Beliefs, Agency and Identity in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paula Kalaja, Ana Maria F. Barcelos, Mari Aro, Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty.
• Authors: Kalaja, Paula; Ferreira, Ana Maria (Ana Maria Barcelos); Aro, Mari; Ruohotie-Lyhty, Maria
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Book in a Nutshell -- 2. Key Issues Relevant to the Studies to Be Reported: Beliefs, Agency and Identity -- PART I -- LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN TO YOUNG ADULTS -- 3. Authority Versus Experience: Dialogues on Learner Beliefs; Mari Aro -- 4. In Action and Inaction: English Learners Authoring Their Agency; Mari Aro -- PART II -- STUDYING FOREIGN LANGUAGES: FROM FIRST-YEAR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO GRADUATES -- 5. Student Teachers' Beliefs and Motivation, and the Shaping of Their Professional Identities; Ana Maria F. Barcelos -- 6. Student Teachers' Beliefs about L1 And L2 Discursively Constructed: A Longitudinal Study of Interpretative Repertoires; Paula Kalaja -- 7. 'Dreaming Is Believing': The Teaching of Foreign Languages as Envisioned by Student Teachers; Paula Kalaja -- PART III -- TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES: FROM NOVICE TEACHERS TO EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS -- 8. Dependent or Independent: The Construction of the Beliefs of Newly Qualified Foreign Language Teachers; Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty -- 9. Stories of Change and Continuity: Understanding the Development of the Identities of Foreign Language Teachers; Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty -- Conclusion -- 10. Comparing and Contrasting the Studies Reported: Lessons Learnt.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 418.0071; Science; Study & Teaching; English as a Second Language; Teaching of a specific subject; Language teaching theory & methods; Science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137425966; 1137425962; 1137425954; 9781137425959
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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