Basic Information

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BYUN Hi-Gyung


Title

Associate Professor

Nationality

KOREA REPUBLIC OF

Research Fields, Keywords

phonetics, pronunciation teaching, contrastive study of Japanese and Korean, sociophonetics, Korean language education

Research Field

I am interested in regional and generational variations of Japanese vowels, including diachronic change of devoiced vowels. I am also interested in generational differences of Korean consonants and vowels. Recently I have been doing research on Korean consonants and its applications for Korean pronunciation teaching.

Recent Activities


2021.8. Web site "Japanese Pronunciation Laboratory"
www.jp-lab.com

PRESENTATIONS

2024. 3. Can vowel devoicing serve as a perceptual cue when judging local and standard Japanese?: Comparison among Tohoku, Kanto, and Kinki listeners
Project-Meeting "A Multifaceted Study of Language Problems in Multilingual and Multicultural Japan," online

2023.8. Development of a website that supports teacher-driven Japanese pronunciation teaching
CASTEL/J 2023, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Vietnam


PUBLICATIONS

2023.9. Teaching Pronunciation in the Winter Teaching Practice: Listening skills of Tokyo accents by JLT students
Bulletin of Japanese Language Teaching Practices, 14, 322-328

2023.3. The role of voice onset time (VOT) and post-stop fundamental frequency (F0) in the perception of Tohoku Japanese stops
Phonetics and Speech Sciences, 15(1), 35-45.

2023.3. (Emi Yanagisawa and Hi-Gyung Byun) Development of "Japanese Pronunciation Laboratory (JP Lab)" A website to support learners' autonomous learning of pronunciation
Proceedings of the JSET Spring Conference 2023, 301-302.
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Academic Background (Graduate Level) 【 display / non-display 】

  • The University of Tokyo, Graduate School, Division of General Culture, Language and Information Sciences

    Doctor's Course, 2008/03, Accomplished credits for doctoral program, JAPAN

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Degree Earned 【 display / non-display 】

  • Ph.D., Linguistics, The University of Tokyo, 2012/11

  • M.A. in linguistics, Linguistics, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 2003/03

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Professional Career On-Campus 【 display / non-display 】

  • Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Foreign Language Education, Associate Professor, 2021/04 -

  • Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Basic Education Foreign Language Education, Associate Professor, 2018/04 - 2021/03

  • Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Basic Education Foreign Language Education, Assistant Professor, 2015/04 - 2018/03

  • Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Basic Education Humanities,Art, Assistant Professor, 2013/04 - 2015/03

  • Akita International University Graduate School of Global Communication and Language Japanese Language Teaching Practices, Lecturer, 2008/09 - 2017/03

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External Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • Akita University of Art, part-time lecturer, 2013/04 - 2014/03

  • Nogoya University of Foreign Studies, part-time lecturer, 2009/01

  • Nogoya University of Foreign Studies, part-time lecturer, 2008/08

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Academic Society Affiliations 【 display / non-display 】

  • The linguistic Society of Japan, 2019/04 - , JAPAN

  • Korean Society of Speech Sciences, 2013/11 - , KOREA REPUBLIC OF

  • Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, 2004/04 - , JAPAN

  • Society for Japanese Linguistics, 2002/04 - , JAPAN

  • Phonetic Society of Japan, 2001/04 - , JAPAN

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Field of Expertise 【 display / non-display 】

  • phonetics, sociolinguistics, contrastive study, Korean language education

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Academic Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • Teaching Pronunciation in the Winter Teaching Practice: Listening skills of Tokyo accents by JLT students, Bulletin of Japanese Language Teaching Practices, vol.14 (p.322 - 328) , 2023/09

    Research paper (university, research institution), Single Author, Japanese

  • Development of a website that supports teacher-driven Japanese pronunciation teaching, Proceedings of CASTEL/J 2023 (p.134 - 137) , 2023/08, Hi-Gyung Byun, Emi Yanagisawa

