Dr. Yuna Seong is Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Teaching and Learning at NYU Steinhardt, where she teaches Language Evaluation and Assessment. She also directs the Community Language Program and advanced certificate programs in TESOL and Language Program Management at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Previously, she was Clinical Assistant Professor and Assessment Coordinator at NYU’s English Language Institute, where she designed and taught English courses, managed proficiency testing, and led a curriculum redesign. She continues to consult for organizations such as ETS and College Board, and her research focuses on second language speaking assessment, scenario-based language assessment, and the cognitive processes underlying language test performance.
Selected Publications
Seong (in press). Assessing Strategic Competence as a Cognitive Dimension of L2 Academic Speaking: A scenario-based language assessment approach. Language Assessment Quarterly.
Joo, S. H., Seong, Y., Jung, J.-Y., Suh, J. (in press). Investigating the Affordances of Scenario-Based Language Assessment for Measuring Situated Korean Language Proficiency in Korean as a Foreign Language Setting. Language Assessment Quarterly.
Joo, S. H., Seong, Y., Suh, J., Jung, J.-Y., & Purpura, J. E. (2023). Assessing Korean writing ability through a scenario-based assessment approach. Assessing Writing, 58, 100766.
Seong, Y. (2023). Investigating the construct of topical knowledge in a scenario-based assessment designed to simulate real-life second language use. (Publication No. 30574636), [Doctoral dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia University]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.
Seong, Y. (2017). Assessing L2 Academic Speaking Ability: The Need for a Scenario-based Assessment Approach. Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 17 (2), 36-40.
Seong, Y. (2014). Strategic Competence and L2 Speaking Assessment, Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 14(1), 13-24.
Seong, Y. (2011). The Teacher’s Role in Classroom-based Language Assessment. Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 11(1), 50-52.
Seong, Y. (2008). Evaluating an Instrument for Assessing Connected Speech Performance. Second Language Studies, 26(2), 45-101.