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- Title: Framing the Problem of Identity in Composition and TESOL Studies: A Sampler (Perspectives) (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) (Report)
- Author : TESL Canada Journal
- Release Date : January 22, 2011
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 218 KB
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Introduction Scholars characteristically seek to make advancements in their respective fields and to add to the body of existing knowledge. One way to do this is by addressing problems that have not yet been investigated or by discovering ramifications of problems that have already been addressed by reframing them. Scholars frequently proceed consistently by highlighting and addressing a gap in the literature that has theoretical or epistemological implications. This may sometimes give rise to scientific revolutions and bring about paradigm shifts (Kuhn, 1962). Hence I analyze how problems are posed around one of the current and controversial issues in composition and TESOL (C&T) studies: identity. Although identity at first glance may seem remotely related to the field of C&T, when deeply considered, identity can be recognized as a core issue in C&T studies because writing is one channel through which we express our identities, and in learning a second language we often renegotiate our identities. Ramsdell (2004) illustrated this point when he argued that "language is identity" (p. 166) and that the acquisition of a language is like the acquisition of selfhood. In this article, then, I look at how some C&T scholars have investigated and framed the problem of identity.
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