Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Foreign Language Motivation Research in Japan: An 'Insider' Perspective from Outside Japan -- 2. Learning Japanese; Learning English: Promoting Motivation Through Autonomy, Competence and Relatedness -- 3. Imagined L2 Selves and Motivation for Intercultural Communication -- 4. Exploring Classroom-based Constructs of EFL Motivation for Science and Engineering Students in Japan -- 5. Dual Goal Orientation in the Japanese Context: A Case Study of Two EFL Learners -- 6. A Comprehensive Summary of Empirical Studies of Motivation Among Japanese Elementary School EFL Learners -- 7. One Curriculum, Three Stories: Ideal L2 Self and L2-Self-Discrepancy Profiles -- 8. Effect of Intercultural Contact on L2 Motivation: A Comparative Study -- 9. Motivation, Ideal L2 Self and Valuing of Global English -- 10. Motivation, Attitudes and Selves in the Japanese Context: A Mixed Methods Approach -- 11. A Longitudinal Perspective on EFL Learning Motivation in Japanese Engineering Students -- 12. Demotivators in the Japanese EFL Context -- 13. Positive L2 Self: Linking Positive Psychology with L2 Motivation -- 14. What's Working in Japan? Present Communities of Imagining -- 15. Understanding Motivational Evolution in the EFL Classroom: A Longitudinal Study from a Dynamic Systems Perspective -- 16. Motivational Design for Effective Second Language Instruction -- 17. Perspectives on L2 Motivation: Bridging the Gaps between Teachers, SLA Researchers and Teacher Educators -- Index