Acculturation-Pidginization Theory of Second Language Acquisition

Acculturation-Pidginization Theory of Second Language Acquisition

1. Types of acculturation

   • Type 1
     • learners are socially integrated with the new community and Psychologically open to the other language .
   • Type 2
     • Learners takes the other community as a reference group whose life style & values start to be adopted
   • Differences
     • In the second type learners want to become members of that community in more ways than linguistically
       • similarities
         • Social Interaction is common in both types.

2. Variables

   • How factors can affect the process of acquisition
     • psychological variables
       • They are:
         • .1) Language shock
           • 2) cultural shock
             • 3) motivation
               • 4) Ego
     • Social
       • They affect the quality of contact with the target language
         • They are:
           • 1) Social dominance
             • 3) Enclosure
               • 5) Size of the group
                 • 7) Attitude
           • 2) Assimilation, preservation, and adaptation
             • 4) Cohesiveness
               • 6) Congruence of cultures
                 • 8) Intended length of residence

3. What is it?

   • Process of acquiring a new language
     • By
       • adaptation of a new culture
         • Causes
           • attitudes and behaviors from one culture are modified as a result of contact with a different culture.
           • New languages
             • Produced by
               • Pidginization process
                 • A simplified form of speech that is usually a mixture of two or more languages
                   • Main Features
                     • They are reduced to a purely communicative function