Acculturation Strategy and Language Experience in Expert ESL Speakers: An Exploratory Study

Autor/in	Waniek-Klimczak, Ewa
Titel	Acculturation Strategy and Language Experience in Expert ESL Speakers: An Exploratory Study
Quelle	In: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 1 (2011) 2, S.227-245 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2083-5205
Schlagwörter	Acculturation; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Proficiency; Intercultural Communication; Well Being; Immigrants; Qualitative Research; Correlation; Second Language Instruction; Language Usage; Individual Differences; Polish; Native Language; Language Attitudes; Culture Conflict; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Structured Interviews; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Qualitative Forschung; Korrelation; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sprachgebrauch; Individueller Unterschied; Polnisch; Sprachverhalten; Kulturkonflikt; Ausland; Fragebogen
Abstract	Acculturation and language proficiency have been found to be inter-related both from the perspective of second language acquisition (Schumann, 1978, 1986) and socio-psychological adaptation in cross-cultural contacts (Ward, Bochner, & Furnham, 2001). However, the predictions as to the effect of a particular strategy on success differ, with assimilation believed to create most favourable conditions for SLA and integration for general well-being. The present study explores acculturation patterns in three expert users of English as a second language, recent Polish immigrants to the UK, in relation to their language experience. The qualitative data were collected with the use of a questionnaire and analysed with respect to language experience and socio-affective factors. The analysis aimed at better understanding of the relationship between language learning in a formal context and language use in a natural setting on the one hand and the relationship between language expertise and acculturation strategy choice on the other. The results show that in spite of individual differences, expert language users tend to adopt an assimilation rather than integration acculturation strategy. This may suggest that attitudes are related to expertise in English as a second language in a more conservative way than advocated by cross-cultural approaches. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Adam Mickiewicz University Department of English Studies. Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Ul. Nowy Swiat 28-30, 62-800 Kailsz, Poland. e-mail: ssllt@amu.edu.pll; Web site: http://ssllt.amu.edu.pl/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01