| Beliefs about SLA: New Research Approaches Contributor(s): Kalaja, P. (Editor), Ferreira Barcelos, A. M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1402047509 ISBN-13: 9781402047503 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: This edited collection of articles illustrates more recent work on beliefs about SLA, drawing on the thinking of (educational) philosophers and (discursive) psychologists, including Dewey, Bakhtin, Vygotsky, and Potter. The data for these reports have been collected by a variety of means, e.g., narratives, diary/journal entries, interviews, completion tasks, classroom observations, and subjected to a number of novel ways of analysis. The book puts past and present research into perspective by comparing and contrasting different approaches. Both beliefs from second/foreign language learners and teachers are subject of research. The contributions provide detailed accounts of starting points, definitions, methods of data collection and analysis, main findings and implications for further research. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Language Experience Approach - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts |
| Dewey: 418 |
| LCCN: 2006921847 |
| Series: Educational Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.18" W x 9.24" (0.82 lbs) 249 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This edited collection of articles illustrates more recent work on beliefs about SLA, drawing on the thinking of (educational) philosophers and (discursive) psychologists, including Dewey, Bakhtin, Vygotsky, and Potter. The data for these reports have been collected by a variety of means, e.g., narratives, diary/journal entries, interviews, completion tasks, classroom observations, and subjected to a number of novel ways of analysis. The book puts past and present research into perspective by comparing and contrasting different approaches. Both beliefs from second/foreign language learners and teachers are subject of research. The contributions provide detailed accounts of starting points, definitions, methods of data collection and analysis, main findings and implications for further research. |