出版社:EDUFU - Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
摘要:The discourse of coursebooks produces an identity for teachers by representing them in certain ways and these representations interpellate the individual to occupy the ideological subjective position of “teacher”. With this assumption in mind, this article aims at providing answers to the following questions: what identity is produced for the teacher in EFL coursebooks? How do certain ways of saying interpellate the teacher so as to build a “teacher’s identity” for the individual? The sections “Foreword to the Teacher” of 10 different EFL coursebooks were analysed and the imaginary representations of “teacher” built into their discourse were investigated. Two theoretical perspectives underline this investigation: a poststructuralist view of Cultural Studies, for which identities are constructed through representations, and the French school of Discourse Analysis, for which the analysis of the ideological and historical constitution of language is essential for the understanding of how meanings are produced in discourse. The results show that the “teacher’s identity” is a cultural and political construction which appears fragmented into several conflicting ideological positions. It is fundamental to understand the constitution of the teacher as a subject of discourse in order to produce possible changes and deeper reflections in teacher development courses and other teaching practices.