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1 - Teacher Identity and Good Language Teachers

from Part I - Macro Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2020

By
Gary Barkhuizen  and
Jenny Mendieta
Edited by
Carol Griffiths  and
Zia Tajeddin
Carol Griffiths
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
Zia Tajeddin
Affiliation:
Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
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Summary

Chapter 1 describes identity as a central part of language teachers’ instructional practice and professional development. In this chapter, the authors provide an overview of different ideas about language teacher identity and then present findings from a narrative study on teachers’ identity negotiation.

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Lessons from Good Language Teachers , pp. 3 - 15
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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