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Language Teacher Identities
Matthew (University Of Hong Kong) Clarke
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Description for Language Teacher Identities
Paperback. This book explores the development of the first cohort of students to complete a new Bachelor of Education in English language teaching in the United Arab Emirates, theorizing the students' learning to teach in terms of the discursive construction of a teaching identity within an evolving community of practice. Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CJ; EBA; JNMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Set in the rapidly changing world of the contemporary United Arab Emirates and bringing together detailed linguistic analysis with cutting edge social theory, this book explores the development of the first cohort of students to complete a new Bachelor of Education in English language teaching, theorizing the students’ learning to teach in terms of the discursive construction of a teaching identity within an evolving community of practice. Both a study of the influence of issues such as gender and nationalism in language teacher education in the Middle East, as well as of the power of discourse and community in shaping ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
New Perspectives on Language and Education
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847690814
SKU
V9781847690814
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Ref
99-15
About Matthew (University Of Hong Kong) Clarke
Currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong, Matthew Clarke led the development and implementation of the new Bachelor of Education at the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates between 1999 and 2006. Prior to working in teacher education, he taught in primary schools and language centres in the UK ... Read more
Reviews for Language Teacher Identities
At a time when identity studies in ELT might seem conceptually exhausted, along comes this highly original and insightful work. Matthew Clarke creates an impressive theoretical framework with which to understand the complex formation of a community of English language teachers in a society re-assessing its own collective values within and against a globalizing world.
Professor Brian Morgan, Department ... Read more
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