The identity construction of the Head of the English Department: Negotiation and social presentation in the interaction

Authors

  • Célia Elisa Alves de Magalhães Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio
  • Adriana Nogueira Accioly Nobrega Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio

Abstract

This study investigates the identity construction of the Head of the English Department (HED), with focus on evaluation. The concept of identity is based on socio-constructionist and sociological theories, which conceive identity construction as a process developed in discourse during the interaction. For the analysis of the interactions, the notions of frame, knowledge schemas and face are considered. Evaluation is based on Labovian and on socio-constructionist perspectives of narrative. Results of the research, whose data was generated at a private school in Rio de Janeiro, suggest that the HED identities are constituted by teachers’ identities, institutional identities and power relations.

Keywords: Head of the English Department, identity, evaluation, interaction, narrative.

Author Biographies

Célia Elisa Alves de Magalhães, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio

Mestre em Letras pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (2013), na área de Estudos da Linguagem, atualmente é doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação Estudos da Linguagem, também na PUC-Rio. Professora de língua inglesa na rede particular de ensino do Rio de Janeiro. Suas áreas de interessem compreendem pesquisas em Linguística Aplicada, Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional, Análise da Conversa, e Estudos da narrativa e de identidade.

Adriana Nogueira Accioly Nobrega, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio

Doutora em Letras pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, na área de Estudos da Linguagem. Professora Assistente da PUC-Rio, atua na Graduação em Letras, na Área de Língua Inglesa, e no Programa de Pós-Graduação Estudos da Linguagem. Suas áreas de interesse compreendem pesquisas em  Linguística Aplicada, Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional, Análise Crítica de Discurso, Estudos da narrativa e de identidade e Formação Continuada de Professores.

Downloads

Published

2016-02-13

How to Cite

de Magalhães, C. E. A., & Nobrega, A. N. A. (2016). The identity construction of the Head of the English Department: Negotiation and social presentation in the interaction. Calidoscópio, 14(1), 79–91. Retrieved from https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/calidoscopio/article/view/cld.2016.141.07

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2016): January/April

Section

Articles

License

I grant the journal Calidoscópio the first publication of my article, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (which allows sharing of work, recognition of authorship and initial publication in this journal).

I confirm that my article is not being submitted to another publication and has not been published in its entirely on another journal. I take full responsibility for its originality and I will also claim responsibility for charges from claims by third parties concerning the authorship of the article.

I also agree that the manuscript will be submitted according to the journal’s publication rules described above.