English Classes in Slumber Why Korean Students Sleep in Language Education /

• Main Authors: Ahn, S.-H. Gyemyong (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Lee, Mun Woo (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Language and education.; Language and languages-Study and teaching.; Educational sociology.; Language Education.; Language Teaching.; Sociology of Education.

This book explains why some Korean high school students sleep during English classes in spite of the emphasized value of English in their society. It examines how this sleeping-in-class phenomenon can be understood by means of such marginalized students' emic outlooks on themselves, the target...