Over the last two decades or so, considerable development has taken place in research studies on learner beliefs. However, to date few studies have attempted to investigate the development of learner beliefs and the interactions among learner beliefs, learner strategies and learning. This book reports a multicase study which employed a naturalistic inquiry to investigate the development of five Chinese language learners' beliefs, their learner strategy use and learning over a 16 week period. The study identified some major changes in the learners' beliefs and strategies. It reveals gains in...