Beliefs, Agency and Identity in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

1. Introduction

1. The Book in a Nutshell
Paula Kalaja, Ana Maria F. Barcelos, Mari Aro, Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty

2. Key Issues Relevant to the Studies to Be Reported: Beliefs, Agency and Identity
Paula Kalaja, Ana Maria F. Barcelos, Mari Aro, Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty

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

5. Conclusion

10. Comparing and Contrasting the Studies Reported: Lessons Learnt
Paula Kalaja, Ana Maria F. Barcelos, Mari Aro, Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty

Keywords: Education, Language Teaching, Language Education, Psycholinguistics, English, Applied Linguistics, Teaching and Teacher Education