Suji Jung PhD
I am a highly self-motivated, independent, and productive researcher with professional research and field experience in child development. My research interests lie in child language and cognitive development, word/concept learning, self-directed learning, and parent-child interaction. My work integrates a range of theoretical approaches from developmental psychology, linguistics, and early childhood education.
2013–2021
Ph. D.
Seoul National University
Dept. of Child Development and Family Studies
Combined M.A./Ph.D. program
Dissertation: The Effect of Parent-Child Lexical Interaction on Preschoolers’ Receptive Vocabulary Size: Word Awareness and Incidental Word Learning as Mediators
2019–2021
B.A.
Wonkwang Digital University
Department of Language and Speech Therapy
Certificate in Speech Language Pathologist, National certificate by Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare
2009–2013
B.A.
Seoul National University
Cum Laude, Dept. of Child Development and Family Studies
Certificate in Childcare Teacher, National certificate by Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
*indicates corresponding author
Parent-child interaction and language development
Jung. S., & Choi, N.* (in preparation). The effect of parent-child lexical interaction on preschoolers’ receptive vocabulary size: Word awareness and incidental word learning as mediators.
Jung. S., Kiaer, J.*, & Choi, N. (under review). Differential effect of formality of speech style on negation selection in Korean children and adults. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research.
Choi, N., Sheo, J.*, Jung, S., & Choi, J. (under review). Newspaper reading in families with school-age children: Relationship between parent–child interaction using newspaper, reading motivation, and academic achievement. The Journal of Educational Research.
Jung, S., & Choi, N.* (2020). Development and validation of parent-child lexical interaction scale for preschoolers (PLIS-P). Family and Environment Research, 58(3), 429-445. http://dx.doi.org/10.6115/fer.2020.031
Jung, S., Choi, N.*, & Jung, S. (2020). The effects of the first reading experience of infancy on reading and academic achievement of elementary first graders. Elementary Education Online, 19(2). 415-425. http://dx.doi.org/1017051/ilkonline.2020.688700
Literacy development
Choi, N., Jung, S., Choi, J., Park, S., & Kim, H. (in preparation). Literacy kindergarten. Seoul: EBS Books.
Choi, N., Jung. S.*, Choi, J., Park, S. & Kim, H. (2022). The effect of Balanced & Integrated Literacy Education Program for Early Childhood (BILEPEC) on preschoolers’ basic literacy skills. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement and Intervention, 13(1), 21-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.21197/JCEI.13.1.2
L2 acquisition
Choi, N., Jung, S., & No, B.* (in preparation). The relationship between parental involvement and the profile of English learning motivation of elementary school children in EFL context.
Choi, M., Jung, S.*, Park, Y. M., & Chung, H. (2020). The effects of satisfaction with school English instruction & parents’ pressure for academic achievement on student’s English learning motivation & behavior: Comparison between general & special-purpose high schools. Journal of Learner-Centered Curriculum and Instruction, 20(2), 1177-2106. http://dx.doi.org/10.22251/jlcci.2020.20.2.1177
Choi, N., No, B.*, Jung, S., & Lee, S. (2019). What affects middle school students’ English anxiety in the EFL context? Evidence from South Korea. Education Sciences, 9(1), 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci9010039
Self-regulation and Learning
Choi, H., Cho, J., Choi, N., Lee., S., Jung. S.* (under review). A high level of self-control can mitigate the link between children’s risky play attempt and their injury experience in the nature. Early Childhood Education Journal.
Jung, S., & Choi, N.* (2020). Effect of family functioning on preschoolers' school readiness: Mediating effects of mothers' affective parenting and preschoolers' self-regulation. Family and Environment Research, 58(1), 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.6115/fer.2020.001
Choi, N., No, B.*, Jung, S., & Lee, S. (2019). What affects middle school students’ English anxiety in the EFL context? Evidence from South Korea. Education Sciences, 9(1), 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci9010039
Broader topics
Jung, S. & Yi, S. H.* (2016). Analysis of longitudinal relation of psychological maladaptation, satisfaction with community child centers, and school adjustment of children in community chlid centers using autoregressive cross-lagged modeling. Journal of Youth Welfare, 18(4), 163-190. http://dx.doi.org/10.19034/KAYW.2016.18.4.08
Jung, S., Pack, Y. H., Song, J. N., Kim, D., & Yi, S. H.* (2016). Changes in preschool childcare and private education expenses of different income groups caused by the expansion of the childcare subsidy recipients: A focus on universal childcare policy, Korean Journal of Child Studies, 67(2), 27-42. https://doi.org/10.5723/kjcs.2016.37.2.27
Kang, H. G., Song, J. N.*, Jung, S., & Yi, S. H. (2015). A study on the effects of career decision level in early adolescence and university-major satisfaction on identity development trajectories. Journal of Employment and Skills Development, 18(3), 57-88. doi: 10.36907/krivet.2015.18.3.57
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021 - 2022
Project Leader
Co-production of the TV program “Literacy Kindergarten” with EBS (Korea Educational Broadcasting System), official homepage
2016 - 2019, 2021 - 2022
Lecturer
Seoul National University, Children’s language development and guidance
Soongsil Cyber University, Inclusive education
Suwon University, Introduction to special education
2019
Oriental Studies Faculty, University of Oxford, UK
Visiting Researcher
2016 - 2019
Center for Child Educare Service & Research
Child Care Teacher
2014, 2018
Graduate Student Instructor Scholarship
Graduate Research Assistant
2013
Seoul Court Childcare Center
Child Care Teacher
Feb 2019
Visiting Researcher,
University of Oxford
- Final research presentation -
Nov 2021
Korean educational TV show
‘Literacy Kindergarten’
- Conducting experiments on word learning with children -
SKILLS
STATISTICAL SKILLS
Proficient user of data analysis packages including SPSS, AMOS, Mplus, and JMetrik.
Descriptive statistics analysis, t-test, one-way/two-way/three-way ANOVA, ANCOVA, crossover analysis, Pearson’s correlations, regression, logistical regression, PROCESS MACRO analysis
Structural equation modeling, multi-group analysis, Latent Profile Analysis (LPA), Autoregressive cross-lagged modeling
Exploratory/confirmatory factor analysis, Rasch model
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Korean (Native)
English (Professional proficiency)
Chinese (Conversational proficiency)