Narrative Identity in English Language Teaching: Exploring Teacher Interviews in Japanese and English

by P. Kiernan

Overview

Addressing both language teachers and identity researchers, this book underlines the importance of identity in ELT through an analysis of teacher stories told in interviews with the author. It illustrates a new multi-dimensional approach to exploring narrative identity in qualitative interviews through a linguistic analysis of anecdotes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230233270
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/07/2010
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

PATRICK KIERNAN is Lecturer in English at Meiji University, Tokyo. His is an applied linguist whose research interests include narrative, identity, comparative discourse analysis and English language teaching.

Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables List of Extracts Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Narrative and Conversation Teaching Identity Matters The Narrative Research Interview Spatio-temporal Focus and the Construction of Identity Evaluation and Identity Professional Identity in ELT Conclusion References Index