Novice Non-native English Language Teachers Navigating Agency

Foreword

Introduction: novice language teacher agency

PART 1: Agency and identity

1. "I'm not sure if teaching is really me!" Critical events in the narrative construction of an early career English language teacher's personal and professional identities in Hong Kong

2. Novice language teachers' agency in developing a linguistically responsive teacher identity during an online placement

3. An ecological perspective into the interplay of teacher agency and identity for Novice English teachers

4. Novice "non-native" L2 teacher: identity and agency

PART 2: Agency in professional development initiatives

5. Fostering agency in Novice language teachers through action research

6. Professional learning through public lessons: exploring novice English teachers' agency

7. Exploring the impact of mentoring on Novice Language Teachers' Agency: an Activity Theoretic Perspective

8. Novice English Language Teachers' Collaborative Reflection on their Agency: an Ecological Perspective on Teachers' Sense of Agency and Its Predictors

PART 3: Agency as a contributor to professional performances

9. The discursive interplay between internal motives and external drives: exploring the developing agency of Chilean preservice English teachers

10. An activity theory inquiry into the interplay between novice language teachers' agency and autonomy

11. "One of the best lessons that I had": exploring a novice teacher's agency and integration of social justice principles and teaching practices through positioning analysis

12. Novice language teacher agency: some conceptual remarks

Afterword: the roots, manifestations, and promises of language teacher agency