The purpose of this study is to explore the researcher’s experiences as a teacher educator of a TESOL program at a private university in Korea. The study was inspired by a growing trend in postmodern approaches which seek to draw out the hidden voice of the researcher. In order to explore the dialogical engagement of the researcher/teacher educator and the participants, the researcher adapts an autoethnographic approach which seeks to understand the self in an ethnographic study. Furthermore, this study calls for a shift from employing reflective practices in teacher education programs to reflexivity, which emphasizes the mutuality of both structures. The study presents a series of self-narratives and compares them with narratives drawn from semi-structured interviews with three TESOL students. By employing the progressive/regressive method of data analysis, the researcher seeks to understand the historical, cultural, or biographical factors which may have contributed toward the discoveries made by the researcher. Findings of the study indicate that the researcher was able to gain a deeper understanding of herself as well as the students and the TESOL context in Korea.

Abstract
 1. INTRODUCTION
 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
 3. METHOD
 4. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
 5. LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
 REFERENCES

• Laura Eunae Park(Ewha Womans University)