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SFU Educational Review, 2018
This tri-autoethnography explores the complexity of teacher identity of three educators and how t... more This tri-autoethnography explores the complexity of teacher identity of three educators and how they negotiate language and identity within various diasporas within Canada. Each writer presents a brief narrative to illustrate how their identities do not remain constant but shift and are in conflict as they take up new positions in their various imagined communities. Given our positionalities, we decided that a tri-autoethnography would be the most useful genre to represent our lived experiences.
This paper demonstrates with the expatriate poems of Fleur Adcock, who is a renowned British poet... more This paper demonstrates with the expatriate poems of Fleur Adcock, who is a renowned British poet. Adcock is a poetess of variation, so, writes poems having different themes. But this research focuses only at her expatriate poems because not much research work has been done on her expatriate poems. Also, her poems deal with the diaspora and identity crisis. The reason for only choosing the theme identity crisis for this research is that, no poets of her time have written poems on such theme. Adcock being a part of settler colonies, faces more identity crisis because it is engrained in her through the process of settler colonialism.
Sultana's Dream and Yellow Wall Paper are written by two different writers based on two diffe... more Sultana's Dream and Yellow Wall Paper are written by two different writers based on two different contexts - one in pre-independence India and another in pre-World War I, and yet there is an interesting thread that connects these two writings. This essay closely examines the two unique pieces of writing by two women writers - Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Rokeya Sakhwat Hossain, to illustrate how the protagonists of the two writings are culturally, socially, economically different, yet how they are same.
This paper underscores how the use of literature in a language classroom makes language learning ... more This paper underscores how the use of literature in a language classroom makes language learning easier and more entertaining. It focuses on the implications of using English literature for teaching English language and explores its advantages as well as challenges that both the language teacher and learners may come across. The paper specially shows how the areas of language learning can benefit when a literary text is used in a language classroom. For classroom practice two English translated poems from Bengali origin are selected as texts for teaching the first-year university students English. The paper finally illustrates how a culturally common text that the learners already know in their mother tongue can enhance their linguistic skills mainly at a tertiary level.
SFU Educational Review, 2018
This tri-autoethnography explores the complexity of teacher identity of three educators and how t... more This tri-autoethnography explores the complexity of teacher identity of three educators and how they negotiate language and identity within various diasporas within Canada. Each writer presents a brief narrative to illustrate how their identities do not remain constant but shift and are in conflict as they take up new positions in their various imagined communities. Given our positionalities, we decided that a tri-autoethnography would be the most useful genre to represent our lived experiences.
SFU Educational Review, 2018
This tri-autoethnography explores the complexity of teacher identity of three educators and how t... more This tri-autoethnography explores the complexity of teacher identity of three educators and how they negotiate language and identity within various diasporas within Canada. Each writer presents a brief narrative to illustrate how their identities do not remain constant but shift and are in conflict as they take up new positions in their various imagined communities. Given our positionalities, we decided that a tri-autoethnography would be the most useful genre to represent our lived experiences.
This paper demonstrates with the expatriate poems of Fleur Adcock, who is a renowned British poet... more This paper demonstrates with the expatriate poems of Fleur Adcock, who is a renowned British poet. Adcock is a poetess of variation, so, writes poems having different themes. But this research focuses only at her expatriate poems because not much research work has been done on her expatriate poems. Also, her poems deal with the diaspora and identity crisis. The reason for only choosing the theme identity crisis for this research is that, no poets of her time have written poems on such theme. Adcock being a part of settler colonies, faces more identity crisis because it is engrained in her through the process of settler colonialism.
Sultana's Dream and Yellow Wall Paper are written by two different writers based on two diffe... more Sultana's Dream and Yellow Wall Paper are written by two different writers based on two different contexts - one in pre-independence India and another in pre-World War I, and yet there is an interesting thread that connects these two writings. This essay closely examines the two unique pieces of writing by two women writers - Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Rokeya Sakhwat Hossain, to illustrate how the protagonists of the two writings are culturally, socially, economically different, yet how they are same.
This paper underscores how the use of literature in a language classroom makes language learning ... more This paper underscores how the use of literature in a language classroom makes language learning easier and more entertaining. It focuses on the implications of using English literature for teaching English language and explores its advantages as well as challenges that both the language teacher and learners may come across. The paper specially shows how the areas of language learning can benefit when a literary text is used in a language classroom. For classroom practice two English translated poems from Bengali origin are selected as texts for teaching the first-year university students English. The paper finally illustrates how a culturally common text that the learners already know in their mother tongue can enhance their linguistic skills mainly at a tertiary level.
SFU Educational Review, 2018
This tri-autoethnography explores the complexity of teacher identity of three educators and how t... more This tri-autoethnography explores the complexity of teacher identity of three educators and how they negotiate language and identity within various diasporas within Canada. Each writer presents a brief narrative to illustrate how their identities do not remain constant but shift and are in conflict as they take up new positions in their various imagined communities. Given our positionalities, we decided that a tri-autoethnography would be the most useful genre to represent our lived experiences.