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Narrative Inquiry into an Expert College English Teacher s Professional Identity Construction by Yang Meng Under the Supervision of Professor Gu Peiya Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics School of Foreign Languages Soochow University May, 2014 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There are quite a few people who have traveled with me in the writing of this thesis. First of all, I am most grateful to my supervisor, Professor Gu Peiya, who has given me a lot of encouragement and help in my thesis writing process. It is her enlightenment and constructive suggestions that have brought me to the field of teacher development. She guided me all the way through my MA studies with enough patience and tolerance. She responded to my immature questions with her academic commitment and inspiration for my explorations. Under her constant guidance, the process of completing my MA thesis turned out to be a challenging yet rewarding learning experience. I extend my sincere thanks to the professor (Mary as her pseudonym in this thesis) who shared her life stories as my research participant, allowing me to use her interview data on which much of the discussion of this thesis is based. My sincere thanks also go to all my teachers during my graduate studies at School of Foreign Languages, Soochow University. In particular, I want to thank Professors Gao Yongchen, Jia Guanj ie, Jiang Jin, Sun Yina, and Dr Wang Yu, Dr Heng Renquan, Dr Wang Haizhen for their personal and professional inspirations in their course