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Language teacher identities : co-constructing discourse and community / Matthew Clarke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, Matthew, 1964-
- Series:
- New perspectives on language and education.
- New perspectives on language and education
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Study and teaching--United Arab Emirates.
- English language.
- English language--Study and teaching--Arabic speakers.
- English teachers--Training of--United Arab Emirates.
- English teachers.
- English language--United Arab Emirates.
- Women--Education--United Arab Emirates.
- Women.
- Second language acquisition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Clevedon, UK ; Buffalo [NY] : Multilingual Matters, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Set in the rapidly changing world of the contemporary United Arab Emirates and bringing together detailed linguistic analysis with cutting edge social theory, this book explores the development of the first cohort of students to complete a new Bachelor of Education in English language teaching, theorizing the students’ learning to teach in terms of the discursive construction of a teaching identity within an evolving community of practice. Both a study of the influence of issues such as gender and nationalism in language teacher education in the Middle East, as well as of the power of discourse and community in shaping identity, this book will be of relevance to anyone working in teacher education as well as to those with an interest in theorizations of discourse and identity.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. Discourse, Identity and Community
- 2. The Discursive Context
- 3. The Formation of a Community of Practice
- 4. The Discursive Construction of Systems of Knowledge and Belief
- 5. The Discursive Construction of Interpersonal Relations
- 6. The Discursive Construction of Intrapersonal Identity
- 7. Summary of Findings and Future Directions
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-211) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611878481
- 9781847699541
- 1847699545
- 9781281878489
- 1281878480
- 9781847690838
- 1847690831
- OCLC:
- 476205507
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