sociocultural factors of Second language aquisition

1. Sociocultural Factors
by :
Niki S. Sayang (2013610013)
Mufaticha Edogawa (2013610019)

2. I n t he pr ocess of language
lear ning, many f act ors f avor
t he success.
One of t he f act ors is
sociocult ural. Social f act ors
and cult ure or cult ures have
close relat ions wit h language.

3. Culture
Cult ure is t he ideas, cust oms, skills,
art and t ools t hat charact erize a
given group of people. (Brown- 1994)

4. Stereotype
I n a cult ural
exchange, we realize
t hat all aspect s of
t he cult ure will be
mixed wit h our
cult ure, bot h posit ive
and negat ive cult ure.
So, one' s view of
cult ure t hat makes it
dif f erent . I f
someone holds closed
(close - minded) t hey
will not be able t o
accept t he

5. Attitudes
Gardner (1979) st at es t hat a
linear relat ionship exist ed and
t hat at t it udes inf luenced
mot ivat ion t hat in t urn inf luenced
SLA.

6. According t o Freeman and
Long (1991),
t here are several ot her
f act ors t hat also inf luence t he
at t it udes and mot ivat ion of
learners t o learn t he language.
-Parent s
-Peers

7. Accult urat ion is t he process of
modif ying t he at t it udes,
knowledge, and behavior by
adding new element s t o t he
cult ur al background of a per son,
reducing some exist ing element s,
and rearrangement s
(reorganizat ion) element s ot her
Aculturation

8. Getting Culture Shock
Cult ure shock is a
common experience in
second language
learners in bot h
cult ures. I t means t hat
learning a second
language learners in a
new place wit h a new
cult ure as well.
Cult ure shock can also
be somet hing posit ive

9. Cultural Distance
“Dist ance” is obviously used in a
met aphorical sense t o depict
dissimilarit y bet ween t wo cult ures. I t
could mean social dist ance bet ween
race, social class, sexualit y or
et hnicit y.

10. Culture in the Clasroom
Cult ure in t he classroom af f ect
st udent s in receiving and applying t he
language, t he support of classmat es
can help speed up t he process of
learning int o success. Wat ching
movies, list ening music, and
appreciat e lit erary works in t he
classroom can be t he best way t o do.

11. Language Policy and
Politics
The relat ionship bet ween language and
societ y cannot be discussed f or long
wit hout t ouching on t he polit ical
ramif icat ions of language and language
policy. Virt ually every count ry has some
f orm of explicit , “of f icial,” or implicit ,
“unof f icial,” policy af f ect ing t he st at us of
it s nat ive language(s) and one or more
f oreign languages. Ult imat ely t hose
language policies become polit icized as

12. Sociocult ural f act ors are closely r elat ed in t he
pr ocess of lear ning a second language and
f or eign language. By r ecognizing t he complex
relat ionship language t eacher s can design
t r eat ment s what t he st udent s in t he class, bot h
in t er ms of appr oaches and t echniques.
Teachers also can pr ovide insight t o t he
st udent s about t he impor t ance of under st anding
t he cult ure of t he t ar get language user if t hey
want t o mast er t he language well and r eached
t he advanced level. Then, f act or -f act or also
explained t he act ual sociocult ur e. Such as, f rom