Okada 2015

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Okada 2015
BibType ARTICLE
Key Okada 2015
Author(s) Yusuke Okada
Title Contrasting identities: a language teacher’s practice in an English for specific purposes classroom
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Tag(s) EMCA
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Year 2015
Language English
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Journal Classroom Discourse
Volume 6
Number 1
Pages 73-87
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DOI 10.1080/19463014.2014.961092
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Abstract

For language teachers who are concerned about referring to their own and students’ identities other than in the roles of ‘teacher’ and ‘student’ in the classroom, this conversation analytic study aims to give insights into the use of identity. Detailed analysis of the data of English for a Specific Purpose (ESP) classrooms indicates that contrasting the teacher’s and students’ non-default situated identities, such as senpai (‘senior’ in English) with kohai (‘junior’ in English) and sociologist with scientist, is a way for the language teacher to perform the role of ‘teacher’ effectively in ESP classrooms: the practice constructs an epistemic gradient among the teacher and the students and makes some actions accountable by the participants, who is ascribed a superior epistemic status with an identity. The study concludes with a discussion of the contribution the use of identity can make to ESP/LSP (language for specific purposes) and suggestions for ESP/LSP course development.

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