Beliefs About SLA

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Section 1: Key Issues in Research on Beliefs about SLA.- Researching Beliefs about SLA: A Critical Review.- Section 2: New Approaches to Doing Research on Beliefs about SLA: Focus on Students.- Evidence of Emergent Beliefs of a Second Language Learner: A Diary Study.- A Sociocultural Approach to Young Language Learners’ Beliefs about Language Learning.- Research on Students’ Beliefs about SLA within a Discursive Approach.- Metaphor and the Subjective Construction of Beliefs.- Section 3: New Approaches to Doing Research on Beliefs about SLA: Focus on Students and Teachers.- Beliefs in Dialogue: A Bakhtinian View.- A Case Study: Beliefs and Metaphors of a Japanese Teacher of English.- Teachers’ and Students’ Beliefs within a Deweyan Framework: Conflict and Influence.- The Social Construction of Beliefs in the Language Classroom.- Conclusion: Exploring Possibilities for Future Research on Beliefs about SLA.- Subject Index.- Author Index.