Negotiating Identity in Modern Foreign Language Teaching

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Introduction to Negotiating Identity in Modern Foreign Language Teaching (Matilde Gallardo)....Pages 1-15 Transcultural Voices: Exploring Notions of Identity in Transnational Language Teachers’ Personal Narratives (Matilde Gallardo)....Pages 17-43 Language Teacher/Translator Gendered Identity Construction: From Dilemmatic to Agentive—Big Lives Through Small Stories (Tanya Linaker)....Pages 45-68 “When I Am Teaching German, I Put on a Persona”: Exploring Lived Experiences of Teaching a Foreign Language (Maria Luisa Pérez Cavana)....Pages 69-90 Becoming a Language Professional in Higher Education: A Psychosocial Case Study (Donata Puntil)....Pages 91-116 Modern Language Teacher Identity Formation Through Engagement with Exploratory Practice: The Future Will Tell (Assia Slimani-Rolls)....Pages 117-141 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 (Christina Richardson)....Pages 143-166 Constructing Hybrid Identities in the Language Classroom (Lorenza Boscaini, Debora Quattrocchi)....Pages 167-184 The Journey to Becoming a Language Teacher: Motivation and Engagement with the Process of Professional Development and Lifelong Learning (Laura Puente Martín, Susanne Winchester)....Pages 185-201 Back Matter ....Pages 203-209