Dr Mihye Harker
- Teaching Associate in the Korean Language
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About
Dr Mihye Harker is a teaching associate in the Korean language at the faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and a co-ordinator of the Korean language programmes at the Language Centre.
She was born in Seoul, South Korea and studied both in Korea and the UK. She has a BA in English Language and Literature from Sogang University, and an MA and a PhD in Applied Linguistics (with a special focus on language teaching) from the Universities of Warwick and Newcastle-upon-Tyne respectively.
She has extensive teaching experience in EFL, translation and the Korean language. Before joining Cambridge University, she taught at universities firstly in South Korea and then the UK as well as language schools and community schools. The universities she taught at include Sogang University and Sungkyunkwan University (in Korea), Luton University (now the University of Bedfordshire), Imperial College and UCL (University College London).
She has also worked in various other roles, which include external examiner for several UK universities’ Korean language programmes, examiner for IGCSE exams, translator, interpreter, and Data Officer.
She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE).
Research
Dr Harker is interested in second and foreign language teaching pedagogy, language teaching/learning material development, and the integration of multimedia technology and AI into teaching and learning. Her other interests include translation and interpreting.
Teaching and supervision
Dr Harker teaches the Korean language to undergraduates of the East Asian Studies. She does not supervise postgraduate students.
Current Classes:
- K1 – Modern Korean 1
- K2 – Modern Korean 2