreign Language High School, 2018.3-2020.2
- Conference Committee, AACL 2024
- Ad-hoc Reviewer
- Language Assessment Quarterly
- International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching
- Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
- 18th BEA Workshop
- 16th International American Association for Corpus Linguistics Conference
- Graduate Student Faculty Representative, UO Linguistics Dept., 2022.1-2023.6
- Graduate Student Instructor, Seoul National University, 2017.3-2018.2
- R
- Python
- Linguistic Analysis Tools: TAALED, TAALES, TAASSC, etc.
- Regular Teacher’s License in Korea (Teaching English, 2nd degree)
- SNU Online Training Program for Korean Language Teachers (Teaching Korean)