A netnography of emergent ESOL researcher identity and development in a virtual community of practice

Julian Chen; Vincent Troy Greenier; Sasha Janes

doi:10.1111/ijal.12465

A netnography of emergent ESOL researcher identity and development in a virtual community of practice

Julian Chen, Vincent Troy Greenier^* (Corresponding Author), Sasha Janes

^*Corresponding author for this work

Linguistics

Curtin University

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Abstract

For emerging researchers, communities of practice (CoPs) can be a much-needed source of knowledge and support, particularly during a global pandemic. Within this context, a virtual CoP (VCoP) project was initiated for novice researchers in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)/Applied Linguistics worldwide to exchange perspectives and academic knowledge. Guided by netnography, our study explores the social, cultural, and professional practices of VCoP through multiple digital sources, such as webinar recordings, Facebook group posts, reflective journal entries, and one-on-one interview. The triangulated data aims to examine the effects of virtual mentorship on the agency, engagement, and identity construction of an emerging researcher. Findings illustrate that a VCoP facilitates international networking, fosters the repositioning of ESOL researcher identity, and promotes agency through virtual mentoring. Specifically, netnography opens a viable avenue for remote data mining in Applied Linguistics research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	275-291
Number of pages	17
Journal	International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Volume	33
Issue number	2
Early online date	18 May 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12465
Publication status	Published - 5 Jul 2023

Bibliographical note

This research was funded by the Research and Innovation Support Program (RISP) at the School of Education, Curtin University.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.

Keywords

higher degree by research
identity
mentoring
netnography
virtual community of practice

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