Abstract Digital stories are powerful instructional tools that allow students to communicate complex concepts and emotions through both linguistic and nonlinguistic modes. A digital story is a 3-6 minute multimodal video through which students can engage in critical reflection about their experiences, participate actively in the learning process, and give voice to their identities. This study analyzes two digital stories created by teacher education students in a graduate course-using a new framework that draws on Systemic Functional Linguistics, we demonstrate how these beginning teachers used digital storytelling to shape their professional identities. The results show how valuable digital stories can be in fostering reflection and teachers' development as professionals. The paper also introduces and illustrates an innovative systemic functional linguistic approach to analyzing digital stories as complex multimodal objects.

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通过数字故事发展教师专业身份

摘要 数字故事是强大的教学工具，可让学生通过语言和非语言模式交流复杂的概念和情感。数字故事是一个 3-6 分钟的多模式视频，学生可以通过它对自己的经历进行批判性反思，积极参与学习过程，并表达自己的身份。本研究分析了教师教育学生在研究生课程中创作的两个数字故事——使用借鉴系统功能语言学的新框架，我们展示了这些初级教师如何使用数字故事来塑造他们的专业身份。结果显示了数字故事在促进反思和教师专业发展方面的价值。