Tae-Young Kim

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...See more

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 . See less