Identity, agency and the acquisition of professional language and culture /
[Book]
Ping Deters
New York :
Continuum,
c2011
viii, 257 p. ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-245) and index
Globalization and the migration of professionals -- Social perspectives on identity and agency in SLA research -- Qualitative research in SLA -- Affordances and constraints in the acquisition of professional language and culture -- The professional acculturation journeys of two school teachers from different times and places -- Professional integration in two contexts : a chemical engineer in Canada and an architect in Denmark -- The lived professional acculturation experiences of a teacher from Hong Kong : a longitudinal case study -- From local to global : research findings and their application to other contexts
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Acculturation
Assimilation (Sociology)
English language-- Study and teaching-- Foreign speakers