Understanding EAP Learners’ Beliefs about Language Learning from a Socio-cultural Perspective - Chili Li

Understanding EAP Learners’ Beliefs about Language Learning from a Socio-cultural Perspective

A Longitudinal Study at an EMI Context in Mainland China

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Buch | Softcover
152 Seiten
2022 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-16-0141-5 (ISBN)
117,69 inkl. MwSt
This book focuses on the dynamic nature of EAP (English for academic purposes) learners’ beliefs about language learning in their shift from an EFL (English as a foreign language) environment to an EMI (English as the medium of instruction) setting in mainland China. It adopts a mixed method paradigm, whose quantitative part aims to capture the general dynamic feature of the selected student population, while its qualitative part attempts to unveil the process of change in beliefs about language learning among the sample. It is hypothesized that the change in their beliefs about language learning is the result of the interplay between the learners’ agency and the mediation of the contextual realities at the institutional and social levels.

​Chili Li is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the School of Foreign Languages, Hubei University of Technology, China. He obtained his doctorate in Applied Linguistics from School of English, the University of Liverpool, UK. His research interests include Applied Linguistics and EAP teaching in the Chinese EFL context. His publications appear in both Chinese and international academic journals like System (SSCI), Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics (ESCI), Asian EFL Journal, Foreign Language Education & Research, Foreign Language and Literature Research.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Literature Review.- Chapter 3. Research Methodology.- Chapter 4. Results Regarding Beliefs about Language Learning.- Chapter 5. Socio-cultural Interpretation of the Results.- Chapter 6. Conclusions and Recommendations. 



 

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 4 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; XXII, 152 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Singapore
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte belief change • beliefs about language learning • Dynamicity • EAP learners • learn er agency • learner agency • Socio-cultural theory
ISBN-10 981-16-0141-0 / 9811601410
ISBN-13 978-981-16-0141-5 / 9789811601415
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