Shine (JaeHwa) Hong, MA

Sessional Assistant Professor of Global Education; Academic Director of International Pathway Programs; Course Lead
God has shaped me through my weaknesses so that I can have a clear lens of learners, understand their learning challenges, and support them with genuine heart. As an apprentice of Jesus Christ, I continually look forward to His guidance and wisdom to serve my students and colleagues and bear much fruit in Him.

Shine earned her first Master’s degree in Environmental engineering, in Incheon, Korea where she spent about 2.5 years developing a bio-membrane reactor by utilizing wastewater. Following God’s guidance, she made a dramatic career transition from engineering to teaching English in 2007. She taught grammar, Jr. TOEIC and TOFEL to teenage students in private schools, Seoul for two years and joined the MATESOL program at TWU in 2011. Since earning her second Master’s degree in TESOL, Shine has been working for GLOBAL, especially teaching Writing 101 and English 101 to first-year undergraduate students and leading a writing team as a Course Lead. She also serves U1 and OG programs as an Academic Director.

MA in Teaching English as a Second Language, Trinity Western University, 2011-2012

Environmental Engineering (M.E.) in Inha University, Incheon, Korea, 2003-2005                                             

Expertise

Language Assessment, Teacher Training/Coaching, Curriculum Development, Course/Material Design (F2F/Online/Hybrid), Haptic Pronunciation, e-learning, First-year Academic Writing

Shine’s research interest is e-learning for teaching writing in EAP context. 

Affiliations & Memberships

  • TESL Canada
  • BC TEAL

  • WRTG 101 Writing and Culture
  • ENGL 101 Introduction to Writing
  • LING 315 Computer-Assisted Language Learning