ERIC Number: EJ1190975
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Publication Date: 2018
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Narratives of Desire, Love, Imagination, and Fluidity: Becoming an English Teacher in a University Preparation Program
Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, v11 n1 p141-163 Jan-Jun 2018
This is a narrative study into the co-construction of teaching identities narrated by twenty-four undergraduate students in the context of an English language teacher education program in Argentina. Teacher identities are defined in the literature as co-authored stories of living and becoming. Our method uses narrative inquiry to study lived experiences as co-narrated phenomena. The narrative analysis of different texts gathered in the teacher education program allowed the co-composition of each participant's identity story. Results first display thematizations of identity strands in these narratives involving emotions--love, desire, imagination, and fluidity. Next, participants' negotiation of their processes of becoming through these emotions are retold. The discussion examines results considering state-of-the-art literature. The conclusions summarize the implications of the research for English language teacher initial university education.
Descriptors: Intimacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Undergraduate Students, Professional Identity, Personal Narratives, Imagination, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Universidad de La Sabana. Campus del Puente del Común, Km. 7, Autopista Norte de Bogotá. Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Tel: +57-1-861-5555 Ext 41011; e-mail: laclil@unisabana.edu.co; Web site: http://laclil.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/LACLIL/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Argentina
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