Advances And Current Trends In Language Teacher Identity Research by Yin Ling Cheung, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

This book presents the latest research on understanding language teacher identity and development for both novice and experienced researchers and educators, and introduces non-experts in language teacher education to key topics in teacher identity research. It covers a wide range of backgrounds, themes, and subjects pertaining to language teacher identity and development. Some of these includethe effects of apprenticeship in doctoral training on novice teacher identity;the impacts of mid-career redundancy on the professional identities of teachers;challenges faced by teachers in the construction of their professional identities;the emerging professional identity of pre-service teachers;teacher identity development of beginning teachers;the role of emotions in the professional identities of non-native English speaking teachers;the negotiation of professional identities by female academics. Advances and Current Trends in Language Teacher Identity Researchwill appeal to academics in ELT/TESOL/applied linguistics. It will also be useful to those who are non-experts in language teacher education, yet still need to know about theories and recent advances in the area due to varying reasons including their affiliation to a teacher training institute; needs to participate in projects on language teacher education; and teaching a course for pre-service and in-service language teachers. | Advances And Current Trends In Language Teacher Identity Research by Yin Ling Cheung, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters