%0 Journal Article 
%A Nordlund, Marie
%T Student teacher cognition: beliefs about foreign language learning and teaching

%D 2017
%@ 1989-0796
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/35119
%X This study investigates Swedish student teachers’ beliefs about seventeen commonly held views on language
learning and language teaching. Their beliefs were surveyed by means of a questionnaire distributed before and
after the students had taken part in their first English methodology course. The answers given to eleven of the
statements are presented and discussed in this article. These statements were chosen for analysis because they are
directly concerned with the teaching and learning of a second language (L2) in a classroom setting. The results
show that many of the beliefs displayed by the participating student teachers go against the results of previous
research within the field of second language acquisition (SLA), but also that some beliefs had started to change
after the completion of the methodology course. In some cases, however, a more explicit focus would be needed
in methodology courses for student teachers to be more capable in their future profession.

%K Pre-service teachers
%K Second language acquisition
%K Teacher beliefs
%K Teacher education
%K Formación inicial docente
%K Adquisición de un segundo idioma
%K Creencias de maestros
%K Educación de maestros
%K Filología
%K Philology
%~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala