La lucha de identidad de escritores academicos universitarios de segunda lengua en Mexico

• Published in: PROFILE issues in teachers' professional development 2016-01, p.115
• Main Authors: Crawford, Troy, Mora Pablo, Irasema, Lengeling, M. Martha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1657-0790; 2256-5760; 1657-0790
• DOI: 10.15446/profile.v18n1.48000

En este articulo se exploran los diferentes factores que parecen impactar la construccion de identidad de autor permanente en un medio academico profesional en Mexico. Esta busqueda se da a traves de la metodologia narrativa desde un enfoque cualitativo de la lucha cotidiana de dos profesores por mantener su status profesional en la redaccion en segunda lengua. Sus areas de trabajo son quimica y derecho penal. Los datos recopilados permitieron explorar los procesos y problematicas del ingreso a una comunidad de autores de segunda lengua. Finalmente, se ilustra como este proceso de la creacion de una identidad de autor es una continua batalla que esta compuesto de una gama de factores psicologicos. Palabras clave: identidad, lucha del escritor, narrativa, redaccion en segunda lengua. This paper explores the different factors that appear to affect the on-going construction of second language authorial identity in a professional academic environment in Mexico. Through narrative research methodology from a qualitative paradigm, the everyday struggles of two university professors to maintain their professional status in second language writing are explored. The areas of study for these two are chemistry and penal law. With data the learning processes of entering into a community of second language writers are studied as well as the problems they faced and how they resolved them. Finally, the process of negotiating an authorial identity in a second language seems to be a constant underlying struggle composed of a variety of psychological factors. Key words: Identity, narrative, second language academic writing, writer struggles.