Language Teacher Identity In Tesol Teacher Education And Practice As Identity Work | Education

This volume draws on empirical evidence to explore the interplay between language teacher identity (LTI) and professional learning and instruction in the field of TESOL. In doing so it makes a unique contribution to the field of language teacher education. By reconceptualizing teacher education teaching and ongoing teacher learning as a continuous context-bound process of identity work Language Teacher Identity in TESOL discusses how teacher identity serves as a framework for classroom practice professional and personal growth. Divided into five sections the text explores key themes including narratives and writing; multimodal spaces; race ethnicity and language; teacher emotions; and teacher educator-researcher practices. The 15 chapters offer insight into the experiences of preservice teachers in-service teachers and teacher educators in global TESOL contexts including Canada Japan Korea Norway Sri Lanka Turkey the United Kingdom and the United States. This text will be an ideal resource for researchers academics and scholars interested in furthering their knowledge of concepts grounding LTI as well as teachers and teacher educators seeking to implement identity-oriented approaches in their own pedagogical practices. |Language Teacher Identity in TESOL Teacher Education and Practice as Identity Work | Education