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Professional Identity Construction of Non-Native Chinese Language Teachers

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The professional identity of language teachers has gained prominence in both the sociocultural landscape of classroom instruction and in teachers’ professional development (Duff & Uchida, 1997; Buzzelli, 2002; Varghese et al. 2005; Tsui, 2007; Clarke, 2008; Miller, 2009; Pavlenko, 2009; Gao, 2012).

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  1. Department of Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Denmark

    Annie Aarup Jensen

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  1. Chun Zhang
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  1. Department of Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Denmark

    Mads Jakob Kirkebæk

  2. Department of Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Denmark

    Xiang-Yun Du

  3. Department of Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Denmark

    Annie Aarup Jensen

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Zhang, C., Jensen, A.A. (2013). Professional Identity Construction of Non-Native Chinese Language Teachers. In: Kirkebæk, M.J., Du, XY., Jensen, A.A. (eds) Teaching and Learning Culture. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-440-6_8

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