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CHAPTERTWO
LanguageTeacherIdentityFramework:ATheoreticalPerspective
Introduction
Inthepreviouschapterthekeynotionsrelatedtotheconceptofidentity
wereintroducedandsomewaysoftheorizingitwereelaborated.Iat-
temptedtoshowhowtheconceptofidentityhasevolvedand,withthehelp
ofseveralexistingtheoreticalschemesforitsinvestigation,proposedatran-
sitionalTeacherIdentityFrameworkinwhichprofessionalidentityisseenas
asuperordinateterm,withAffiliation,AttachmentandAutonomyassubordi-
nates.Inthepresentchapter,Icontinuethislineofthoughtbyteasingout
thesuggestedconceptofteacheridentityandnarrowingitdowntotheiden-
tityofalanguageteacher.Inparticular,thefollowingtermsaresubjectedto
closerexamination:languageteacheraffiliation(dothosewhoenterthelan-
guageteachingprofessionactivelydesiretodosoandwhatisthenatureof
theiridentificationwiththeprofession?);attachmenttolanguageteaching
issues(whatlanguageteachingbeliefsandpracticesareprospectivelan-
guageteacherslikelytoemphasize/deemphasizeandinwhatway?);senseof
autonomy(isthereanyevidenceamongthoseenteringtheteachingprofes-
sionofpre-existingautonomywhichcouldbedevelopedwithyearsto
come?).Thereby,anattemptismadetoshowhowprofessionalidentity
whichconsistsofthesethreedomainsisconstructedandwhatthethree
HAs”involve.Iincorporatetheconceptionsofcontinuityanddiscontinuity
intotheframeworktoofferfurtherelucidationontheprofessionalidentity
ofalanguageteacher.Iclosethechapterwithagraphicpresentationofthe
Three-A(Affiliation-Attachment-Autonomy)LanguageTeacherIdentity
Framework(3ALTIF),whichservesasthefinalHmap”tonavigatethecon-
ceptualareaoflanguageteacherprofessionalidentityinthecomingchap-
ters.
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