Neerja Samajdar

Neerja Samajdar
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre: 
Centre for Korean Studies,
School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies
Off. Phone: 
011-26741924
Residence: 
09810388875
Email: 
neerjasingh@mail.jnu.ac.in , neerjass@hotmail.com
Personal Webpage: 
http://www.jnu.ac.in
Qualifications: 

Ph.D. in Korean Language Education/Teaching, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Areas of Interest/Specialization: 

Korean Language and Korean Studies

Experience: 

4 years of Teaching at JNU

Awards & Honours: 

* The First Indian to complete her Ph.D. in the field of Korean Language Education from Republic of Korea, Feb 2007
* Awarded scholarship: Korean Government Scholarship Student, Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Republic of Korea to pursue a PhD program in Korea, Aug, 2002
*Awarded with best Korean speech & writing, Society for Korean Language Education, Republic of Korea, Oct. 2005
*Awarded with best academic research award for Korean Government Scholarship Student, Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Republic of Korea, Dec, 2005

International Collaboration/Consultancy: 

Seoul National University

Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5): 

* Teaching & Learning methodology for improving speaking skills of Korean learners, The 15th Annual Conference of American Association of Korean Language Teachers, Washington University, USA, June 24-26, 2010. 

* The Role of Foreign Language Culture : An introduction to methodology of Korean language teaching, Japanese Conference on Foreign Language Education, Mar, 2010. 

* Error Analysis of Pronunciation of Indian Learners in Spoken Korean Language, Workshop of Korean Language Teachers’ Association in India, New Delhi, India, Feb, 2010. 

* Korean Language Education in India- A study based on Indian students, Journal of Korean Language Education, Vol. 119, ISSN 1226-39588, Feb. 2006.

* Korean Language Teaching in India, The Society of Korean Language Education, 260th Academic conference, Nov. 2005.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3): 

NA

Patents (if any): 

NA