The Burden of ‘Nativeness’: Four Plurilingual Student-Teachers’ Stories

Oral history interviews conducted with four student-teachers in Bilingual Education or TESOL studies are analyzed. Despite being deconstructed in sociolinguistics and related fields, the ‘native’ and ‘non-native’ dichotomy emerges not only as salient in participants’ self-perceptions of linguistic c...

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Autores principales: María Cioè-Peña, Emilee Moore, Luisa Martín Rojo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:dc07e4f0f8954f7299ef45c91739e7f42021-11-25T13:21:18ZThe Burden of ‘Nativeness’: Four Plurilingual Student-Teachers’ Stories10.5565/rev/jtl3.6772013-6196https://doaj.org/article/dc07e4f0f8954f7299ef45c91739e7f42016-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/jtl3/article/view/677https://doaj.org/toc/2013-6196Oral history interviews conducted with four student-teachers in Bilingual Education or TESOL studies are analyzed. Despite being deconstructed in sociolinguistics and related fields, the ‘native’ and ‘non-native’ dichotomy emerges not only as salient in participants’ self-perceptions of linguistic competence, but also in feelings of unpreparedness for full participation in the teaching profession. Alternative categories are explored, including ‘legitimate’, ‘resourceful’ or ‘bi/plurilingual’ speaker, which may act in juxtaposition to that of ‘native’, or offer emancipatory ways forward. In line with critical pedagogy, for such alternative categories to empower, reimagining how linguistic competence is constructed in the teaching profession - through the appropriation of tools to critically deconstruct ‘nativeness’ – must engage the entire educational community.  María Cioè-PeñaEmilee MooreLuisa Martín RojoUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaarticleNative/non-nativeresourceful speakersbi/plurilingual teacherscritical pedagogyteacher educationSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Language and LiteraturePCAENESFRBellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2016)
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topic Native/non-native
resourceful speakers
bi/plurilingual teachers
critical pedagogy
teacher education
Special aspects of education
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resourceful speakers
bi/plurilingual teachers
critical pedagogy
teacher education
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
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María Cioè-Peña
Emilee Moore
Luisa Martín Rojo
The Burden of ‘Nativeness’: Four Plurilingual Student-Teachers’ Stories
description Oral history interviews conducted with four student-teachers in Bilingual Education or TESOL studies are analyzed. Despite being deconstructed in sociolinguistics and related fields, the ‘native’ and ‘non-native’ dichotomy emerges not only as salient in participants’ self-perceptions of linguistic competence, but also in feelings of unpreparedness for full participation in the teaching profession. Alternative categories are explored, including ‘legitimate’, ‘resourceful’ or ‘bi/plurilingual’ speaker, which may act in juxtaposition to that of ‘native’, or offer emancipatory ways forward. In line with critical pedagogy, for such alternative categories to empower, reimagining how linguistic competence is constructed in the teaching profession - through the appropriation of tools to critically deconstruct ‘nativeness’ – must engage the entire educational community. 
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