Dae-Min Kang
Biographic Data
| ID | 6176038 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dae-Min Kang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dae-Min |
| FAMILY NAME | Kang |
| SIGNATURE | KANG D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Guilin University of Electronic Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6131-6733 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The impact of L2 learners’ use of AI on their grit, shyness, and L2 achievements
This study looked at the long-term impact of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) on the grit, shyness, and overall language achievements of L2 English learners at different levels of proficiency. A total of 122 Korean university students participated in the study. The three research instruments consisted of L2 grit and shyness scales, the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), and focus group interviews. The results indicate…
The effects of machine translation (MT) use on the writing quality and perceptions of L2 writers across proficiency levels
This study investigated the influence of using machine translation (MT) for second language (L2) writing on the subsequent L2 writing produced without the use of MT. A total of 130 Korean university learners of L2 English at three proficiency levels generated English essays without utilizing MT during the first and last classes of a general English course. Between these two occasions of writing, they wrote in English employing MT on four occasion…
University-level EMI students’ notetaking
This study examined notetaking by university-level English as a medium of instruction (EMI) students at different proficiency levels over a course of ten weeks. Ten Chinese graduate students participated in the study. The results showed that advanced students took higher quality notes and performed better academically than intermediate students. As for the use of language in taking notes, the intermediate students utilized more Chinese than Engli…
Informal Online Korean Language Learning by K‐Wave Fans
The present study examined the relationships between the Korean wave ( Hallyu or K‐Wave) and informal online Korean learning by individual learners, as well as the impact of different facets of the learners’ identities on the paths of their Korean learning. Four Korean language learners—two in the U.S. and two in Japan—who were fans of the K‐Wave participated in the study. Data were gathered through autobiographic interviews. The findings indicat…
An island in the stream
Factors behind L2 English learners’ performance of oppositional speech acts
The current study looked at the influence of different L1s, different proficiency levels, and other factors on the think-alouds in connection with oppositional speech acts by eighty tertiary-level Korean and Chinese learners of L2 English at two proficiency levels. The research instruments consisted of think-aloud protocols elicited during the learners’ production of written oppositional speech acts in the form of responses to the other learners’…
Agentive engagement in intercultural communication by L2 English-speaking international faculty and their L2 English-speaking host colleagues
The present study investigated agentive one-on-one intercultural communication between L2 English-speaking international faculty and their L2 English-speaking host colleagues in relation to identity (re)construction. Two foreign professors and their Chinese faculty colleagues participated in the study. The research instruments consisted of reflective journal writing and in-depth, semi-structured interviews. The results indicated that the occasion…
L2 learners’ aural and orthographic phrasal verb knowledge in relation to their listening comprehension
In the game of the name
The current study longitudinally investigated the relationships between Korean tertiary-level students’ English names adopted and used at their teacher’s request, and native speakerism, identity, and emotions. Thirteen graduate students enrolled in an English-medium course and their Korean teacher participated in the study. The research instruments included classroom observations, reflective journal writing, and in-depth, semi-structured intervie…
University-level students’ stances, communication of negative emotions, and L2 swearing with respect to EMI during classroom interaction
This study longitudinally examined university-level students’ stances, communication of negative emotions, and L2 swearing with regard to English-medium instruction (EMI). Sixteen graduate students enrolled in an English-medium course in a university in Korea participated in the study. The research instruments were classroom observations, reflective journal writing, and in-depth, semi-structured interviews. The results indicated that there were t…
Tertiary-level students’ L2 reticence in relation to teacher leadership in an English-medium classroom
A native-like adult L2 Korean learner’s agentive acquisition of Korean relative clauses
Aims and objectives: Despite considerable interest in second language (L2) relative clauses (RCs)—one of the most difficult grammatical structures to learn—and in learner agency, few research efforts have been made to investigate how the latter informs the acquisition of the former. The current study looks at a native-like adult L2 Korean learner’s comprehension/production of Korean RCs and the trajectory of his acquisition of the RCs. Methodolog…
An Elementary School EFL Teacher’s Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Labor
The current study looked at an English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher’s emotional intelligence (EI) and emotional labor (EL). A Korean elementary fifth-grade classroom was observed eight times in a non-participant way. Further, the teacher and the students were interviewed in a semi-structured way, and the teacher was asked to write reflective journals about her classroom teaching. The results showed that a number of factors influenced the p…
The multifaceted ecology of language play in an elementary school EFL classroom
Language play (LP) in second language (L2) classrooms has attracted increasing attention in recent years, but descriptions and explanations of LP construction in English as a foreign language (EFL) settings remain insufficient. This paper reports the discursive processes of LP construction in an elementary school EFL classroom in Korea. I found that teacher/learner agency and the LP production influenced each other bi-directionally in complex way…
The effects of study-abroad experiences on EFL learners' willingness to communicate, speaking abilities, and participation in classroom interaction
EFL teachers' language use for classroom discipline
The classroom language use of a Korean elementary school EFL teacher
The effects of study-abroad experiences on EFL learners' willingness to communicate, speaking abilities, and participation in classroom interaction
The classroom language use of a Korean elementary school EFL teacher
In the game of the name
The current study longitudinally investigated the relationships between Korean tertiary-level students’ English names adopted and used at their teacher’s request, and native speakerism, identity, and emotions. Thirteen graduate students enrolled in an English-medium course and their Korean teacher participated in the study. The research instruments included classroom observations, reflective journal writing, and in-depth, semi-structured intervie…
