This study examines imagined professional and linguistic communities available to
preservice and in-service English as a second language and English as a foreign language …

Teacher linguistic identity has so far mainly been researched in terms of whether a teacher
identifies (or is identified by others) as a native speaker (NEST) or nonnative speaker …

Though applied linguists have critiqued the concept of the native speaker for decades, it
continues to dominate the TESOL profession in ways that marginalize nonnative English …

In this article, we argue that the pedagogical practices of teachers who have translinguistic
histories, and indeed of all teachers, should be reconceptualized as solidly embedded …

This article explores the experiences of a Chinese language teacher in the United States
and how she constructed and negotiated her professional identities during and after her …

The Routledge Research in Language Education series provides a platform for established
and emerging scholars to present their latest research and discuss key issues in Language …

The professional identity of language teachers has gained prominence in research on
language instruction in the last decade. This article adds to work by critically exploring how …

In this article, the author focuses specifically on how what she calls non-specialist teachers
(ie, those who are neither bilingual nor ESL teachers) can benefit from the practices of …

In the TESOL field for over a decade, identity has been used as a concept to explore
questions about the sociocultural contexts of learning and learners, pedagogy, language …

This chapter discusses the construct of “imagined communities” as a way to better
understand the relationship between second language learning and identity. It is argued that …