Historical Development of English Learning Motivation Research E-Book

Tae-Young Kim

• Herausgeber: Springer Singapore
• Kategorie: Fremdsprachen
• Serie: English Language Education
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Beschreibung

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.   ​