Identities under construction in the voice of a graduate language teacher and her expectations of teacher knowledge bases
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0383.2011v32n2p127Keywords:
Identity, Knowledge Bases, Critical Discourse Analysis.Abstract
Drawing on Critical Discourse Analysis and Systemic Functional Linguistics, this article aims to analyze how an English Language teacher perceives her knowledge bases acquired in a Language course as well as the ideal and idealized knowledge deemed, in her view, necessary for a teacher of this area, while we analyze how her identity as a graduate English language teacher is represented through her discourse. With this work we intend to contribute to the area of language teacher education, more specifically to the area of research dealing with the identity of the foreign language teacher. For this, we support our research in theoretical assumptions underlying the analysis performed, incorporating both definitions of identity and the teacher's knowledge bases and procedures of discourse analysis, postulated primarily by Critical Discourse Analysis and Systemic Functional Linguistics. The studies point to a negative representation and a dissatisfaction with her initial training, especially due to the ineffectiveness of English teaching in which they would work as teachers.
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