South Korean linguist (born 1963)
Kang Hyunhwa (Korean: 강현화; Hanja: 姜炫和; born 1963) is a South Korean professor of Korean language and literature at Yonsei University[1] served as the 2nd President - and the first woman President - of King Sejong Institute Foundation[2][3] responsible for operating King Sejong Institutes and developing their programmes[4] from 2018 to 2021.
Kang had served as a member of the Korean Language Deliberation Council at Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism from 2011 to 2015[2] responsible for planning Korean language education, preserving the Korean language and updating its system and grammar mandated by the Framework Act on National Language.[5]
In 1999 Kang was one of the first professors to join the first-ever department specialised in Korean language education for foreigners, Kyung Hee University's Department of Korean language.[6][7] She later led as its Dean from 2003 to 2007.[8] In 2010 Kang moved to her alma mater and continued teaching as a professor.[9]
Kang has been active in academia in areas of Korean language education as summarised as below.
- The Korean Association for Lexicography[10]
- Vice President from 2015 to 2018
- Director for editing from 2009 to 2014
- The Korea Association of Foreign Languages Education
- Vice President from 2017 to 2018[9]
- Member of Editorial Board[11]
- Korean Language and Literature Society [12]
- Vice President from 2017 to 2018[9]
- Member of Editorial Board from 2019[13]
- The Korean Language Culture Education Society[14]
- President from 2015 to 2017[9]
- Advisor from 2019[15]
- Korea Grammar Education Circle[16][14]
- Founding member in 2004
- Director for recruitment from 2004 to 2010
- Director for research from 2010 to 2012
- Member of Editorial Board from 2010 to 2014
- Vice President from 2012 to 2018
- Chair of Editorial Board from 2016 to 2018
- President from 2018 to 2019
- Advisor from 2020
- The Applied Linguistics Association of Korea[2]
- Director for Editing from 2007 to 2009
- The Korean Society Of Bilingualism[2]
- Director for Editing from 2007 to 2009
- The National Language Deliberation Council, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Kang holds three degrees - from a bachelor to a doctorate - in Korean language and literature from Yonsei University.[2]
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