许国璋高研院学术讲堂第十八讲

Advancing the Language Teacher Identity Agenda

主讲人：Peter I. De Costa密歇根州立大学

时间：2017年11月10日（周五）上午10:30

地点：北外西院综合楼501室

主办：北京外国语大学许国璋语言高等研究院

讲座内容：Building on the language teacher identity (LTI) turn in second and foreign language education, and situating my lecture against a larger backdrop of globalization, transnationalism, and growing demands for accountability, I explore how a transdisciplinary approach to LTI research can yield valuable insights for language learning and teaching. I also illustrate through drawing on examples of LTI research conducted across the world how the development of language teacher identities is also a deeply political enterprise, that is, one that involves a consideration of issues of power and inequality, especially in situations where teachers may not have access to resources to support their pedagogy. One extension of such a critical and sociopolitical approach to LTI research is through the examination of teacher emotions, which I will demonstrate is relationally and discursively constructed. In addition to focusing on the theoretical and pedagogical value of carrying out LTI research to language teacher education programs, I will discuss methodological possibilities for advancing the LTI research agenda.

讲座人简介：Peter I. De Costa is an assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics, Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages at Michigan State University. He is the author ofThe Power of Identity and Ideology in Language Learning: Designer Immigrants Learning English in Singapore. He also recently editedEthics in Applied Linguistics: Language Researcher Narratives, and guest edited a special issue ofLinguistics and Educationthat focused on scalar approaches to language learning and teaching. In early 2017, Bonny Norton and he guest-edited a special issue ofThe Modern Language Journaltitled, “Transdisciplinarity and Language Teacher Identity.” His work has appeared inAILA Review,Applied Linguistics Review,Asia TEFL Journal,Critical Inquiry in Language Studies,Current Issues in Language Planning,International Journal of Applied Linguistics,Journal of Asian Pacific Communication,Language Learning,Language Policy,Language Teaching,Linguistics and Education,London Review of Education,Research in the Teaching of English,System,TESOL Journal,TESOL Quarterly,The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, andThe Modern Language Journal. He is the incoming co-editor ofTESOL Quarterly. In addition, he serves on the Executive Committee of the American Association for Applied Linguistics as its Member-at-Large, and he is also the chair of the American Educational Research Association Second Language Research Special Interest Group. Since 2015, he has been a member of TESOL’s Research Professional Council.