Reflections on language teacher identity research / edited by Gary Barkhuizen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barkhuizen, Gary, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Research.

Language and languages.

Second language acquisition--Research.

Second language acquisition.

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Linguistic analysis (Linguistics).

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

viii, 278 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, [2017]

Summary:

Reflections on Language Teacher Identity Research is the first book to present understandings of language teacher identity (LTI) from a broad range of research fields. Drawing on their personal research experience, 41 contributors locate LTI within their area of expertise by considering their conceptual understanding of LTI and the methodological approaches used to investigate it. The chapters are narrative in nature and take the form of guided reflections within a common chapter structure, with authors embedding their discussions within biographical accounts of their professional lives and research work. Authors weave discussions of LTI into their own research biographies, employing a personal reflective style. This book also looks to future directions in LTI research, with suggestions for research topics and methodological approaches. This is an ideal resource for students and researchers interested in language teacher identity as well as language teaching and research more generally. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Language teacher identity research: An introduction / Gary Barkhuizen Barkhuizen, Gary 1

2 Tangled up with everything else: Toward new conceptions of language, teachers, and identities / Kelleen Toohey Toohey, Kelleen 12

3 Teacher autonomy and teacher agency / Phil Benson Benson, Phil 18

4 Becoming a language teaching professional: What's identity got to do with it? / Richard Donate Donate, Richard 24

5 Journey to the center of language teacher identity / David Block Block, David 31

6 Towards sociolinguistically informed language teacher identities / Christina Higgins Higgins, Christina 37

7 Language teacher educator identity and language teacher identity: Towards a social justice perspective / Manka M. Varghese Varghese, Manka M. 43

8 Recognizing the local in language teacher identity / Ahmar Mahboob Mahboob, Ahmar 49

9 Narratives of identity: Reflections on English language teachers, teaching, and educational opportunity / David Hayes Hayes, David 54

10 The tension between conflicting plots / Julia Menard-Warwick Menard-Warwick, Julia 61

11 Multilingual identity in teaching multilingual writing / Suresh Canagarajah Canagarajah, Suresh 67

12 Language teacher identity in troubled times / Brenda Leibowitz Leibowitz, Brenda 74

13 Learner investment and language teacher identity / Bonny Norton Norton, Bonny 80

14 Identity, innovation, and learning to teach a foreign/second language / Jason Martel Martel, Jason 87

15 Boundary disputes in self / Sarah Mercer Mercer, Sarah 93

16 Understanding language teachers' sense-making in action through the prism of future self guides / Magdalena Kubanyiova Kubanyiova, Magdalena 100

17 Searching for identity in distance language teaching / Cynthia J. White White, Cynthia J. 107

18 Second language teacher identity and study abroad / Jane Jackson Jackson, Jane 114

19 Becoming a researcher: A journey of inquiry / Yueting Xu Xu, Yueting 120

20 Identity and teacher research / Simon Borg Borg, Simon 126

21 "This life-changing experience": Teachers be(com)mg action researchers / Anne Burns Burns, Anne 133

22 Teacher identity in second language teacher education / Jack C. Richards Richards, Jack C. 139

23 Identities as emotioning and believing / Ana Maria F. Barcelos Barcelos, Ana Maria F. 145

24 Grappling with language teacher identity / Paula Golombek Golombek, Paula 151

25 Situating affect, ethics, and policy in LTI research / Peter I. De Costa Costa, Peter I. De 158

26 Language teacher identity in teacher education / David Nunan Nunan, David 164

27 Language teacher identities and socialization / Patricia A. Duff Duff, Patricia A. 170

28 Acknowledging the generational and affective aspects of language teacher identity / Lesley Harbon Harbon, Lesley 176

29 "Who I am is how T teach": Reflecting on language teacher professional role identity / Thomas S.C. Farrell Farrell, Thomas S.C. 183

30 Questioning the identity turn in language teacher (educator) research / Xuesong Gao Gao, Xuesong 189

31 "English is a way of travelling, Finnish the station from which you set out": Reflections on the identities of L2 teachers in the context of Finland / Paula Kalaja Kalaja, Paula 196

32 Language teacher identity as critical social practice / Brian Morgan Morgan, Brian 203

33 Critical language teacher identity / Ryuko Kubota Kubota, Ryuko 210

34 Who we are: Teacher identity, race, empire, and nativeness / Suhanthie Motha Motha, Suhanthie 215

35 Reflecting on my flight path / Masaki Oda Oda, Masaki 222

36 Feminist language teacher identity research / Stephanie Vandrick Vandrick, Stephanie 228

37 Identity dilemmas and research agendas / Cynthia D. Nelson Nelson, Cynthia D. 234

38 Second language writing teacher identity / Paul Kei Matsuda Matsuda, Paul Kei 240

39 Writing teacher identity: Current knowledge and future research / Yin Ling Cheung Cheung, Yin Ling 246

40 Multiple selves, materials, and teacher identity / Jill Hadfield Hadfield, Jill 252

41 Language teaching identity: A fractal system / Vera Lúcia Menezes da Oliveira e Paiva Paiva, Vera Lúcia Menezes da Oliveira e 258

42 The intimate alterity of identity / Matthew Clarke Clarke, Matthew 264.

ISBN:

9781138186972

113818697X

9781138186989

1138186988

OCLC:

965145982