Mostafa Nazari is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of English and Communication, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. He obtained his PhD in Applied Linguistics in 2023 and has taught courses on communication in the workplace, multilingualism, etc.

• ForewordIntroduction: novice language teacher agencyPART 1: Agency and identity1. “I’m not sure if teaching is really me!” Critical events in the narrative construction of an early career English language teacher’s personal and professional identities in Hong Kong2. Novice language teachers’ agency in developing a linguistically responsive teacher identity during an online placement3. An ecological perspective into the interplay of teacher agency and identity for Novice English teachers4. Novice "non-native" L2 teacher: identity and agencyPART 2: Agency in professional development initiatives5. Fostering agency in Novice language teachers through action research6. Professional learning through public lessons: exploring novice English teachers’ agency7. Exploring the impact of mentoring on Novice Language Teachers’ Agency: an Activity Theoretic Perspective8. Novice English Language Teachers’ Collaborative Reflection on their Agency: an Ecological Perspective on Teachers’ Sense of Agency and Its PredictorsPART 3: Agency as a contributor to professional performances9. The discursive interplay between internal motives and external drives: exploring the developing agency of Chilean preservice English teachers10. An activity theory inquiry into the interplay between novice language teachers’ agency and autonomy11. “One of the best lessons that I had”: exploring a novice teacher’s agency and integration of social justice principles and teaching practices through positioning analysis12. Novice language teacher agency: some conceptual remarksAfterword: the roots, manifestations, and promises of language teacher agency