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2016-01-01

Struggling Authorial Identity of Second Language University Academic Writers in Mexico

La lucha de identidad de escritores académicos universitarios de segunda lengua en México

Keywords:

Identity, narrative, second language academic writing, writer struggles (en)
identidad, lucha del escritor, narrativa, redacción en segunda lengua (es)

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  • Troy Crawford Universidad de Guanajuato
  • Irasema Mora Pablo Universidad de Guanajuato
  • M. Martha Lengeling Universidad de Guanajuato
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.
En este artículo se exploran los diferentes factores que parecen impactar la construcción de identidad de autor permanente en un medio académico profesional en México. Esta búsqueda se da a través de la metodología narrativa desde un enfoque cualitativo de la lucha cotidiana de dos profesores por mantener su status profesional en la redacción en segunda lengua. Sus áreas de trabajo son química y derecho penal. Los datos recopilados permitieron explorar los procesos y problemáticas del ingreso a una comunidad de autores de segunda lengua. Finalmente, se ilustra cómo este proceso de la creación de una identidad de autor es una continua batalla que está compuesto de una gama de factores psicológicos.

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