K12-PD Webinar 15: Narrative Inquiry for Language Teachers and Teacher-Researchers

• Presentation description: 

In this presentation, Prof. Barkhuizen will provide a broad overview of approaches to narrative inquiry in language teaching and learning research. After describing what narrative inquiry is, including pointing out the centrality of stories in narrative research, he will provide some recent examples of narrative research, including types of data collection and analysis. These examples will illustrate methods useful for busy language teachers, and some research will focus on the topic of language teacher and learner identity. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion.

• Speaker bio: 

Gary Barkhuizen is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of teacher education, language teacher (educator) and learner identity, study abroad, and narrative inquiry. His books include Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research (2014, Routledge), Qualitative Research Topics in Language Teacher Education (2019, Routledge), Communicating Identities (2020, Routledge), and Language Teacher Educator Identity (2021, Cambridge). His latest book is Language Teachers Studying Abroad: Identities, Emotions and Disruptions (2022, Multilingual Matters).