1. PhD Panel 2010
Eljee Javier
(School of Education)

2. Outline
Context and Research Focus
An Honorary Native
Speaker:
Contribution to Knowledge
Examining the factors that
contribute to the identity and Conceptual Framework
status of visible ethnic
minority, native speaking
Methodological Design
English language teachers
(VEM-NEST).
Ethical Consideration

3. Background and
Context

4. Race and the English
Language
 What are the linguistic and racial aspects of
being a native English speaker in TESOL that
affect the professional identity of VEM-
NESTs?
 If being categorized into linguistic and racial
hierarchies are aspects associated with the
construction of identity, to what extent do
such categories affect the status and
professional practice of VEM-NESTs?

5. Research to Date

6. The notion of “foreignness”
Javier, E. (2010). The foreign-ness of Native Speaking Teachers of Colour.
In Nunan, D. and Choi, J. Language and Culture: Reflective Narratives and
the Emergence of Identity. Oxon: Routledge, pp. 97 – 102).

7. Narrative Matters - CIRN Conference 2010
(Fredericton, Canada)

8. Methodological
Considerations

9. Analytical Lenses
Categorical-
Content
VEM-
NEST
Critical Narrative
Discourse Stories of
Analysis Experience

10. Next Steps

11.  How can aspects of CDA and CRT be integrated to
analyse narratives of experience to form a composite
analytical lens that could be used to examine VEM-
NEST “discourse”?
 Where will I position myself within the “range” when
gathering data from my participants and why?

12. Thank You
Eljee.Javier@postgrad.manchester.ac.
uk