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October 19, 2025Journal of Language Identity & Education

“It’s Like You Don’t Have an Identity”: A Narrative Inquiry into a Precarious English Language Teacher’s Professional Identity Negotiations

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TETugay ElmasFYFahri YılmazEÇEmrullah Yasin Çiftçi

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Overview

Narrative inquiry reveals how job precarity impacts the professional identity of English teachers, suggesting policy improvements.

Key Points

  • Job precarity negatively affects the professional identity of language teachers, leading to frustrations and uncertainty.
  • The narrative inquiry method sheds light on an English teacher's experiences in navigating job insecurity in Türkiye.
  • Pelin's identity negotiation is influenced by neoliberal work conditions, reflecting broader labor market trends affecting educators.
  • Insights from the findings call for actionable recommendations for stakeholders in teacher education and administration.

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Elmas et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68f43eeb854d1061a58aba03https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2025.2567373
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