Brown SESSION VI
[Notes on Reading:
SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS
{Cont. from Chp. 7]
D. Acculturation
(169-73)
1. Identity / Ego
a. Possible acquisition of second identity
b. need to understand dimensions - 3
(In
re Guiora - Language ego)
2. Complexity of
acculturation (List factors: 169-70)
(Especially in
re language.
a. Culture shock as psychological
panic
1) Feelings 2)
Realization: DIFFERENCE!!
3)
Anxiety 4) Disorientation
b. Stages of cultural shock - (171)
c.
Anomie (Lambert, 1967):
Social uncertainty or
dissatisfaction due to
1) loss of ties
to L1
2) possible symptoms of 3rd. stage
of acculturation
homelessness
3) strongest as L2 mastery
grows [Explanation?]
..."thinking" in
L2
4) Reversion to L1 common in
meaningful use situations
d. L2 / C2 learning
as "schizophrenic." (Clarke, 1976)
Double bind
[Explanation] & relationship
e. Culture shock
as beneficial (173)
E. Culture in the
Classroom
3. Advantages / Limitations
B. Literature based Curriculum
C. Writing
Workshop
D. Academic Reading and Writing
David
W.Gurney, Ph. D.
TSL 5345
Fall 1997