Seonmin Park is an applied linguist and professor in School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). She completed her PhD in Applied Linguistics (2015) at Northern Arizona University and Ed. M. in Language and Literacy (2011) at Harvard University. Her research interests are corpus linguistics, English as a foreign language (EFL) / English for academic purposes (EAP) curriculum development, content and language integrated learning (CLIL), English medium instruction (EMI), and teacher training.

She has developed and taught more than 18 courses such as Integrated Content and Language (ICL) courses for graduate students majoring in Mathematics and Business Technology Management (BTM), and served as EFL Curriculum Director at KAIST. In addition, she has been teaching her MOOC courses including Big Data and Language 1 & 2 (https://www.coursera.org/learn/big-data-language-1) in Coursera, How to Write an English Job/School Application (https://kooc.kaist.ac.kr/profile-new/lectures/22254) in STAR-MOOC. In particular, her Coursera course was selected as one of the most popular MOOC courses by Classcentral in 2020, and approximately 7,000 students have taken the course since 2020 (as of 2021).

She also has been actively participating in teacher training. Since she completed the TESOL program at Georgetown University in 2007, she has trained novice and experience teachers domestically and globally.  Moreover, she has developed a microteaching program for KAIST professors with her colleagues after taking part in the EMI programs at Oxford University and University of Leeds.

Based on her teaching experience, she has given presentations at multiple international conferences as a keynote speaker and a featured speaker, and published her papers in refereed journals including TESOL Quarterly and Language Teaching Research. She also wrote books for students and teachers who are interested in corpus linguistics, EFL and EAP. For instance, teaching tips that she created based on corpus linguistics were published in a book entitled New Ways in Teaching Vocabulary by TESOL Inc. In addition, English for Counselors and Clinic English are series of her EAP books.

Finally, she is interested in leadership and educational donation for society. She was involved in National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) when she was a graduate student in the U.S. She was awarded Excellence in Service, and Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities in 2014. Furthermore, she has given free lectures for children and teenagers in low-income families, and got awarded Minister of Education Award in 2017. She explores how she dedicates herself and language education to society.
 

• 2021
  ▪ Kim, E., Kweon, S., Lee, J., & Park, S. (2021). Professional development for science and engineering professors offering English-medium instruction. Language Teaching Research,
  ▪ Kim, E., Park, S., & Baldwin, M. (2021). Toward successful implementation of introductory integrated content and language classes for EFL science and engineering students. TESOL Quarterly, 55(1), 219-247.
• 2013
  ▪Park, S. (2013). Book review, Research in Applied Linguistics: Becoming a Discerning Consumer. Education Review.

• 2021
  ▪ Park, S. (forthcoming). Exploring frequent adjectives and their collocational patterns in different registers. In Viana. V. (Ed.), New Ways in Teaching with Corpora. Alexandria, Virginia: TESOL Inc.
• 2014
  ▪ Park, S. (2014). Collocation Instruction. In Coxhead. A. (Ed.), New Ways in Teaching Vocabulary. Alexandria, Virginia: TESOL Inc.

