Lawrence Intersectionality and the Discursive Construction of English Teacher Identities in Japan

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-80041-950-6
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 33, 188 Seiten

Reihe: Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching

An impressive work, both methodologically and theoretically, which brings clear novelties to the flourishing field of language teacher identity research.

This book aims to disrupt the native-speaker/non-native-speaker binary through a study of the construction of English teacher identities in Japan. The book suggests that macro discourses in the Japanese context, as well as institutional processes, are powerful forces in perpetuating native-speakerist discourses and ascribing identity labels.

However, in self-identification and in interactions with students, the results are found to be more nuanced, with a complex picture of identity construction emerging that questions the binary nature of the “native speaker/non-native speaker” duality. This complexity rests on the intersectional nature of identity construction and highlights the importance of taking into account the intersectionality of a variety of identity markers when researching language teacher identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lawrence, Luke

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Foreword: Gary Barkhuizen

Chapter 1. Setting the Scene

Chapter 2. Identity Theory and Language Teacher Identity

Chapter 3. Native-Speakerism and the Japanese Context

Chapter 4. Methodology

Chapter 5. Data Collection and Participants

Chapter 6. Case Study 1: Steve

Chapter 7. Case Study 2: Ed

Chapter 8. Case Study 3: Marco

Chapter 9. Case Study 4: Ai

Chapter 10. Case Study 5: Mayumi

Chapter 11. Case Study 6: Charles

Chapter 12. Discussion

Chapter 13. Conclusions, Implications and Ways Forward

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lawrence, Luke
Luke Lawrence is an Associate Professor in the College of Commerce at Nihon University, Japan. His research takes an intersectional approach to identity in the English Language Teaching field, focusing on native-speakerism as well as gender, race, sexuality and multilingualism as it relates to translanguaging. He has published in TESOL Quarterly, the Journal of Language, Identity and Education, ELT Journal, and Applied Linguistics Review amongst others. He has also co-edited two books on duoethnography and identity in Japan, respectively.

Luke Lawrence is an Associate Professor in the College of Commerce at Nihon University in Japan. He has written widely on identity, intersectionality and translanguaging in the ELT field and is the co-editor of two books: Duoethnography in English Language Teaching (2020, with R.J. Lowe) and Discourses of Identity in Japan (2023, with M. Mielick and R. Kubota).