Narratives of Learning and Teaching EFL

A collection of research reports on lived experiences of the English language focusing on the subjective meanings and emotions involved in EFL contexts of learning and teaching. The contributors make use of fresh theoretical frameworks and innovative methods of data collection and analysis, including verbal and visual narratives.

PAULA KALAJA is Full Professor of English in the Department of Languages at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. She is an expert on second/foreign language learning and teaching. She is co-editor (with Ana Maria F. Barcelos) of Beliefs about SLA: New Research Approaches (2003), among others, and co-author (with Hannele Dufva) of a textbook on language awareness.
 
VERA MENEZES, former president of ALAB (Brazilian Association of Applied Linguistics), is a Full Professor at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, in Brazil, where she teaches and carries out research on second language acquisition and computer assisted language learning. She is also the editor of Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada.
 
ANA MARIA F. BARCELOS is Assistant Professor of English at the Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Her research interests are beliefs about language learning and teaching. She is co-editor (with Paula Kalaja) of Beliefs about SLA: New Research Approaches (2003), and of a book on beliefs about language learning and teaching in Brazil.