Beliefs, agency and identity in foreign language learning and teaching

By Paula Kalaja, Mari Aro, Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty

Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, Second language acquisition, Study and teaching, Language and languages, study and teaching, Language and languages, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching

Description: "Beliefs, Agency and Identity in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching 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. The authors to take turns in reporting recent studies that are truly longitudinal in their research design, carried out from novel theoretical starting points and with innovation in data collection and analysis. The book contributes to a greater understanding of how learners go about learning and teachers about teaching foreign languages"--