Christiansen B.Demir D.Günsever H.Kaymak M.E.2024-07-122024-07-1220159781466687301; 1466687290; 978146668729510.4018/978-1-4666-8729-5.ch0132-s2.0-84958104271https://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8729-5.ch013https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/8654The global marketplace is characterized by various changes occurring in economic, social, natural, and technological areas. As such, experts in numerous fields are still working to revise various systems and infrastructures to operate in a robust manner within the new realities of today. This paper focuses on part of the educational aspect of that massive effort by examining the intrinsic motivation of Turkish students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and its potential impact on the country's long-term economic sustainability since English remains the global business language. The paper commences with an introduction to the realities of contemporary globalism that underscore the very purpose for this work, and the subsequent sections present and then synthesize all material to provide suggestions to create a paradigm shift in thinking required for teaching EFL in Turkey. © 2016 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBook Part302286