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Acculturation Theory
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- 2. Pidgin and creolephenomena and L2 acquisition Some terms to keep in mind- Static paradigm and dynamic paradigm Pidginization and Depidginization Creolization and decreolization Nativization and denativization Also keep in mind you have learnt about Interlanguage and Interlangauge theory
- 3. What is Pidginand Creole???
- 4. Acculturation Theory “Acculturation asa process of involving modifications in attitudes, knowledge and behavior” Addition of new elements to cultural background Elimination of certain existing elements and also reorganization of others It demands social and psychological adaptation to function with target language groups
- 5. Social and psychologicaldistance hypothesis Schumann (1978) Social distance- domination vs subordination, assimilation vs adaptation vs preservation, closure, size, congruence, and attitude. Psychological distance- affective factors like resolution of language shock, culture shock, culture stress, integrative vs instrumental motivation, ego permeability. Positive and negative distance (remember affective filter??)
- 6. Factors affecting socialand psychological distance
- 7. Early, middle andlate stages in L2 acquisition Early stage- pidginization leading to fossilization (pidginized, fossilized, no revision of the interlanguage) Depidginization The case of Alberto
- 8. Nativization model Andersen (1983) Nativization(internal norms, interlanguage) and denativizaiton(external norms) equivalent to Piagetian “assimilation” and “accommodation”.
- 9. Depidginization or decreolization? Depidginization-early stage in L2 learning Decreolization- later stage The difference is in the “starting point”
- 10. Decreolization toward TL Stauble1978 Basilang Mesolang Acrolang Decreolization progresses from basilect(closest to creole)-mesolect-acrolect (closest to TL) – Bickerton (1977)