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Narrative Identity in English Language Teaching Exploring Teacher Interviews in Japanese and English Patrick Kiernan Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan

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Page 1: Narrative Identity in English Language Teaching - GBV · Narrative Identity in English Language Teaching Exploring Teacher Interviews in Japanese and English Patrick Kiernan Meiji

Narrative Identity inEnglish Language TeachingExploring Teacher Interviews inJapanese and English

Patrick KiernanMeiji University, Tokyo, Japan

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Contents

List of Figures x

List of Tables xi

List of Extracts xii

Preface xiii

Acknowledgements xv

Abbreviations xvii

1. Introduction 11.1 Introduction 21.2 From pedagogic description to identity 41.3 Identity and language teachers 51.4 Teaching English in Japan 81.5 Exploring identity 101.6 Methodological, theoretical and practical aims 111.7 Overview 121.8 Conclusion 13

2. Narrative and Conversation Teaching 152.1 Introduction 152.2 Story grammars: an introspective approach 162.3 'Like, what happened?' Eliciting narrative 192.4 'You wanna hear my story?' Narratives in conversation 202.5 Looking at genre 222.6 Storytelling in everyday talk, and borderline narratives 222.7 Performance narratives and dramatic features 242.8 Narrative tasks 262.9 Learner narratives 27

2.10 Encouraging interaction in tasks 272.11 Gender in Japanese learner narratives 302.12 Learner narratives as cultural exempla 322.13 Conclusion 34

3. Identity Matters 363.1 Introduction 373.2 Exploring identity 38

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3.3 Dimensions of identity 403.4 Psychological research and autobiographical memory 443.5 Identity in Japan 483.6 Identity in Japanese 503.7 Conclusion 53

4. The Narrative Research Interview 544.1 Introduction 544.2 Moving beyond the Observer's Paradox 554.3 The narrative interview as qualitative research 584.4 Project overview 644.5 Modelling organisation in the narrative interview 694.6 Conclusion 85

5. Spatio-temporal Focus and the Construction of Identity 865.1 Introduction 865.2 Bakhtin's chronotope 885.3 Significant moment (1) - The Interview 895.4 Significant moment (2) - Abnormal Communication 945.5 Significant events (1) - The Boat Trip 975.6 Significant events (2) - Foreigners Could Understand Me 1025.7 Significant period - Turning Japanese 1045.8 Lessons over time - Finding Strength in Teaching 1085.9 Conclusion 111

6. Evaluation and Identity 1136.1 Introduction 1136.2 Approaches to exploring evaluation 1156.3 Dialogic contraction - A Half-half Child 1216.4 Dialogic expansion - The Tennis Player 1256.5 The self through others - Five Precious Hours 1316.6 The self as outsider - The Foreigners You Know ... 1356.7 The Other and the self - The Riff-raff 1376.8 The Other as the self - An Impressive Speech 1406.9 Conclusion 143

7. Professional Identity in ELT 1457.1 Introduction 1457.2 Identity research in language teaching 1467.3 Why English teaching? 1507.4 Becoming an English teacher in Japan - A Logical Choice 1527.5 Becoming an English teacher in Japan -

You Must be Crazy! 1567.6 Becoming a professional (1) - The Difficulty of Teaching 158

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7.7 Becoming a professional (2) - An Ambitious Career 1627.8 Getting involved - Diversity or Swimming Instructor 1657.9 Maturity and reward - A Moment 169

7.10 Conclusion 172

8. Conclusion 1748.1 Introduction 1748.2 A linguistic approach to research interviews 1758.3 Teacher research and ELT 1798.4 Cross-linguistic narrative analysis 1818.5 Implications and applications for ELT pedagogy 1838.6 Proposals for future research 1898.7 Conclusion 191

References 193

Author Index 207

Subject Index 211