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Identity formation of TEFL graduate students through oral discourse socialization

This paper reports on academic discourse socialization of several EFL teachers in a TEFL graduate program in Iran through oral discourse practices over the first year of the program. It explores how the professional identity of the in-service teachers is affected by the socialization process, their...

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Main Authors: Ahmadi, Parviz, Abd Samad, Arshad, Noordin, Nooreen
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Language:English
Published: Academy Publisher 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28972/1/Identity%20formation%20of%20TEFL%20graduate%20students%20through%20oral%20discourse%20socialization.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.289722015-09-04T07:24:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28972/ Identity formation of TEFL graduate students through oral discourse socialization Ahmadi, Parviz Abd Samad, Arshad Noordin, Nooreen This paper reports on academic discourse socialization of several EFL teachers in a TEFL graduate program in Iran through oral discourse practices over the first year of the program. It explores how the professional identity of the in-service teachers is affected by the socialization process, their prior histories and contextual factors. It concludes that dialogical interactions through oral discourse practices are likely to result in re-consideration of their prior professional identity. The paper is likely to make a contribution to our understanding of professional identity construction of EFL teachers in graduate programs as far as academic oral discourse practices are concerned. Academy Publisher 2013-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28972/1/Identity%20formation%20of%20TEFL%20graduate%20students%20through%20oral%20discourse%20socialization.pdf Ahmadi, Parviz and Abd Samad, Arshad and Noordin, Nooreen (2013) Identity formation of TEFL graduate students through oral discourse socialization. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 3 (10). pp. 1764-1769. ISSN 1799-2591 http://ojs.academypublisher.com/index.php/tpls/article/view/tpls031017641769 10.4304/tpls.3.10.1764-1769
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description This paper reports on academic discourse socialization of several EFL teachers in a TEFL graduate program in Iran through oral discourse practices over the first year of the program. It explores how the professional identity of the in-service teachers is affected by the socialization process, their prior histories and contextual factors. It concludes that dialogical interactions through oral discourse practices are likely to result in re-consideration of their prior professional identity. The paper is likely to make a contribution to our understanding of professional identity construction of EFL teachers in graduate programs as far as academic oral discourse practices are concerned.
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author Ahmadi, Parviz
Abd Samad, Arshad
Noordin, Nooreen
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Noordin, Nooreen
Identity formation of TEFL graduate students through oral discourse socialization
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Abd Samad, Arshad
Noordin, Nooreen
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title Identity formation of TEFL graduate students through oral discourse socialization
title_short Identity formation of TEFL graduate students through oral discourse socialization
title_full Identity formation of TEFL graduate students through oral discourse socialization
title_fullStr Identity formation of TEFL graduate students through oral discourse socialization
title_full_unstemmed Identity formation of TEFL graduate students through oral discourse socialization
title_sort identity formation of tefl graduate students through oral discourse socialization
publisher Academy Publisher
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28972/1/Identity%20formation%20of%20TEFL%20graduate%20students%20through%20oral%20discourse%20socialization.pdf
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