Nicola Fraschini is Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne Asia Institute, where he is Head of Program of Korean Studies and Director of the Global Korea Research Hub. His research focuses on the psychology of language teaching and learning and Q methodology. Jieun Kiaer is YBM-KF Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics at the University of Oxford and a Senior Research Fellow at Hertford College. Her research focuses on multilingualism, translanguaging, and language education in digital contexts. She works closely with policymakers, including the UK Department for Education, to support language education and curriculum innovation.

• Introduction: Generation Z and Korean language learning. Part 1. Policies, curricula, and assessment 1. Learning Korean in high school: The Year 11 and 12 Korean language syllabi in Victoria and Western Australia.2. Flourishing but with challenges: Korean language education for young Vietnamese learners. 3. Teaching Korean in Japanese High Schools: Structure, materials and assessments. 4. Korean language at the secondary level in Taiwan: Learners, policies, and resources. Part 2. Teaching methods and learning practices 5. The impact of the Korean Wave on Korean language studies in Israel.6. Transcending educational boundaries: The impact of eTandem virtual exchange among generation Z learners of Korean. 7. From the classroom to variety shows, films, and web-novels: Korean language learning in Kenya.8. Korean Wave and informal language learning: Learners’ perspectives in online spaces.9. Korean language learning beyond the classroom in young Korean Australians. Part 3. Learners’ individual differences 10. Young learner perspectives on semi-formal, extracurricular Korean language learning in the UK. 11. Transitioning from high school: Chinese students’ triggers to major in Korean Language and Literature at university. 12. Korean language learning among Turkish students: Young learners’ perspectives, motivation and vision. 13. Enjoyment in learning Korean as a foreign language: Learner subjectivity in Thailand.