Identity, agency and the acquisition of professional language and culture
By: Ping Deters
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781441105448
Subjects: Linguistic minorities; Foreign speakers; Acculturation; Immigrants; Professional employees; English language; Assimilation (Sociology); Study and teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: Globalization and the migration of professionals; title: Social perspectives on identity and agency in SLA research; title: Qualitative research in SLA; title: Affordances and constraints in the acquisition of professional language and culture; title: The professional acculturation journeys of two school teachers from different times and places; title: Professional integration in two contexts : a chemical engineer in Canada and an architect in Denmark; title: The lived professional acculturation experiences of a teacher from Hong Kong : a longitudinal case study; title: From local to global : research findings and their application to other contexts.