Language Teacher Motivation, Autonomy and Development in East Asia

Yuzo Kimura, a professor of English language teaching at the School of Medicine, University of Toyama, Japan, is interested in L2 teaching and learning motivation in three countries in the Far East. He is a long-time government-fund recipient and has been conducting longitudinal fieldwork studies at three sites in Japan, China and South Korea.    

Luxin Yang is a Professor of Applied Linguistics in the National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education and Graduate School of Education at Beijing Foreign Studies University, China. She has been involved in in-service and pre-service foreign language teacher education in China over a decade. Her research interests include foreign language teacher education, second language writing, and academic literacy development.

Chapter1.Introduction( Yuzo Kimura, Luxin Yang and Tae-Young Kim).- Part 1: Theoretical studies: chapter2. Complexity Theory as a Conceptual Framework for Language Phil HiverToward Teacher Autonomy: Encouraging Socially Shared Regulation in the Classroom ( Yoshiyuki Nakata ).- Chapter3. Shifts of Theoretical Paradigms in Second Language Teacher Education and Development: A Critical Review( Lian Zhang).- Part 2: Empirical studies L2 Teacher Motivation/Autonomy as Complex Systems: Chapter4. Across the Boundaries of L2 Classrooms in the Far East( Yuzo Kimura).- Chapter5.Dynamics of South Korean EFL Teachers' Initial Career Motives and Demotivation( Tae-Young Kim and Yongmi Kim).- Chapter6. Exploring the Impact of Group Lesson Discussions on Beliefs and Practices of Three High School EFL Teachers in China( Luxin Yang).- Chapter7. EFL Teacher Learning in Japan: Joining a Digital Technology Community of Practice( Keiko Sakui & Neil Cowie ).- Chapter8. From Darkness to Light: Teacher Immunity and the Emergence of Relatedness with Students ( Richard Sampson).- Chapter9. Teacher Enthusiasm: The Key to Unlocking Teacher and Student Motivation in the L2 Classrooms in East Asia( Peng DING).- Chapter10. Learning to Teach English Reading Through True Concept Formation: A Case Study of a Pre-service English Teacher's Professional Development ( Eunju Kim).- Chapter11. A Case Study of Teacher Autonomy in College English Classrooms(Lina Qian ).- Chapter12. Concluding Chapter (Magdalena Kubanyiova ).