Beliefs about SLA : new research approaches

This edited collection of articles illustrates recent work on beliefs about second language acquisition, drawing on the thinking of educational philosophers and discursive psychologists including Dewey, Bakhtin, Vygotsky, and Potter. Coverage extends to beliefs held by second/foreign language learners and as well as teachers. The book includes detailed accounts of starting points, definitions, methods of data collection and analysis, main findings and implications for further research.

Ana Maria Ferreira BarcelosCarol HosenfeldRiikka AlanenPaula KalajaClaire KramschHannele DufvaKeiko Sakui and Stephen J. GaiesAna Maria Ferreira BarcelosDevon WoodsAna Maria Ferreira Barcelos and Paula Kalaja

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Section 1 Key Issues in Research on Beliefs About SLA	p. 5
Researching Beliefs about SLA: A Critical Review	p. 7
Section 2 New Approaches to Doing Research on Beliefs About SLA: Focus on Students	p. 35
Evidence of Emergent Beliefs of a Second Language Learner: A Diary Study	p. 37
A Sociocultural Approach to Young Language Learners' Beliefs about Language Learning	p. 55
Research on Students' Beliefs about SLA within a Discursive Approach	p. 87
Metaphor and the Subjective Construction of Beliefs	p. 109
Section 3 New Approaches to doing Research on Beliefs about SLA: Focus on Students and Teachers	p. 129
Beliefs in Dialogue: A Bakhtinian View	p. 131
A Case Study: Beliefs and Metaphors of a Japanese Teacher of English	p. 153
Teachers' and Students' Beliefs within a Deweyan Framework: Conflict and Influence	p. 171
The Social Construction of Beliefs in the Language Classroom	p. 201
Conclusion: Exploring Possibilities for Future Research on Beliefs about SLA	p. 231
Subject Index	p. 241
Author Index	p. 243

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