This edited book examines modern foreign language teachers who research their own and others’ experiences of identity construction in the context of living and teaching in UK institutions, primarily in the Higher Education sector. The book offers an insight into a key element of the educational and socio-political debate surrounding MFL in the UK: the teachers’ voices and their sense of agency in constructing their professional identities. The contributors use a combination of empirical research and personal reflection to generate knowledge about MFL teachers’ identity that can enhance how they are perceived in the social and educational establishments and raise awareness of key issues affecting the profession. This book will be of particular interest to language teachers, teacher trainers, applied linguists and students and scholars of modern foreign languages.
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1 Introduction to Negotiating Identity in Modern Foreign Language Teaching |
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2 Transcultural Voices: Exploring Notions of Identity in Transnational Language Teachers' Personal Narratives |
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3 Language Teacher/Translator Gendered Identity Construction: From Dilemmatic to Agentive---Big Lives Through Small Stories |
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4 "When I Am Teaching German, I Put on a Persona": Exploring Lived Experiences of Teaching a Foreign Language |
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Maria Luisa Perez Cavaria |
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5 Becoming a Language Professional in Higher Education: A Psychosocial Case Study |
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6 Modern Language Teacher Identity Formation Through Engagement with Exploratory Practice: The Future Will Tell |
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7 How a Community of Practice Shapes a Modern Foreign Language Teacher's Views of Herself as a Teacher over Time and Space: A Biographical Case Study |
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8 Constructing Hybrid Identities in the Language Classroom |
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9 The Journey to Becoming a Language Teacher: Motivation and Engagement with the Process of Professional Development and Lifelong Learning |
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| Conclusion |
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Matilde Gallardo is Visiting Research Fellow at Kings College London, UK, where she also teaches Applied Linguistics.
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