Exploring Japanese University English Teachers Professional Identity

New Perspectives on Language and Education #23

by Diane Nagatomo

This book contributes to the growing field of EFL teacher identity, which is now recognized to influence numerous aspects of classroom teaching and of student learning. It focuses on an under-researched, and yet highly influential group of teachers that shape English language education in Japanese university English teachers. In three interrelated narrative studies, it examines how four relatively new teachers develop professional identity as they become members of the community of practice of university English teachers; how gender impacts the professional identity of seven female professors ranging in age from their early 30s to their 60s; and how one teacher’s teaching practices and beliefs reflect her personal and professional identity.

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Diane Hawley Nagatomo has been living and teaching in Japan since 1979. She is a retired professor from Ochanomizu University and holds a PhD in linguistics. She has authored numerous academic books, EFL textbooks, and one Japanese-English phrase book. She has written four novels: "The Butterfly Cafe" (2023), "Finding Naomi" (2024), "The Making of Us" (2025) an "The Chibi-Chibi Bookstore" (2026).

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