Chapter 3: Inquiring into the Nature of Beliefs: Implications for Learner Autonomy Reflection and Practice. By Stephen Scott Brewer
Abstract
Human brains are prolific producers of thoughts about the world. One category of such thoughts, known as beliefs, is seen to play a key role in guiding human behavior. There is much current debate, however, about what beliefs actually are, i.e., their ontological status, and how second language acquisition researchers should go about conceptualizing and studying them. This article is an attempt to address this debate and ask what its implications could be for teachers interested in learner autonomy.
Citation (APA 7)
Brewer, S. S. (2019). Inquiring into the nature of beliefs: Implications for learner autonomy reflection and practice. In A. Burkert, L. Dam, & C. Ludwig (Eds.), The answer is learner autonomy: Issues in language teaching and learning. (pp. 53-74). Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.47908/9/3 (Original work published 2013)
Human brains are prolific producers of thoughts about the world. One category of such thoughts, known as beliefs, is seen to play a key role in guiding human behavior. There is much current debate, however, about what beliefs actually are, i.e., their ontological status, and how second language acquisition researchers should go about conceptualizing and studying them. This article is an attempt to address this debate and ask what its implications could be for teachers interested in learner autonomy.
Citation (APA 7)
Brewer, S. S. (2019). Inquiring into the nature of beliefs: Implications for learner autonomy reflection and practice. In A. Burkert, L. Dam, & C. Ludwig (Eds.), The answer is learner autonomy: Issues in language teaching and learning. (pp. 53-74). Candlin & Mynard. https://doi.org/10.47908/9/3 (Original work published 2013)
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Title: The Answer is Learner Autonomy: Issues in Language Teaching and Learning.
Editors: Anja Burkert, Leni Dam and Christian Ludwig
Publication date: 2019 (originally published in 2013 as an ebook by IATEFL)
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Title: The Answer is Learner Autonomy: Issues in Language Teaching and Learning.
Editors: Anja Burkert, Leni Dam and Christian Ludwig
Publication date: 2019 (originally published in 2013 as an ebook by IATEFL)
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