Younghee Sheen

Assistant Professor
Department of Language and Foreign Studies
American University
Washington, DC 20016-8045

Office: Asbury 220
Phone: 202-885-2247
E-mail: sheen@american.edu

Dr. Sheen received her PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Nottingham (UK). She holds an MA and EdM in Applied Linguistics from Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Sheen teaches Second Language Acquisition, English Language Teaching I & II and Pedagogical Grammar. Her main research interest is instructed second language acquisition, in particular, the role of form-focused instruction and corrective feedback in language learning. She has published a book chapter and several articles on these topics in Language Teaching Research, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, and TESOL Quarterly. She is a recipient of, and co-principal investigator, on a 2007 TESOL International Research Foundation Grant.

Her publications include:

Sheen, Y. (in press). Recasts, language anxiety, modified output and L2 learning. Language Learning, 58.

Sheen, Y. (2007). The effect of focused written corrective feedback and language aptitude on ESL learners’ acquisition of articles. TESOL Quarterly, 41(2), 255-283.

 

Sheen, Y. (2007). The effect of corrective feedback, language aptitude and learner attitudes on the acquisition of English articles, In A. Mackey (Ed.), Conversational interaction in second language acquisition (pp. 301-322). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Sheen, Y. (2006). Exploring the relationship between characteristics of recasts and learner uptake. Language Teaching Research, 10,361-392.

 

Ellis, R. and Sheen, Y. (2006). Re-examining the role of recasts in second language acquisition. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 28,575-600.

 

Sheen, Y. (2004). Corrective feedback and learner uptake in communicative classrooms across instructional settings. Language Teaching Research, 8, 263-300.

 

Her major conference presentations include

Sheen, Y. (2008, August). The influence of learners’ language analytic ability on the success of metalinguistic feedback. Paper to be presented at The 15th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Essen, Germany.

Sheen, Y. (2008, March). Colloquium organizer. Oral and Written Corrective Feedback: Theory, Research and Practice. Colloquium presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics conference (AAAL), Washington, DC.

Sheen, Y. (2008, March).  The future of applied linguistics: Succeeding in the academic job search. Panel presentation to be given at American Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Washington, DC.

Sheen, Y. (2008, March). Exploring the mediating role of individual differences in the effect of corrective feedback on L2 learning. Invited talk to be given at Georgetown University for Linguistics Speakers Series, Washington, DC.

Sheen, Y. (2007, October). Oral and written metalinguistic feedback and language analytic ability. Paper presented at Second Language Research Forum conference, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.

Sheen, Y. (2007, April). Language anxiety and the efficacy of recasts. Paper presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Costa Mesa, CA.

Sheen, Y. (2006, November). Does language anxiety influence the efficacy of recasts? Paper presented at New York State Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages conference, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Sheen, Y. and Ellis, R. (2006, September). Re-examining the role of recasts. Paper presented at British Association for Applied Linguistics, Cork, Ireland.

Sheen, Y. (2006, June). Differential effects of oral corrective feedback. Paper presented at English Linguistics Society of Korea conference, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. 

Sheen, Y. (2006, June). Do individual learner factor mediate the effect of corrective feedback? Paper presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Montreal, Canada.

Sheen, Y. (2005, November). Written corrective feedback, aptitude and the acquisition of English articles. Paper presented at New York State Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages conference, New York University, NY.

Sheen, Y. (2005, October). Oral corrective feedback, aptitude and L2 acquisition. Paper presented at Second Language Research Forum conference, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY.  

Sheen, Y. (2005, April). Deconstructing recasts: Do they constitute an implicit or explicit corrective feedback strategy? Paper presented at International Society for Language Studies conference, Montreal, Canada.

Sheen, Y. (2004, October). Corrective feedback and learner uptake over time: A study of one communicative classroom. Paper presented at Second Language Research Forum conference, Pennsylvania State University, PA.

Sheen, Y. (2004, May). Corrective feedback and learner uptake in different instructional settings. Paper presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Portland, OR.