Identity, agency and the acquisition of professional language and culture / Ping Deters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deters, Ping, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assimilation (Sociology).

Immigrants.

Professional employees.

Linguistic minorities.

Acculturation.

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With globalization and the ever-increasing migration of professionals, issues related to learning an additional language and culture in professional contexts are prominent in many contemporary societies. Drawing upon data from an extensive research study of internationally educated professionals, this book examines the affordances and constraints to successful professional acculturation, and the relationships between identity, agency, and the acquisition of professional language and culture. The author provides a succinct review of socially informed theories of second language acquisition, and

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-245) and index.

ISBN:

9786613116963

9781474212229

1474212220

9781283116961

1283116960

9781441163158

1441163158

OCLC:

727649543