ERIC Number: EJ1184307
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Non-Native English Speaking Teachers' Subjectivities and Colombian Language Policies: A Narrative Study
Gómez-Vásquez, Leidy Yisel; Guerrero Nieto, Carmen Helena
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v20 n2 p51-64 Jul-Dec 2018
This article reports the results of a study whose purpose was to trace the configuration of professional subjectivities by analyzing the narratives of four Colombian non-native English speaking teachers in the framework of language policies. In this qualitative-narrative study we used written narratives and narrative interviews as instruments to collect data from the participants who work in different universities and schools in Colombia. Their stories were analyzed using short story analysis, and the results allowed us to identify a core category: Re-creating the self: An entangled, changeable and endless process which shows that the subjectivities are influenced by others, teachers go through processes of acceptance or rejection when configuring them, and knowledge and reflection play an important role.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, College Faculty, Interviews, Teacher Attitudes, Native Speakers, Personal Narratives, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Characteristics, Professional Identity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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