Investigating the relationship between belief and action in self-directed language learning (original) (raw)

2011, Fuel and Energy Abstracts

Employing the principles of a contextual approach to learner belief research and applying it to a self-directed learning context at a Japanese university, this longitudinal study investigates the complex interplay between beliefs and actions and its contribution to the development of language learning skills. Through the triangulation of various qualitative data sources, including language learning histories and reflective accounts of students' self-directed learning actions, with detailed documentation of these actions, we demonstrate the differing belief trajectories of two learners, and the role interaction played in the emergence, appropriation and refinement of their beliefs.

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