Sự hình thành bản ngã nghề nghiệp của giáo viên tiếng anh trường hợp của giáo viên mới vào nghề)

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES ********************** NGUYỄN PHƯỚC ÁI PHƯƠNG EFL TEACHER PROFE

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES

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NGUYỄN PHƯỚC ÁI PHƯƠNG

EFL TEACHER PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION:

THE CASE OF A NON-NATIVE NOVICE TEACHER

(Sự hình thành bản ngã nghề nghiệp của giáo viên Tiếng Anh: trường hợp của

giáo viên mới vào nghề)

M.A Minor Programme Thesis

Major: English Language Teaching Code: 60140111

HANOI - 2015

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES

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NGUYỄN PHƯỚC ÁI PHƯƠNG

EFL TEACHER PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION:

THE CASE OF A NON-NATIVE NOVICE TEACHER

(Sự hình thành bản ngã nghề nghiệp của giáo viên Tiếng Anh: trường hợp của

giáo viên mới vào nghề)

M.A Minor Programme Thesis

Major: English Language Teaching Code: 60140111

Supervisor: Dr Vũ Thị Thanh Nhã

CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY

I, the undersigned, hereby certify my authority of the study project report entitled EFL TEACHER PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION: THE CASE

OF A NON-NATIVE NOVICE TEACHER submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in English Language Teaching Except where the reference is indicated, no other person‟s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the text of the thesis

Hanoi, 2015

Nguyen Phuoc Ai Phuong

Approved by

SUPERVISOR

(Signature and full name)

Date:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This thesis would not have been completed if I did not have the support of many individuals Therefore I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all of them First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr Vu Thi Thanh Nha, my supervisor, who has patiently and constantly supported me through the stages of the study, and whose stimulating ideas, expertise, and suggestions have inspired me greatly through my growth as an academic researcher

A special word of thanks goes to the teacher pseudo named Mai without whose participation it would never have been possible for me to have this thesis accomplished

Last but not least, I am greatly indebted to my family and friends for the sacrifice they have devoted to the fulfillment of this academic work Their love will always

be my sunshine in my road to success

ABSTRACT

This present study seeks to explore the construction of professional identity of a novice EFL teacher in Vietnam, identify the factors that have influence on this process and how these factors interact with each other in constructing and complicating the teacher‟s professional identity The instruments for data collection

to serve the aim of the research are narrative inquiry and semi – structured interview After a careful long time of collecting and analyzing data, it is revealed

in the study that the teachers‟ professional identity construction is highly complex and affected by a number of factors, including personal, contextual and socio-cultural factors These factors have interaction and close connection to each other that it is completely hard to isolate them The findings of the research are expected

to be significant in providing valuable insights into EFL teachers‟ process of identity formation and reconstruction with reference to a particular working environment

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 Categories of Professional Interests

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