Results of a colloquium held at the annual meeting of the British Association of Applied Linguistics in 2000.

Researching beliefs about SLA : a critical review / Ana Maria Ferreira Barcelos -- Evidence of emergent beliefs of a second language learner : a diary study / Carol Hosenfeld -- A sociocultural approach to young language learners' beliefs about language learning / Riikka Alanen -- Research on students' beliefs about SLA within a discursive approach / Paula Kalaja -- Metaphor and the subjective construction of beliefs / Claire Kramsch -- Beliefs in dialogue : a Bakhtinian view / Hannele Dufva -- A case study : beliefs and metaphors of a Japanese teacher of English / Keiko Sakui and Stephen J. Gaies -- Teachers' and students' beliefs within a Deweyan framework : conflict and influence / Ana Maria Ferreira Barcelos -- The social construction of beliefs in the language classroom / Devon Woods -- Conclusion : Exploring possibilities for future research on beliefs about SLA / Ana Maria Ferreira Barcelos and Paula Kalaja.