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Record Nr.

UNINA9910280948303321

Autore

Kalaja Paula

Titolo

Beliefs, Agency and Identity in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching / / by Paula Kalaja, Ana Maria F. Barcelos, Mari Aro, Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781137425959

1137425954

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Classificazione

FOR007000LAN009040LAN020000

Disciplina

418.0071

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Psycholinguistics

Germanic languages

Applied linguistics

Teachers - Training of

Language Teaching and Learning

Language Education

Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics

Germanic Languages

Applied Linguistics

Teaching and Teacher Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.