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Direct linkKim, Tae-Young – English Language Education, 2021
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…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
Kim, Tae-Young; Kim, Youngmi; Kim, Ji-Young – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2018
This paper presents the components influencing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning demotivation and resilience. Semi-structured interview data from 23 EFL students and nine teachers were thematically analyzed guided by the Grounded Theory approach after systematic reiterative comparative reviewing. The major demotivators were teachers'…
Descriptors: Self Control, Qualitative Research, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Kim, Miso; Kim, Tae-Young – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2015
In South Korea, "Damunwha" students (students from multicultural family backgrounds) have difficulties at school because of others' derogatory perception of them and the different linguistic and cultural settings. In light of this issue, this paper addresses the "Damunwha" students' identities and participation within the…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Asians, Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism
Kim, Tae-Young – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2011
This study examines the longitudinal trajectories of two Korean ESL immigrants' L2 learning motivation from an Activity Theory perspective. Two highly skilled immigrants participated in monthly semistructured interviews over a period of 10 months. The research questions are as follows: (1) How does the relationship between ESL learners and their…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Immigrants, English (Second Language), Social Influences
