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Students' and Teachers' Beliefs About Language Learning

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ID8936730
AuthorsRichard G Kern (University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume28
Issue1
Pages71-92
Publication date1995-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueForeign Language Annals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1944-9720.1995.tb00770.x
OpenAlexW2041305134
LanguageEN
Citations received67
References cited22

This study compares one group of students' beliefs about language learning with those of their teachers and with those of their peers at another institution. It furthermore examines change in students' beliefs in relation to those of their instructors in an effort to develop hypotheses about the potential influence of teachers' beliefs on students' beliefs. Beliefs were assessed by means of the Beliefs About Language Learning Inventory, developed by Horwitz (1985, 1988). Results were found to be significantly affected by the type of analysis: global analyses of group means and percentages showed overall similarities between teachers' and students' beliefs as well as between students' pre‐ and posttest responses, while analyses of individuals and course section groups revealed much greater differences. The findings of the study suggest that teachers' beliefs are but one of many factors that affect students' beliefs about language learning and that multivariate research designs are needed to explore with greater precision the complex interrelationships between learners' and teachers' belief systems

Affect (linguistics · Language acquisition · Mathematics education · Multivariate analysis · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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