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