    Research paper (international conference proceedings), Multiple Authorship, Japanese

  • The role of voice onset time (VOT) and post-stop fundamental frequency (F0) in the perception of Tohoku Japanese stops, Phonetics and Speech Sciences, vol.15 (1) (p.35 - 45) , 2023/03, Hi-Gyung Byun

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, Other

  • Development of "Japanese Pronunciation Laboratory (JP Lab)" A website to support learners' autonomous learning of pronunciation, Proceedings of the JSET Spring Conference 2023 (p.301 - 302) , 2023/03, Emi Yanagisawa and Hi-Gyung Byun

    Research paper (other scientific conference materials, etc.), Single Author, Japanese

  • Development of a learner-oriented Japanese pronunciation learning tool, Proceedings of the 36th General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan (p.133 - 138) , 2022/09, Hi-Gyung Byun, Emi Yanagisawa

    Research paper (other scientific conference materials, etc.), Multiple Authorship, Japanese

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Books 【 display / non-display 】

  • Japanese Pronunciation Teaching: Research and Practice, Knowledge Tree, 2023/11

    Scholarly Book, Multiple Authorship , Japanese

  • A Practical Approach to Japanese Language Teaching, Bonjinsya, 2014/05

    Scholarly Book, Multiple Authorship , Japanese language education, Japanese

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Academic Awards Received 【 display / non-display 】

  • Phonetic Society of Japan Awards, Outstanding Article Award , 2020/09, JAPAN, Award by an Official Scientific Society or Academic Journal, Hi-Gyung Byun, Linguistics

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Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 【 display / non-display 】

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)，2022/04 - 2026/03，Development of "Japanese Pronunciation Laboratory" a pronunciation practice tool to support autonomous learning of Japanese language learners

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)，2020/04 - 2023/03

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)，2019/04 - 2023/03

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)，2017/04 - 2020/03，A contrastive study of Japanese and Korean stops: production and perception (principal investigator)

  • Grant-in-Aid for challenging Exploratory Research，2014/04 - 2016/03，A contrastive study of Japanese and Korean consonants for Korean pronunciation practice (principal investigator)

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Presentations 【 display / non-display 】

  • Project-Meeting "A Multifaceted Study of Language Problems in Multilingual and Multicultural Japan", Domestic Conference, 2024/03, Can vowel devoicing serve as a perceptual cue when judging local and standard Japanese?: Comparison among Tohoku, Kanto and Kinki listeners, Oral Presentation (general)

  • CASTEL/J 2023, International Conference, 2023/08, Development of a website that supports teacher-driven Japanese pronunciation teaching, Oral Presentation (general)

  • The 36th General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan, Domestic Conference, 2022/09, Development of a learner-oriented Japanese pronunciation learning tool, Poster (general), Japanese language education

  • The 340th Regular Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan, Domestic Conference, 2019/11, Perception of word-initial stops in Japanese, Oral Presentation (general), Linguistics

  • The 33rd General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan, Domestic Conference, 2019/09, Perception of intervocalic stop consonants in Seoul Korean, Oral Presentation (general)

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On-Campus Classes/Subjects In Charge of 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2023, Fall, JLT211-1_F, Japanese Phonetics

  • 2023, Fall, KRN101-1_F, Korean I Practice

  • 2023, Fall, KRN100-1_F, Korean I

  • 2023, Fall, JLT604-1_F, Teaching Materials and Aids for Japanese Language Teaching

  • 2023, Fall, JLT606-1_F, Pedagogy for Japanese Speech Sounds and Prosody

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Community Activities Outside University 【 display / non-display 】

  • A member of editorial board for the Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan ，2019/04 - 2022/03

    Article reviewer

  • High School - University Joint Course Program in fall 2019 Invitation to International Liberal Arts ，2019/11

    A lecture for high school students titled "Is the Korean language easy to learn for Japanese native speakers?"

  • Guidance for high school students，2015/08

    Guidance for high school students

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