Personal information Jaewon Nielbock-Yoon

About

Jaewon Nielbock-Yoon has been instructing Korean language and linguistics courses at Ruhr-University Bochum's Korean Department since 2019. Her dissertation, "A Case Study on Trilingual Siblings’ Code Switching with a Focus on Korean," explored multilingual child language development. She is also an expert in bilingual education with research interests in language instruction, intercultural communication, sociolinguistics and Korean popular media. Her diverse background includes work as an intercultural consultant since 2000, and she has also taught at the University of Cologne and the University of Duisburg-Essen. She is a frequent contributor to the K-newspaper as a columnist.

Talks

Global Collaboration and Creative Teaching Methods in Korean Language Education: A Case Study of Collaborative Classes Between Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and Northwestern University in the United States, Organized by Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Workshop für Koreanisch-Lehrende an deutschsprachigen Universitäten, Dec 07, 2024
Korean Language Education Practices at Ruhr University Bochum in Response to Multilingual and Multicultural Societies: Case Studies on the Development of Personalized Learning Materials and a Webtoon Translation Course in Collaboration with the Jeju Contents Agency, Korea, Organized by EAKLE 2024, 10th European Association for Korean Language Education Workshop, Aug 29, 2024
Development of Korean Language in Multilingual Children and Adolescents, Organized by Korean Education Institute in Germany, July 06, 2024
The Role of Parents and Support Methods in Children's Heritage Language Acquisition and Healthy Identity Development, Organized by Wales (Cardiff, Bridgend, Swansea) Korean School Association, June 27, 2024
Mixing it up! The art of code-switching in K-pop music, Organized by Asian Languages and Cultures, Northwestern university, USA, May 24, 2024
Forging Unconventional Paths: Navigating Careers in an Era of Uncertainty, Next-generation female leader mentoring program Organized by Sookmyung women’s university TESOL community, March 22, 2024
Ahn Bong-geun (cousin of Ahn Jung-geun)'s accomplishments at the Dresden Museum, Germany, 214th Church History Research Institute Research Presentation, Organized by Korean Church History Research Institute, March 16, 2024 https://news.koreadaily.com/2024/03/27/life/artculture/20240327130052013.html
Language Ideologies and Policies: Multilingualism and Korean Education. UK Korean-School-Teacher Conference, London Oct 29, 2022
Promoting Multilingual Approaches in Teaching and Learning Korean. UK Korean-School-Teacher Conference, London Oct 28, 2022
The Study on the Perks of Story-Based Language Teaching Method: Focus on Students in China & Germany. World Korean Educator Conference 2022, Korea June 29, 2022
Teaching Korean in the Era of Multilingualism. European Hangeul School Academic Forum, Paris, Dec 6, 2021
Teaching Korean in the Era of Multilingualism, German Korean-School-Teacher Training Seminar, Mannheim Oct 22, 2021
Instructional Material Development for Advanced Korean Learners, The 19th International Conference of Korean Educators Abroad, Seoul (online), Aug 22, 2021
Code Switching in K-pop. Bochum Korean Studies Lecture Series, Bochum Oct 23,2018
A Case Study on Trilingual Siblings’ Code Switching, Focusing on Korean. Multilingualism Conference, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Nov 6, 2017
Children’s Codeswitching and a Parent’s Language Socialization Effort. Brighton, UK July 2014.
Trilingual Children’s Korean, English & German Code Switching, Mehrsprachige Perspektiven, University of Mannheim, May 2014.
Understanding Korean Culture and Korean Students. Teacher conferences, Ann Arundel Community College, USA, Jan 2001 & Howard Community College, USA Dec 2000.

Courses

Language courses:

Intermediate Korean conversation
Advanced conversation
Written Korean
TOPIK preparation I and II
Business Korean for beginners
Business Korean for advanced learners
Korean for research and professional use
Korean for academic purposes
Korean Language in popular media
Advanced Korean for current affairs

Linguistics courses:

Korean phonetics and phonology
Sociolinguistics - The Korean language in the internet age
Intercultural communication focusing on Korean business
Discourse, context and media, Korean nationalism and multiculturalism
Cross-cultural pragmatics and different cultural values-why Koreans speak the way they do
Neologism, Paleologism, and Translanguaging
Multilingualism, Bilingualism and Codeswitching
Trilingual children’s language development

Project

Research & Coordination for Jeju-Dresden Museum Exchange Exhibition
Conducted research, translated materials, and facilitated collaboration for the 2025 exhibition on Jeju cultural artifacts.
Digitalization of the TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean) since 2022
Successfully conducted pilot tests for TOPIK I (16th and 18th December 2024) at the campus eLearning center
On-Campus Webtoon Translation Exhibition 25.11 – 31.01.2024
"Jam Korean" Periodic Publication of Korean Language Magazine
Collaborated with students in the production of a periodic magazine focused on Korean language learning and cultural exchange.
Webtoon translation collaboration with Jeju webtoon campus Korea since 2023
Organizing Digital Tandem Programs with German study students in CNU (ChonNam Univeristy), SNU (Seoul National University), & SSU (Soongshil University) since 2019

Publications

Die Sterne leuchten am Erdenhimmel Science Fiction aus Südkorea, with Sylvana Freyberg and Alexandra Dickmann, Memoranda Verlag Hardy Kettlitz, 2024
Hidden Contributor Bringing the Craze of K-Webtoons to Germany. In: Jeehun, Yu [Ed]: Translate, Suwon: Tunamis Publ, Oct 2023. pp.16-26.
(with Seungah Seo & Na Liu):,Triangulation of Korean Language Instructor’s Practical Knowledge Using Story-Based Teaching Korean language education research / Vol.57 No.4 Dec 2022.
(with Hee Hyun): Implementation and outcomes of an online German Korean language exchange program (Das gemeinsame deutsch-koreanische Digital-Tandem-Programm der Ruhr Univ. Bochum und der Soongsil Univ.), Deutsch als Fremdsprache in Korea Zeitschrift der Koreanischen Gesellschaft für DaF, Heft 51, Dezember 2022.
Conflicting Language Ideologies and Contradictory Language Practices in K-pop, Bochum Yearbook of East Asian Studies 43, 2020.
A Case Study on Trilingual Siblings’ Code Switching Focusing on Minority Language. Inquiries in Language Learning, Forschungen zu Psycholinguistik und Fredsprachendidaktik Peter Lang, 2017.

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