ERIC Number: EJ1391924
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1750-1229
EISSN: EISSN-1750-1237
Identity Reconstruction of an In-Service Teacher as a Critical Bilingual: An Autoethnography
Yuzlu, Muhammet Yasar
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, v17 n3 p650-663 2023
Purpose: This study presents the emergence of my dynamic bilingualism-induced critical bilingual identity by drawing upon Garcia and Wei's translanguaging perspectives. Design/Methodology/Approach: I adopted an autoethnographic approach focusing on teacher development through research and practice, supported by research on fostering dynamic bilingualism of emergent bilinguals in EFL contexts, which is used to review my memories and reflection. Using bilingualism ideologies as a conceptual framework, I interpret my experiences by deconstructing dominant monolingual ideology through embracing a more critical bilingual stance. Findings: By enacting "autoethnography as translanguaged research" anchored to theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical "turns," this study reveals its potential to conceptualize the complexities of translanguaging and thus forge these into a coherent ideology. autoethnography as translanguaged research turns Originality/Value: With an open-ended paradigm, and its catalytic role in comprehending speaker-oriented language practices, it thus engenders criticality. This autoethnographic analysis of my introspective and retrospective data is hoped to open novel vistas for EFL teacher education and in-service EFL teacher training.
Descriptors: Self Concept, Teacher Attitudes, Bilingualism, Bilingual Teachers, Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Reflection, Teaching Methods, Ethnography, Language Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Faculty Development, Language Attitudes, Personal Narratives, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Turkish, Native Language, Language Fluency, Grammar
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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