Tertiary-level students’ L2 reticence in relation to teacher leadership in an English-medium classroom
An Elementary School EFL Teacher’s Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Labor
The current study looked at an English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher’s emotional intelligence (EI) and emotional labor (EL). A Korean elementary fifth-grade classroom was observed eight times in a non-participant way. Further, the teacher and the students were interviewed in a semi-structured way, and the teacher was asked to write reflective journals about her classroom teaching. The results showed that a number of factors influenced the p…
EFL teachers' language use for classroom discipline
The classroom language use of a Korean elementary school EFL teacher
EFL teachers' language use for classroom discipline
The effects of study-abroad experiences on EFL learners' willingness to communicate, speaking abilities, and participation in classroom interaction
The multifaceted ecology of language play in an elementary school EFL classroom
Language play (LP) in second language (L2) classrooms has attracted increasing attention in recent years, but descriptions and explanations of LP construction in English as a foreign language (EFL) settings remain insufficient. This paper reports the discursive processes of LP construction in an elementary school EFL classroom in Korea. I found that teacher/learner agency and the LP production influenced each other bi-directionally in complex way…
A native-like adult L2 Korean learner’s agentive acquisition of Korean relative clauses
Aims and objectives: Despite considerable interest in second language (L2) relative clauses (RCs)—one of the most difficult grammatical structures to learn—and in learner agency, few research efforts have been made to investigate how the latter informs the acquisition of the former. The current study looks at a native-like adult L2 Korean learner’s comprehension/production of Korean RCs and the trajectory of his acquisition of the RCs. Methodolog…
An Elementary School EFL Teacher’s Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Labor
The current study looked at an English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher’s emotional intelligence (EI) and emotional labor (EL). A Korean elementary fifth-grade classroom was observed eight times in a non-participant way. Further, the teacher and the students were interviewed in a semi-structured way, and the teacher was asked to write reflective journals about her classroom teaching. The results showed that a number of factors influenced the p…
Tertiary-level students’ L2 reticence in relation to teacher leadership in an English-medium classroom
University-level students’ stances, communication of negative emotions, and L2 swearing with respect to EMI during classroom interaction
This study longitudinally examined university-level students’ stances, communication of negative emotions, and L2 swearing with regard to English-medium instruction (EMI). Sixteen graduate students enrolled in an English-medium course in a university in Korea participated in the study. The research instruments were classroom observations, reflective journal writing, and in-depth, semi-structured interviews. The results indicated that there were t…
Factors behind L2 English learners’ performance of oppositional speech acts
The current study looked at the influence of different L1s, different proficiency levels, and other factors on the think-alouds in connection with oppositional speech acts by eighty tertiary-level Korean and Chinese learners of L2 English at two proficiency levels. The research instruments consisted of think-aloud protocols elicited during the learners’ production of written oppositional speech acts in the form of responses to the other learners’…
Agentive engagement in intercultural communication by L2 English-speaking international faculty and their L2 English-speaking host colleagues
The present study investigated agentive one-on-one intercultural communication between L2 English-speaking international faculty and their L2 English-speaking host colleagues in relation to identity (re)construction. Two foreign professors and their Chinese faculty colleagues participated in the study. The research instruments consisted of reflective journal writing and in-depth, semi-structured interviews. The results indicated that the occasion…
L2 learners’ aural and orthographic phrasal verb knowledge in relation to their listening comprehension
In the game of the name
The current study longitudinally investigated the relationships between Korean tertiary-level students’ English names adopted and used at their teacher’s request, and native speakerism, identity, and emotions. Thirteen graduate students enrolled in an English-medium course and their Korean teacher participated in the study. The research instruments included classroom observations, reflective journal writing, and in-depth, semi-structured intervie…
The impact of L2 learners’ use of AI on their grit, shyness, and L2 achievements
This study looked at the long-term impact of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) on the grit, shyness, and overall language achievements of L2 English learners at different levels of proficiency. A total of 122 Korean university students participated in the study. The three research instruments consisted of L2 grit and shyness scales, the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), and focus group interviews. The results indicate…
The effects of machine translation (MT) use on the writing quality and perceptions of L2 writers across proficiency levels
This study investigated the influence of using machine translation (MT) for second language (L2) writing on the subsequent L2 writing produced without the use of MT. A total of 130 Korean university learners of L2 English at three proficiency levels generated English essays without utilizing MT during the first and last classes of a general English course. Between these two occasions of writing, they wrote in English employing MT on four occasion…
University-level EMI students’ notetaking
This study examined notetaking by university-level English as a medium of instruction (EMI) students at different proficiency levels over a course of ten weeks. Ten Chinese graduate students participated in the study. The results showed that advanced students took higher quality notes and performed better academically than intermediate students. As for the use of language in taking notes, the intermediate students utilized more Chinese than Engli…
Informal Online Korean Language Learning by K‐Wave Fans
The present study examined the relationships between the Korean wave ( Hallyu or K‐Wave) and informal online Korean learning by individual learners, as well as the impact of different facets of the learners’ identities on the paths of their Korean learning. Four Korean language learners—two in the U.S. and two in Japan—who were fans of the K‐Wave participated in the study. Data were gathered through autobiographic interviews. The findings indicat…
An island in the stream
EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (14 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Mathematics education (10 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (7 works) · Language proficiency (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)