Lecture 5 _ Read 1

According to Phan Le Ha, the formation process of a teacher’s identity is illustrated through the ... between the apparently contradictory roles & selves manifested in the two dichotomies: the professional and/or the ...; and the ... ... and/or the .... of English.

The dichotomy between the professional & the personal is important to these Vietnamese teachers, since the professional is ... constructed and governed by norms and values of ..., and the personal tends to act accordingly. On the surface the personal and the professional seem to ... each other and the ... tends to dominate.

The dichotomy between the professional & the personal is important to these Vietnamese teachers, since the professional is ... constructed and governed by norms and values of ..., and the personal tends to act accordingly. On the surface the personal and the professional seem to ... each other and the latter tends to ....

The dichotomy between the ... guide and/or the teacher of English closely connected to the first dichotomy. It further explains the ... of teachers in Vietnam and what kinds of ... teachers have in performing Vietnamese teacher, the personal and the teachers of English. Moreover, while the first dichotomy explores these teachers' identity negotiation process in both the Western & Vnese context, this dichotomy investigates their negotiation in the ... context only.

The identity formation process within the professional and/or the personal reveals how teacher identity is nurtured, formed, developed and reconstructed. Through the discussion with the participants, Phan L.H noticed a sense of being Vietnamese teacher and its continuity throughout their their professional & self development. This suggests that identity gives one sense of .... and connectedness; identity is subject to .... and changing but the process takes place along the lines of existing ... and one's sense of ...

Since the teachers tended to identify themselves as being teachers, they ...ed their identities to claim ....

The professional and the personal appeared to be a ... and ... entity within teacher identity, but not two separate selves. These two parts were ... in the teachers' professional self development.

The metaphor: "a teacher is a ..... of a hundred families"

Being a teacher always accompanies demonstrating ....

Morality here is co-constructed by the .... and the ... of pedagogy in Vietnam. Moreover, besides common-sensical ..., regulations and disciplines set by the teaching profession, morality is variably perceived and practised by teachers and it is thus constantly reconstructed and renewed. This creates the ... of the concept and explains why teachers gave different perceptions of teacher identity.