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Language Teacher Identities: Co-constructing Discourse and Community

Name: Language Teacher Identities: Co-constructing Discourse and Community
Author: Matthew Clarke
ISBN: 9781847690814

by Matthew Clarke

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Synopsis

This book explores the development of the first cohort of students to complete a new Bachelor of Education in English language teaching in the United Arab Emirates, theorizing the students' learning to teach in terms of the discursive construction of a teaching identity within an evolving community of practice.

About the Author, Matthew Clarke

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.