Identity, agency and the acquisition of professional language and culture / / Ping Deters
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| Autore: |
Deters Ping
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| Titolo: |
Identity, agency and the acquisition of professional language and culture / / Ping Deters
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 303.48/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Assimilation (Sociology) |
| Immigrants | |
| Professional employees | |
| Linguistic minorities | |
| Acculturation | |
| English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-245) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Identity, agency and the acquisition of professional language and culture |
| ISBN: | 1-4742-1222-0 |
| 1-283-11696-0 | |
| 9786613116963 | |
| 1-4411-6315-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460124103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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