This book clarifies the fundamental difference between North America-based instrumental motivation and Korea (and East Asia)-specific competitive motivation by which the EFL learners' excessive competition to be admitted to famous universities and to be hired at a large-scale conglomerate is the main source of L2 motivation. It enables readers to understand that EFL-learning motivation reflects unique sociohistorical contexts grounded in a specific region or country. This book in turn necessitates the need to develop EFL motivation theory and research tradition which are firmly based on East Asian values and culture.

Autorentext
Tae-Young Kim (CAU Distinguished Scholar 2014-2016) graduated from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (Ph.D., 2007) and from Seoul National University (M.A., 2002; B.A., 1997). He has been teaching in the Department of English Education at Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea since 2008. He teaches various courses related to L2 motivation, applied linguistics, and quantitative/qualitative research methods in ELT. His main area of research interest is L2 learning/teaching (de)motivation particularly in the context of English as a foreign language. He has published over 170 academic journal articles and book chapters on L2 learning motivation and co-edited a book entitled Second Language Teacher Motivation, Autonomy and Development in East Asia. 

Inhalt
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Historical Overview of English Learning in South Korea: The 19th Century and Japanese Colonization.- Chapter 3 Historical Overview of English Learning in South Korea: The U.S. Military Government, Korean War, and Post-War Reconstruction Period.- Chapter 4 A Historical Overview of English Learning in South Korea: An Era of Economic and Cultural Prosperity from the 1990s to the 2010s.- Chapter 5 History of English Learning and Its Motivation in Other East Asian Countries.- Chapter 6 Recent Advances in EFL (De)Motivation Theory.- Chapter 7 Sociohistorical Genesis of Korean EFL Learners' English Learning Motivation.- Chapter 8 Conclusion.