• 2021
  ▪ Park, S., & Kim, E. (2021). Developing a CLIL course for mechanical engineering students at an Asian university. AILA World Congress 2021, Virtual.
  ▪ Kim, E., Park, S., Kweon, S., & Lee, J. (2021). Professional development programs for Korean science and engineering professors offering English-medium instruction. International Conference on English Across the Curriculum (EAC). Virtual.
• 2020
  ▪ Kim, E., Park, S., & Baldwin, M. (2020). Introductory Integrated Content and Language Courses for EFL Engineering Freshmen. The TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) 2020 International Conference. Virtual.
• 2019
  ▪ Kim, E., & Park, S. (2019). Implementing Undergraduate ICL Courses at a Korean Science and Engineering School. The 6th ICLHE Conference, UNIVERSITAT JAUME I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain
  ▪ Park, S. (2019). A scientific writing course for graduate students in mathematics. 2019 Joint International Conference on English Teaching and Learning in Korea, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea.
  ▪ Park, S. (2019). A corpus linguistics course for international students. International Conference of Korean Association for Corpus Linguistic, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
• 2018
  ▪ Park, S. (2018). Trends of interdisciplinary corpus linguistics research conducted by Korean undergraduate students majoring in sciences. APCLC (Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference), The conference centre, Sunport Takamatsu, Japan, 370-373.
  ▪ Park, S. (2018). Lexical bundles in research articles. KATE (Korea Association of Teachers of English) 2018 SIG Conference, Hannam University, Daejeon, South Korea, 255-263.
  ▪ Park, S. (2018). An integrated content and language (ICL) class for engineering students. The ALAK (Applied Linguistics Association of Korea) 2017 International Conference, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea.
• 2017
  ▪ Park, S. (2017). Corpus-driven approach for vocabulary variation and sentence complexity in medicine journal articles. The NINJAL (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics) International Symposium, NINJAL, Tokya, Japan.
  ▪ Park, S. (2017). Writing activities for ESP learners. The KOTESOL (Korea Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) International Conference, Sookmyeong Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea.
  ▪ Park, S. (2017). Vocabulary analysis of EFL students' writing. The ALAK (Applied Linguistics Association of Korea) 2017 International Conference, Seoul National University of Education, Seoul, South Korea.
• 2016
  ▪ Park, S. (2016). Emerging trends and approaches in assessing ESL/EFL learners in an outcomes-based design. The PhilTESOL International Conference, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines. (Invited as a plenary speaker)
  ▪ Park, S. (2016). Teaching ESP using movie clips, music videos, and commercial ads. The PhilTESOL International Conference, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines. (Invited as a plenary speaker)
  ▪ Park, S. (2016). Emerging trends and approaches in teaching English for specific purposes. The PhilTESOL International Conference, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines. (Invited as a plenary speaker)
  ▪ Park, S. (2016). A corpus analysis of sentence structures in Descendants of the Sun. The 3rd AILA (International Association of Applied Linguistics) East Asia & ALAK (Applied Linguistics Association of Korea) -GETA (Global English Teachers Association) Joint International Conference, Honam University, Gwangju, South Korea.
  ▪ Park, S. (2016). Reliability of an EAP vocabulary list. The Asia TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) 2016 International Conference, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia.
  ▪ Park, S. (2016). Methodology for a reliable academic vocabulary list. The AAAL (American Association for Applied Linguistics) 2016 International Conference, Hilton Orlando, Orlando, Florida, United States.
• 2015
  ▪ Park, S. (2015). A curriculum of English presentation for young scientists in globalization. The KAFLE (Korea Association of Foreign Languages Education) 2015 Conference, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea. 81-82.
  ▪ Park, S. (2015). Using Google form for writing instruction. The KAMALL (Korea Association of Multimedia-Assisted Language Learning) 2015 International Conference, Baeje University, Daejeon, South Korea.
  ▪ Park, S. (2015). Students, you can use your cellphones in class. The KOTESOL (Korea Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) 2015 International Conference, COEX, Seoul, South Korea.
  ▪ Park, S. (2015). Stability of an academic vocabulary list. The ALAK (Applied Linguistics Association of Korea) 2015 International Conference, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea.
  ▪ Park, S. (2015). Using TagAnt to lemmatize English words for a vocabulary list. The KACL (Korean Association for Corpus Linguistics) 2015 International Conference, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
• 2014
  ▪ Park, S. (2014). The leadership of graduate student government and community service. The NAGPS (National Association of Graduate-Professional Students) 2014 National Conference, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States.
  ▪ Park, S. (2014). Motivation, L1 cultures and university academic writing. The AZTESOL (Arizona Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) 2014 Conference, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States.
  ▪ Park, S. (2014). Methodology for a reliable academic vocabulary list. The AACL (American Association for Corpus Linguistics) 2014 International Conference, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States.
  ▪ Park, S. (2014). Graduate student government best practices sharing. The NAGPS (National Association of Graduate-Professional Students) Western Regional Conference, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States.
  ▪ Park, S. (2014). Countenance or be neutral: GSO executives' attitudes toward nominees. The NAGPS (National Association of Graduate-Professional Students) Western Regional Conference, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States.
  ▪ Park, S. (2014). Writing performance: Investigating differences in tasks and examinees. The TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) 2014 International Conference, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon, United States.
  ▪ Park, S. (2014). Using Google Drive for writing instruction. The TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) 2014 International Conference, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon, United States.
  ▪ Park, S. (2014). The comparison between input and output collocation instruction. The AAAL (American Association for Applied Linguistics) 2014 International Conference, Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, Portland, Oregon, United States.
• 2013
  ▪ Park, S. (2013). Noun phrases in Saudi Arabian and Chinese students’ English academic writing. The IAWE (International Association of World Englishes) 2013 International Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States.
  ▪ Park, S. (2013). The relationship between teacher’s native language and students' literacy Improvement. Tailoring English Teaching for the Foreign Language Context, the KATE (Korea Association of Teachers of English) 2013 International Conference. Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea, 175-180.
  ▪ Park, S. (2013). The relationship between students' extrinsic motivation and literacy Improvement. Localizing and Globalizing English Education: Its Challenges and Opportunities, MEESO (Modern English Education Society) the 2013 International Conference, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea, 232-237.
  ▪ Park, S. (2013). Managing committees with a small number of members. The NAGPS (National Association of Graduate-Professional Students) 2013 National Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.
  ▪ Park, S. (2013). A corpus-based analysis of get in American English and Korean English newspaper editorials. The AACL (American Association for Corpus Linguistics) 2013 International Conference, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States.
• 2012
  ▪ Park, S. (2012). Research synthesis: Examining the operationalization of output-based vocabulary instruction. Arizona Linguistics Symposium, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
• 2011
  ▪ Park, S. (2011). Literacy coaching in EFL classrooms: Limitations and prospects of literacy coaching in a public secondary school in Korea. The Asia TEFL (Teaching English as Foreign Language) 2011 International Conference, Hotel Seoul KyoYuk MunHwa HoeKwan, Seoul, South Korea.

• 2019
  • Park, S. (2019). Big Data and Language. Daejeon: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  • Park, S. (2019). English for Counselors. Daejeon: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  • Park, S. (2019). Clinic English. Daejeon: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  
• 2017
  • Park, S. (2017). Minister of Education Award in Educational Donation, Korea (2017)
  • Park, S. (2017). Beauty of Educational Donation. In Casebook of the Minister of Education Awards in Educational Donation. Sejong: Ministry of Education.
  • Park, S. (2017). Benefits of Educational Donation. In Manual for Education Donors. Sejong: Ministry of Education, 90-91
  
• 2016
  • Park, S. (Winter, 2016). International Student Alumni. Global Connections, p.6
• 2014
  • Park, S.(2014) Excellence in Service, National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS), U.S.A.
  • Park, S.(2014)Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, U.S.A.
  • Park, S.(2014) President Award, Graduate Student Government, Northern Arizona University, U.S.A.
• 2013
  • Park, S.(2013) Best Research Award, Northern Arizona University, U.S.A.
• 2012
  • Park, S. (December 21, 2012). Coffee & Cronbach. GSAAL News, 6(1), p.2