Hakyung Sung
1600 Millrace Dr. #201
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
LCR-ADS-Lab
Research Interests
Usage-based Constructionist Approach, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Assessment
Education
- 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 Langauge Education, M.A., 2016.3-2018.2
- Ewha Womans University, English Langauge and Literature, B.A., 2011.3-2016.2
Publications
- 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.
Presentations
- Sung, H., & Shin, G-H. (Sep. 2023). Comparison of morphological analyzers for L2-Korean written corpora. Paper presenting at EuroSLA 32, University of Birmingham, UK.
- Sung, H., & Kyle, K. (May. 2023). Automatic identification of motion constructions in L1 and L2 English spoken corpora. Paper presenting at ICCG12. Charles University, Czech Republic.
- Kyle, K., & Sung, H. (May. 2023). Robust automatic annotation of argument structure constructions. Paper presenting at ICCG12. Charles University, Czech Republic.
- Sung, H., & Kyle, K. (Mar. 2023). Exploring evenness lexical diversity indices in L2 written and spoken corpora. Paper presenting at AAAL 2023. Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, USA.
- Kyle, K., Sung, H., Eguchi, M., & Zenker, F. (Mar. 2023). The reliability and validity of lexical diversity indices in second language oral productions. Paper presenting at AAAL 2023. Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, USA.
- Diantoro, C., Sung, H., & Baese-Berk, M. (Mar. 2023). Comparing stress patterns of verbs and satellites in L1/L2 spoken corpora based on framing typology. Poster presenting at AAAL 2023. Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, USA.
- Sung, H. (Sep. 2022). On the development of motion constructions of Korean L2 English learners: A cross-sectional spoken corpus-based study. Paper presenting at AACL 2022. Northern Arizona University, USA.
- Kyle, K., Sung, H., Eguchi, M., & Zenker, F. (Sep. 2022). Evaluating the reliability and validity of lexical diversity indices in second language oral corpora. Paper presenting at AACL 2022. Northern Arizona University, USA.
- Cho, S., & Sung, H. (Sep. 2022). Investigating lexical diversity in L2 Korean writing: Focusing on multiple indices and Korean tokenizers. Paper presenting at AACL 2022. Northern Arizona University, USA.
- Sung, H., & Cho, S. (Aug. 2022). Evaluating lexical diversity of Korean as a second language learners’ writing using NLP tool. Paper presenting at EuroSLA 31. University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Experience
- 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
Honors & Awards
- Professional Development Graduate Scholarship (2023), University of Oregon
- Graduate Student Travel Awards (2023), University of Oregon
- Convention & World Languages Expo Stipend Award (2022), ACTFL
- Graduate Student Travel & Research Awards (2022), 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 (2011-2012, 2014), Ewha Womans University
Services
- Ad-hoc Reviewer
- International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching
- Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
- 18th BEA Workshop
- Graduate Student Faculty Representative, UO Linguistics Dept., 2022.1-2023.6
- Graduate Student Instructor, Seoul National University, 2017.3-2018.2
Skills & Certifications
- 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)