Published: 2015-12-01

Aligning Who I Am with What I Do: Pursuing Language Teacher Authenticity

Tammy Gregersen

Abstract

This study explores the dynamic, interactive relationship between teacher identity and authenticity. Through an examination of several socio-cultural (social identity, situated learning, and image text) and psycholinguistic (individual differences) second language acquisition theories, a conceptualization of identity is provided. Subsequently, language teacher authenticity is characterized from both a philosophical and pedagogical perspective and connected to the notion of teacher identity. The final section of the paper presents research-based applications that include reflecting critically, redefining personal credibility, discovering one’s personal style, displaying emotion and recognizing diversity to facilitate the positive-broadening quest of aligning one’s identity (i.e., who I am) with authenticity (i.e., what I do).

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Gregersen, T. (2015). Aligning Who I Am with What I Do: Pursuing Language Teacher Authenticity. Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition, 1(1). Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/TAPSLA/article/view/5115

Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015)
Published: 2017-02-04


ISSN: 2450-5455
eISSN: 2451-2125
Ikona DOI 10.31261/tapsla

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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