Language Learners' Acculturation Attitudes

Autor/inn/en	Rafieyan, Vahid; Orang, Maryam; Bijami, Maryam; Nejad, Maryam Sharafi; Eng, Lin Siew
Titel	Language Learners' Acculturation Attitudes
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 7 (2014) 1, S.114-119 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Student Attitudes; Acculturation; English (Second Language); Exchange Programs; Cultural Awareness; Linguistic Competence; Likert Scales; Questionnaires; Social Integration; Study Abroad; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Attitude Measures; Iran; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Schülerverhalten; Akkulturation; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Exchange programme; Exchange program; Exchange programmes; Austauschprogramm; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Sprachkompetenz; Likert-Skala; Fragebogen; Soziale Integration; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Ausland; USA
Abstract	Learning a language involves knowledge of both linguistic competence and cultural competence. Optimal development of linguistic competence and cultural competence, however, requires a high level of acculturation attitude toward the target language culture. To this end, the present study explored the acculturation attitudes of 70 Iranian undergraduate students of English as a Foreign Language, following a one-semester academic sojourn in the United States. The data of the study were collected through a 29-item 5-point Likert scale acculturation attitude questionnaire. Findings indicated that sojourners tended to have close contact with the people of the target society while maintaining their original culture, adopting Integration and Assimilation strategies as their acculturation attitudes. The pedagogical implications of the findings suggested providing opportunities for students of English as a Foreign Language to immerse in the target language culture through organizing academic exchange programs. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01