Projects

Externally Funded Research Projects

Korea National Research Foundation (Principal Investigator)

1. 2025-2028 NRF Grant: The Implementation of the 2022 Revised English National Curriculum: A Longitudinal Study on Elementary English Teachers‘ Perceptions and Practices.

2. 2022-2025 NRF Grant: Elementary English teachers’ use of new technologies in the intelligent information age: A longitudinal study on teacher cognition, motivation, and professional development.

3. 2018-2021 NRF Grant: From Pre-service to in-service teachers: A longitudinal investigation of elementary English teachers’ experiences and development.

4. 2017-2018 NRF Grant: Elementary English teacher-researchers’ teaching and research motivation.

5. 2016-2017 NRF Grant: Professional identity development of elementary English teacher educators.

6. 2015-2016 NRF Grant: Development and application of a teacher education model for the identity development of primary English teachers.

7. 2014-2015 NRF Grant: Elementary English teachers’ perceptions, development, and identities as teacher-researchers.

8. 2012-2013 NRF Grant: Primary pre-service English teachers’ development under the curricular reform context.

British Council

1. 2026-Present.  Co-investigator: Future of English: East Asia Curriculum Research (Phase 3)

2. February-December 2025 Co-investigator: Future of English: East Asia Curriculum Research (Phase 2)

2. February-July 2024 Co-investigator: Future of English: East Asia Curriculum Research (Phase 1)

3. January-June 2024 Principal Investigator: Higher Education and Science Landscape Study of South Korea

4. November-December 2023 Principal Investigator

• Part-time Academic Consultant English Programmes, Korea

• Teacher takeaway webinars Season 2

• Five webinar sessions on teaching English using educational technology and web resources

• https://www.britishcouncil.kr/en/teacher/webinar

5. March-April 2023 Part-time Principal Investigator

• Part-time Academic Consultant English Programmes, Korea

• Teacher takeaway webinars Season 2

• Five webinar sessions on the 2022 Revised English National Curriculum in Korea

• Development of materials that connect the selected British Council’s TeachingEnglish resources to the 2022 Revised National Curriculum

• https://www.britishcouncil.kr/en/teacher/webinar-season-1

Ministry of Education (MoE )/ Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE) / 

Other National/Regional institutions

1. Co-investigator, Revision Study on NCS Basic Vocational Competency Assessment: Communication English (The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2024)

2. Co-investigator, A Study on Enhancing Compatibility and Job Suitability in Government Official Employment Examinations (Ministry of Personnel Management, 2023)

3. Co-investigator, 2022 Revised English National Curriculum (MoE, 2022).

4. Co-investigator, A study on the restructuring of the English National Curriculum for competency development (Ministry of Education, 2022).

5. Co-investigator, A master plan to revitalize public education in Seoul through the use of edutech in the era of digital transformation (Seoul Metropolitan Ministry of Education, 2022).

6. Co-Investigator, 2018. A study on the improvement of English education in schools. (KICE & MoE)

7. Co-investigator, 2015. Investigation of English achievement level gaps and measures to minimize them among primary sixth graders (KICE & Ministry of Education).

8. Co-investigator, Development of short-term intensive English education program model during vacation (Busan Metropolitan Ministry of Education, 2011-2012).

9. Principal Investigator, A Study on the Analysis and Development of English Education in Jung-gu, Seoul. (Seoul Jung-gu Office/Multicampus, 2016).