Creating a Multivocal Self
Author of the book, “Creating a Multivocal Self”, Dr. Julie Choi showcases a new methodology in language learning and identity research, explicating the use of autoethnography as a way of re-imagining one’s sense of linguistic and cultural identity. This presentation addresses fundamental aspects of research methodology and explores substantive issues relating to individual dimensions of multilingualism. This presentation focuses on how the learning of a language is inseparable from one’s constant searching for a voice, a place, and a self in this world, demonstrating the importance of interrogating what lies behind everyday life events and interactions―the political and ethical implications of the utterances, thoughts, actions, and stories of the self and others. Themes of authenticity, illegitimacy, power relations, perceptions of self/other, cultural discourses and practices, and related issues in multilingual identity development will be covered.