Robert J. FouserRobert J. Fouser holds a PhD in applied linguistics from Trinity College, Dublin and an MA in applied linguistics, and a BA in Japanese language and literature, both from the University of Michigan. He has lectured on Korean language education at Seoul National University and, before that, on foreign language education at Kyoto University. He also developed the Korean language program at Kagoshima University in Japan. His early research interests were the learning of third languages (L3), particularly from a sociolinguistic perspective. During his years in Japan and Korea, he also researched e-learning and mobile learning applications in language teaching with a focus on English and Korean. His recent research interest is the influence of social context on the history of second language learning and teaching. He is also the author of Oegugeo Jeonpadam (“The Spread of Foreign Languages”, 2018), a history of foreign language learning and teaching that he wrote in Korean for general readership. He is currently based in Providence, Rhode Island as an independent scholar. Read More Read Less