Education

• Ph. D. in Applied Linguistics and Technology. Iowa State University. In progress.
• M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language. Univeristy of Illiinois, Urbana-Champaign. 2006.
• M.A. in English (Linguistics). Yonsei Universitiy, Seoul, Korea. 2002.
• B.A. in English Language and Literature. Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea. 1999.

Courses taught at Iowa State

• ENGL 099L. English for Native Speakers of Other Languages, Strategies for Listening, Fall 2006
• ENGL 099R. English for Native Speakers of Other Languages, Strategies for Reading, Fall 2006

Publications

• Mislevy, R., Chapelle, C. A., Chung, Y.-R., & Xu, J. (2008). Options for adaptivity in computer-assisted language learning and assessment. In C. A. Chapelle, Y.-R. Chung, & J. Xu (Eds.), Towards adaptive CALL: Natural language processing for diagnostic language assessment (pp. 9-24). Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
• Chapelle, C. A., Chung, Y.-R., & Xu, J. (Eds.). (2008). Towards adaptive CALL: Natural language processing for diagnostic language assessment. Ames, IA: Iowa State University.

Presentations

• Chapelle, C. A., Chung, Y.-R., Hegelheimer, V., Pendar, N., & Xu, J. (2008). Designing a computer-delivered language performance test: A pilot study. CALICO Conference 2008, San Francisco, CA.
• Chung, Y.-R. (2008). Exploring the nature of language learners' interaction in multimedia-integrated CMC. CALICO Conference 2008, San Francisco, CA.

Research at Iowa State

• Development of a grammar test as a written proficiency indicator, with Prof. Carol A. Chapelle, Prof. Volker Hegelheimer, Prof. Nick Pendar, and Jing Xu (Spring 2007-Spring 2008)
• Revision of the ISU English Placement Test (EPT), with Prof. Volker Hegelheimer and Prof. Dan Douglas (Fall 2006-spring 2007)

Projects & Working Experience at Iowa State

• Research and Administrative assistant for ISU English Placement Test (Fall 2006 - present)
• Data analyst for Drake Spanish Test Development Project (Winter 2007-Spring 2008)
• Assistant web designer, EPT Database, Fall 2007
• Assistant editor of Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference on the Technology for Second Language Learning (TSLL) (Fall 2007-Spring 2008)
• Assistant web designer, Iowa State University TESL/ALT Alumni Database (Fall 2007)
• Assistant coordinator, 2007 Technology for Second Language Learning Conference (Fall 2007)

Awards/Fellowship

• Grannis Award, Department of English, Iowa State University, 2006
• DEIL Block Graduate Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-2006

Research Interests

• Second language assessment
• Second language acquisition
• Computer-assisted language learning