We are happy to present the sixth volume of our series entitled Applied linguistics in the 21st century. We are really happy to publish our second monograph in English, as we hope it will help the internationalization and wider recognition of research results from Hungarian contexts. Dávid Smid’s monograph is the first that analyses English teacher education in Hungary, which is a timely and acutely important topic. The general importance of this research is that Hungarians are still lagging behind in second language knowledge in the European Union, and, therefore, we should not let any stones unturned when investigating reasons behind this sad phenomenon. Mapping pre-service teachers’ motivational profiles informs us about a number of issues, such as who decides to study English language teaching, what the possible reasons might be behind attrition during studies or shortly afterwards, as well as how teacher motivation might be linked to student motivation. Dávid’s work also provides a good example of mixed-methods studies and how to solve complex design-related problems. We think that this monograph will be interesting to researchers, stakeholders and, hopefully, decision-makers.