Reflexivity in the interstices: a tale of reflexivity at work in, during, and behind the scenes

Abstract

This article is a story of how the authors came to make sense of the significance of those words in relation to gender, race/ethnicity, and citizenship in writing a manuscript about L₁L₂ acquisition. It is a tale about how Reflexivity wove itself into the conversations, into the writing, into the in-between spaces, the interstices of the research and the writing. To this end, Reflexivity acts as a character interjecting itself into the journal narrative. In doing so, Reflexivity challenges us as researchers/writers to revisit what we thought we understood about our research participants, our own language, and ultimately ourselves.

Keywords:

• Reflexivity
• writing as inquiry
• English language learners