Open Access“Anyway, I don't think I’ll ever be prepared”: Letters students’ beliefs and affective states
Author(s) -
Fernando Silvério de Lima,
Douglas Candido Ribeiro,
Maria da Conceição Aparecida Pereira Zolnier
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
revista letras
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2236-0999
pISSN - 0100-0888
DOI - 10.5380/rel.v88i1.26760
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , affect (linguistics) , social psychology , psychiatry , communication
Some studies in contemporary Applied Linguistics have considered the role of beliefs and affective domains in initial and continuing English Teacher Education. In this paper we present the results of a case study (BROWN; RODGERS, 2002), carried out with two Letters undergraduates, in which we aimed to investigate the beliefs and affective states that emerged in the classes of an English course in which the students were enrolled. The data, collected mainly by means of written accounts which resulted from open questionnaires, suggest a consistent relationship between beliefs and affective states, i. e., the students do not feel prepared for the teaching profession, pointing out some limitations that are justified by their beliefs and strengthened by factors of the affective domains, such as insecurity and anxiety.