ACCULTURATION MODEL

1. Model
Acculturation
Presented by: MARABE,MAPANAO,OBENZA

2. Acculturation model
is a theory proposed by John Schumann to describe the acquisition process of
a second language (L2)by members the of immigrant,migrants workers or the
children of a group
is the exchange of cultural features when two or more diffirent cultures come
in contacts or in continuous contact but still remains dictict to each other

3. Acculturation model
social factors may either inhibit or promote contact between second
language group (2LL group) and the target language group (TL group)
Assumption: the greater the social distance between the two groups,
the more difficult it is for members of 2LL group to acquire the
language of the TL group

4. the degree of a learner’s success in second language (L2) acquisition
depends upon the learner’s degree of acculturation
Schumann argues that Second Language Acquisition(SLA) is jut one
aspect of acculturation along with many others
Acculturation,
according to Schumann that the social and psychological factors
influence the acculturation process and the second language
learning.
Schumann theory

5. two main variables that account for differences in the way language
learners approach and acquire language,
TWO FACTORS
-SOCIAL DISTANCE
-PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISTANCE

6. Integration Patterns Assimilative learners- give up native
language values and lifestyles
Preservative learners- keep native
language values and lifestyles
Adaptive learner- become bicultural and
switch depending on the group
Characteristics of Social Distance

7. Enclosure
When groups share social facilities,enclosure is
low.This supports language learning.
Intended Length
of Residency
Length of time a learner plans to stay in the
country and the permanency of residency
in the country impact motivation to learn a new language.
Characteristics of Social Distance

8. Social Dominance Patterns
The native language learners' reference
group an be superior, inferior, or equal in terms
of politics, culture, technology, or economics.
e.g., Spain is more dominant than China.
Characteristics of Social Distance

9. Cohesiveness A intergroup contact in the native language
community with few contact outside the
community.
Size The size of the native language community
may impact L2 learning
Cultural Congruence The similarity and harmony between the
cultures impact second language learning.
Attitudes
The feelings of the reference groups toward
each other impact language learning
Characteristics of Social Distance

10. Characteristics of Psychological Distance
.
Language Shock
described it as learner’s fear that he will appear
comic when he tries to speak to the TL.The less
language shock the learner experiences, the
more probable it is that he will learn to speak
the TL.

11. Characteristics of Psychological Distance
.
Culture Shock
anxiety resulting from disorientation encountered
upon entering a new culture.individual rejection of
himself and his culture, even the people of his host
country.

12. Characteristics of Psychological Distance
.
Motivation
learner’s reason for trying to learn the
target language.

13. Characteristics of Psychological Distance
.
Ego Permeability
language ego boundaries are permeable but later they
become fixed and rigid.
This rigidity is equated with heightened levels of
inhibition; when inhibition is lowered, ego permeability
is enhanced resulting to learn the TL well.

14. Acculturation is The process of
changing and assimilating into a
different culture from the original
one into which we were born
Enculturation is the constant
process of learning the behaviors,
characteristics, and the norms of
the culture that one belongs to
Acculturation Enculturation

15. Maraming
Salamat!
Questions and discussions are now open.