Audible Difference

Jennifer Miller is a lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Queensland where she teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the TESOL area, as well as in pre-service teacher education.  Her research and publications are in the areas of language acquisition and identity, qualitative methodology and teacher’s work.  Miller also teaches ESL in an intensive reception program for immigrant high school students. She has a strong commitment to the productive nature of combining life inside classrooms with academic work. Audible Difference brings together the academic insights with the perspective of an experienced classroom teacher.

• Foreword by Allan LukeAuthor’s PrefaceAcknowledgements1 Speaking and Identity2 Language, Identity and Audibility: A New Theoretical Framing3 On Leaving Newnham: The End of Arrival4 Tina and John: The Self as Different5 Milena: Being Friends with Everyone6 Nora and Alicia: Speaking with the Foreigners7 Audibility and Institutional DeafnessReferencesIndex