Jong Hyun Lee

Senior Lecturer of Korean

Member Of:
  • School of Modern Languages
Office Phone: 404-894-7327
Office Location: SWANN 333
Related Links:
Email Address: jlee305@gatech.edu

Overview

Completing his master’s degree in English linguistics at Yonsei University in Seoul, Jong Hyun Lee started working at a multi-national company specializing in speech and language technologies.  His specialty at the company was planning edutainment products featuring speech recognition and language technologies targeting at English language learners.  His academic interest in speech and language technology led him to Carnegie Mellon University, where he further studied the technology and earned another master’s degree in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL).  His current research interest includes features and computational semantics, automaticity in language learning, and multimedia content for education.

Education:
  • Master of Science, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Master of Arts, English Linguistics, Graduate School of Yonsei, Seoul, Korea
  • Bachelor of Arts, English Language and Literature, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Areas of
Expertise:
  • Language Learning
  • Multimedia
  • Speech & Language Technologies
  • Study Abroad (Korean LBAT: Https://modlangs.gatech.edu/lbat/korea)

Interests

Teaching Interests:
Elementary Korean, Korean Study-abroad, Language & Culture & Industry
Research Interests:
Multimedia content for education, language learning technology and application, computational semantics
Research Fields:
  • Instructional Technologies for Foreign Language Acquisition
  • Korean
  • Linguistics
  • Studies Abroad

Courses

  • KOR-1001: Elementary Korean I
  • KOR-1002: Elementary Korean II
  • KOR-2001: Intermediate Korean I
  • KOR-2002: Intermediate Korean II
  • KOR-2691: Intensive Intermediate Korean I
  • KOR-2692: Intens Intermed Kor II
  • KOR-2813: Special Topics
  • KOR-2823: Special Topics
  • KOR-3415: Korean K-Pop/Film/Drama
  • KOR-3691: Business Korean
  • KOR-3692: Issues & Tech In Korea
  • KOR-3693: Exploring Modern Korea
  • KOR-4001: Contemporary Korean
  • KOR-4002: Select Rdngs Of Mod Kor
  • KOR-4692: Korean Industry

Publications


Updated:  Feb 10th, 2026 at 9:30 AM