Language Teacher Identities

Currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong, Matthew Clarke led the development and implementation of the new Bachelor of Education at the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates between 1999 and 2006. Prior to working in teacher education, he taught in primary schools and language centres in the UK and Australia. His research interests include discourse analysis, identity, social theory, cultural studies and philosophy as well as language and literacy education.

• Introduction: Learning to Teach within an Evolving Community of PracticeChapter 1 Discourse, Identity and CommunityChapter 2 The Discursive ContextChapter 3 The Formation of a Community of PracticeChapter 4 The Discursive Construction of Systems of Knowledge and BeliefChapter 5 The Discursive Construction of Interpersonal RelationsChapter 6 The Discursive Construction of Intrapersonal IdentityChapter 7 Summary of Findings and Future DirectionsReferences

At a time when identity studies in ELT might seem conceptually exhausted, along comes this highly original and insightful work. Matthew Clarke creates an impressive theoretical framework with which to understand the complex formation of a community of English language teachers in a society re-assessing its own collective values within and against a globalizing world.