Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education, Language, Literature, and Arts (ICELLA 2021)

Learner Identity Construction of EFL Postgraduate Students: A Narrative Case Study

Authors
Ai Fatmawati
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Ai Fatmawati
Available Online 23 October 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211021.003How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Learner identity, English language learners, Postgraduate students
Abstract

The learners of English as a foreign language commonly have a variety of linguistic and cultural background and the learning of a new language will influence how they construct their identity. The present narrative case study attempted to explore how English learning has shaped the learner identity of two Indonesian postgraduate students of English. Two participants, Hera and I, were included in this study. To collect the data, interview was conducted to gain Hera’s stories about her identity construction journey, and autobiography narrative was used to describe mine. The data collected covered our reflections of several significant events in constructing our learner identity. The result was revealed through three themes: our learning experiences which covered our initial encounter with English, teaching approaches, and the challenges we found during English learning; source of motivation in learning; and cultural influence.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education, Language, Literature, and Arts (ICELLA 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
23 October 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-442-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211021.003How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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