Beliefs, Agency and Identity in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

Author:   Paula Kalaja ,  Ana Maria F. Barcelos ,  Mari Aro ,  Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
ISBN:  

9781137425942


Pages:   237
Publication Date:   26 October 2015
Format:   Hardback
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This book explores the phenomena of believing (or giving personal meanings), acting, and identifying (or identity construction), and the interconnectedness of these phenomena in the learning and teaching of English and other foreign languages.

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Author:   Paula Kalaja ,  Ana Maria F. Barcelos ,  Mari Aro ,  Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.188kg
ISBN:  

9781137425942


ISBN 10:   1137425946
Pages:   237
Publication Date:   26 October 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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This is when the uniqueness and methodological rigor of the research studies recounted in the book come into view. ... this book is insightful, enlightening, and enjoyable and recommended reading for every language learning and teaching program's library. (Melanie Taylor Gobert, Independence, February - March, 2019)


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Paula Kalaja is Professor of English at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. She specializes in aspects of second language (L2) learning, including beliefs, attitudes, attributions, and aspects of L2 writing. She has co-authored and -edited a number of books including Beliefs about SLA: New Research Approaches (2003), Narratives of Learning and Teaching EFL (2008) and a number of textbooks. Ana Maria F. Barcelos is Associate Professor of English at the Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Her main interests include beliefs about language learning and teaching as related to emotions and identities. She has co-authored and -edited a number of books including Beliefs about SLA: New Research Approaches (2003) and Narratives of Learning and Teaching EFL (2008). Mari Aro has been Senior Researcher in the Department of Languages, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her main areas of research include learner beliefs and agency. With dialogism and the work of the Bakhtin Circle as her theoretical background, she focuses particularly on the notions of voice and authority. Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty is Postdoctoral Researcher in Language Pedagogy in the Department of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her main areas of research include foreign language teachers' professional development, agency and identity as well as the development of teacher education.

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