ERIC Number: EJ1003552
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jul
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From "You" to "We": A Foreign Language Teacher's Professional Journey towards Embracing Inclusive Education
Uzum, Baburhan
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, v33 p69-77 Jul 2013
This qualitative case study explores how a novice foreign language teacher negotiated personal and professional identities and positioned herself and students in relation to classroom and broader cultural communities through pronouns. The participants included a Turkish teacher and six students at an American university. The teacher's use of pronouns "we", "you", and "they" was explored using video-recorded classroom observations and discourse analysis. The findings indicated the different ways the teacher used pronouns in the classroom to include/exclude or "invite" students into Turkish community, and how the switches between personal and professional perspectives signaled the teacher's journey towards embracing inclusive education. (Contains 8 tables.)
Descriptors: Inclusion, Discourse Analysis, Video Technology, Beginning Teachers, Language Teachers, Professional Identity, English (Second Language), Case Studies, Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Concept, Form Classes (Languages), Language Usage, Teacher Attitudes
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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