Duoethnography in English Language Teaching : Research, Reflection and Classroom Application

This book sets out duoethnography as a method of research, reflective practice and as a pedagogical approach in English Language Teaching (ELT). The book provides an introduction to the history of duoethnography and lays out its theoretical foundations. The chapters then address duoethnography as a research method which can be used to explore critical and personal issues among ELT teachers, discuss how duoethnography as a reflective practice can aid teachers in understanding themselves, their colleagues or their context, and demonstrate how duoethnography can be used as a pedagogical tool in ELT classrooms. The chapters are a range of duoethnographies from established and emerging researchers and teachers, which explore the interplay between cultural discourses and life histories with a focus on ELT in Japan.

Robert J. Lowe is a Lecturer in the Department of English Communication, Tokyo Kasei University, Japan. His research interests include native-speakerism, critical applied linguistics and qualitative research methodology.

Luke Lawrence is an Assistant Professor in the College of Commerce at Nihon University in Japan. He has written widely on identity, intersectionality and translanguaging in the ELT field and is the co-editor of two edited books: Lowe, R. J. & Lawrence, L. (Eds.) (2020). Duoethnography in English language teaching: Research, reflection and classroom application, published by Multilingual Matters, and Mielick, M., Kubota, R., & Lawrence, L. (Eds.) (2023) Discourses of identity in Japan: Language learning, teaching, and revitalizing perspectives, published by Palgrave Macmillan.