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She defines successful professional integration as, proficiency in the official language, the ability to find work, and participation in the civil society. A benefit of conducting research with IETs is that as professionals they are able to articulate the psychological tensions between identity maintenance and identity change as they professionally acculturate into their host society.

A main thrust of her book is identifying the affordances and constraints to successful acculturation of IETs. It is not surprising that the restraints have to do with language and cultural differences.


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Deter brings up some interesting points regarding identity and acculturation in her conclusions. She touches upon the idea of dual acculturation—the need for both newcomers and the host society to accommodate and adjust p.


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    7. Too often the onus for acculturation is put solely upon the English language learner. Her research makes the case that the mainstream society needs to make adjustments and accommodations in order to assist language minority immigrants in the integration process so that they can feel part of a community of practice. As a teacher of high school English Language learners and a researcher of issues pertaining to school culture and Long-term English Language Learners, I found Identity, Agency and the Acquisition of Professional Language and Culture provided persuasive insights into the importance of the host community providing accommodations, or as Deters would put it affordances, for English Language Learners.

    As she reiterates throughout the book, individual identity of English language learners is mediated by their social experiences and their social experiences are mediated by their language and cultural competencies.