Understanding how in-service efl teachers build and negotiate their foreign language teacher identity: a reflection on teacher identity construction, and investment.
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2024
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Universidad de Playa Ancha Ciencias de la Educación
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This research aimed to analyze how In-Service EFL teachers build and negotiate their Foreign Language teacher identity through investment in their imagined identities. Besides, as specific objectives, it seeks to identify strategies employed by In-Service English as a Foreign Language teachers to build and negotiate their EFL teacher identity, and to determine the various types of investment of In-Service English as a Foreign Language teacher. The research instrument was an interview and the method to analyze interviews was narrative analysis. The results show that both participants developed multiple identities through different types of investment they did along their professional career to become an English language teacher. Besides, participation and reification played a significant role in how they share these learning experiences.
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Foreign languages, Language instruction, Teacher education, Teacher qualifications, English, Lengua extranjera, Enseñanza de idiomas, Formación de docentes, Competencias del docente, Inglés