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dc.contributor.authorTseng, Shu-Chun
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-20T15:30:45Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-01T18:58:50Z
dc.date.available2011-07-20T15:30:45Z
dc.date.available2015-10-01T18:58:50Z
dc.date.issued2011-07-20T15:30:45Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10484/1823
dc.description.abstractBuilding on Kachru‟s (2005) diagram of World Englishes and Norton‟s (2000) theoretical conception of identity, the researcher acknowledges that each Non-Native English Speaking Teacher (NNEST) comes to the English-speaking community with a different variety of Englishes. Each believes in various cultural values and norms, and his or her identity is an ongoing process that can be impacted when he or she is immersed in different contexts. Using a qualitative approach, this study examined the way NNESTs construct their self-perceptions of English Language Teaching (ELT) professionalism based on social and educational experiences in their countries. In addition, the study examined how they reconstruct professional identity depending on current social and educational experiences in an English-speaking country, and how they contribute this newly-constructed sense of professionalism in future ELT practices. Findings revealed participants possessed less awareness of the importance of professional identity in their home countries, but the education offered through Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) programs in the United States played an essential role in raising this awareness. However, the participants‟ identity was impacted by feelings of inferiority. Most participants never thought that they were as competent as Native English Speaking Teacher‟s (NESTs) in terms of English teaching. Various contributing components, such as self-confidence, expectation, perception, investment, language ideology, and language proficiency played essential roles in the development of each NNEST‟s self-image. Having a TESOL program that provides practicums and social programs that connect NNESTs with NEST‟s and other people in the society where they are studying could impact the dissonance between expectation and reality of an NNEST's educational experience. However, each NNEST retains his or her own right to develop a positive or negative self-image by nurturing an active and open-minded attitude.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityShu-Chun Tseng
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.lcshInferiority complex.
dc.subject.lcshEnglish teachers--Training of.
dc.subject.lcshGroup identity.
dc.subject.lcshProfessional Development.
dc.titleUnderstanding Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers' Identity Construction and Transformation in the English-Speaking Community: A Closer Look at Past, Present, and Future
dc.typeDissertation
dc.date.graduationmonthMay
dc.date.published2011
dc.description.committeechairKiger, Susan
dc.description.committeemembersLeslie B. Barratt
dc.description.committeemembersScott Davis
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophy
dc.description.departmentDepartment of Curriculum, Instruction, and Media Technology
dc.description.imprintCunningham Memorial library, Terre Haute, Indiana State University
dc.description.itemidetd20110720-011
dc.description.levelDoctoral
dc.description.noteTitle from document title page. Document formatted into pages: contains 147p.: ill. Includes abstract and appendix.
refterms.dateFOA2021-06-02T11:40:26Z


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