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Kim, Hoe Kyeung; Cho, Hyunhee – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2022
This study explored two teacher educators' understanding of multilingualism and a change in their perception from monolingual native speakerism to multilingualism. Through exchanging the narrative about learning to be a professional and being a teacher educator in ESL and EFL settings, they deepened their understanding of multilingualism and…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Attitudes, Multilingualism
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Martin, Adrian D. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2019
The increasing placement of English learners (ELs) in mainstream classrooms in conjunction with scant attention given to teaching these students in preservice education and professional development suggests a need to better understand how mainstream teachers understand their professional identities as teachers of these students. The purpose of…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Mainstreaming, Professional Identity, Language Usage
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Mirzaee, Alireza; Aliakbari, Mohammad – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2018
This article presents the findings related to the identity construction processes of an Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher in the context of Iran. Data were collected using a life history approach with a critical-event focus and analyzed via social ecology of identity (Wenger, 1998). The findings indicated that the participating…
Descriptors: Self Concept, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Yazan, Bedrettin – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2018
Relying on the framework of communities of practice and using qualitative case study methods, this study investigated three ESOL teacher candidates' identity negotiation as they learned to work with English language learners through coursework and internship experiences in a 13-month MATESOL program. The findings pointed out that the participants…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Professional Identity
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Vitanova, Gergana – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2016
This article has several interconnected goals. First, it foregrounds the role of narratives and narrative inquiry in the research of second language teaching practices. It illustrates how multimodal narrativity could be used in analyzing the formation of personal and professional identities of several female teachers of English. Specifically, it…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Females
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Kayi-Aydar, Hayriye – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2015
Drawing on the post-structural views and the literature on teacher identity and agency, and using narrative inquiry, this paper describes how one teacher candidate majoring in Spanish negotiated her identities across time and space and how her identity negotiations interacted with her agency. The recursive analysis of qualitative data sources…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction