Ping DetersIdentity, Agency and the Acquisition of Professional Language and Culture
Ping Deters is a Professor at the English Language Institute, Seneca College, Toronto, Canada.
Acknowledgements \ 1. Globalization and the Migration of Professionals \ 2.
Social Perspectives on Identity and Agency in SLA Research \ 3. Qualitative
Research in SLA \ 4. Affordances and Constraints in the Acquisition of
Professional Language and Culture \ 5. The Professional Acculturation
Journeys of Two Schoolteachers from Different Times and Places \ 6.
Professional Integration in Two Contexts: A Chemical Engineer in Canada and
an Architect in Denmark \ 7. The Lived Professional Acculturation
Experiences of a Teacher from Hong Kong: A Longitudinal Case Study \
8. From Local to Global: Research Findings and Their Application to Other
Contexts \ Notes \ References \ Appendices \ Index