Culturelearning approach to acculturation

Masgoret, Anne-Marie; Ward, Colleen

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511489891.008

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“…Upon settlement, migrants need to acquire a suite of new cultural skills, ranging from learning a new language to understanding new norms and values (Masgoret & Ward, 2006). Over time, they develop multicultural competence, which refers to the flexible use of their cultural knowledge in response to the changing cultural demands of the local context (Chiu & Hong, 2013).…”

Section: Becoming Multicultural: a Social Phenomenonmentioning

confidence: 99%

Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Is Prospectively Associated With Early Trajectories of Acculturation Among New International Students

Doucerain

Deschênes

Aubé

et al. 2016

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is a marker of parasympathetic activity hypothesized to index a neurophysiological system supporting social engagement behaviours. Following migration, people must navigate and adapt to a new sociocultural environment. Whether RSA impacts this psychological acculturation process is unknown. This longitudinal study investigated whether resting RSA on arrival in the receiving country was related to changes in cultural orientations toward both mainstream and heritage cultural groups during the first five months following migration. Sixty new international students provided information on their cultural orientations toward the mainstream and heritage cultural groups shortly after arrival in the new country and two and five months after the first assessment. Results indicated that both heritage and mainstream orientations increased linearly over time. Furthermore, greater resting RSA at baseline was prospectively associated with larger increases in positive orientation toward the mainstream culture but not the heritage culture, over and above individual differences in extraversion, depression, and anxiety. These data provide longitudinal evidence that higher RSA promotes an approach-oriented stance toward a novel cultural environment.

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Section: Becoming Multicultural: a Social Phenomenonmentioning

confidence: 99%

Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Is Prospectively Associated With Early Trajectories of Acculturation Among New International Students

Doucerain

Deschênes

Aubé

et al. 2016

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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“…It has generally been associated with "culture learning", and therefore with the Behavioural component of the ABC model (Masgoret & Ward, 2006). However, language barriers have also been identified as a major source of stress for international students, affecting both the academic and sociocultural domains of their experiences.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural adaptation in different facets of life and the impact of language: a case study of personal adjustment patterns during study abroad

Beaven

Spencer‐Oatey

2016

Language and Intercultural Communication

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This case study paper focuses on the processes of adaptation that an Erasmus student, Angela, experienced during her study abroad period. It is a longitudinal study that explores how she coped over time with the various adaptation demands that she faced in the different aspects of her life: social-personal aspects (friends and social life, daily life, language for socialisation) and academic aspects (courses, administrative issues, language for academic purposes). The data gathered involved pre-departure and post return interviews, weekly "diary-tables" and monthly interviews while abroad. The findings show that Angela's adaptive journey followed noticeably different trends in the personal and academic domains of her life, demonstrating clearly how adaptation can evolve at different speeds in these different domains, and can result in ups and down throughout the sojourn. Even an aspect such as language was perceived differently in the two overarching domains. Further research, involving a much larger group of respondents, is needed in order to identify whether there are more generalised patterns within these various domains, or whether the patterns are always subject to significant individual and contextual variation. Moreover, further qualitative research is needed in order to understand the reasons that lie behind the ups and downs within each of the domains, and the extent to which they seem to be idiosyncratic or predictable.Il presente articolo riporta un caso di studio e si concentra sui processi di adattamento di una studentessa Erasmus, Angela, durante il suo periodo di studio all'estero. Si tratta di uno studio longitudinale che esplora le esigenze di adattamento avute da Angela in base a diversi aspetti della sua vita: gli aspetti socio-personali (gli amici e la vita sociale, la vita quotidiana, il linguaggio della socializzazione) e gli aspetti accademici (i corsi, le questioni amministrative e quelle legate alla lingua per scopi accademici). I dati sono stati raccolti attraverso interviste condotte prima della partenza e dopo il ritorno, una serie di "tabelle-diario" settimanali e alcune interviste mensili realizzate durante il soggiorno. I risultati mostrano che l'adattamento di Angela segue andamenti diversi nell'ambito personali e in quello accademico. Questo mostra chiaramente come l'adattamento può evolversi a velocità differenti in questi diversi ambiti, e può risultare in "alti e bassi" durante l'intero soggiorno. Anche un aspetto come la lingua è stato percepito in modo differente a seconda che l'ambito fosse personale o accademico. Sarebbero necessarie ulteriori ricerche che coinvolgessero un gruppo molto più ampio di partecipanti; ciò consentirebbe di verificare se ci sono andamenti più generalizzati all'interno di questi vari domini, o se gli andamento sono comunque sempre soggetti a significative variazioni individuali e contestuali. Inoltre, un'ulteriore ricerca * Corresponding author. Email: ana.beaven@unibo.it qualitativa sarebbe necessaria al fine di comprendere le ragioni che...

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“…Relationship between adaptation and second language (L2) proficiency Masgoret and Ward (2006) established an interactive model of the relationships between target language proficiency, communication competence, effective intercultural interaction and sociocultural adaptation. Basically, the core components of an international student's sociocultural adaptation are language proficiency and communication competence, supplemented by effective intercultural interaction, which in turn constitute a part of the broader construct of sociocultural adaptation (Masgoret and Ward 2006).…”

Section: Literature Review Two Important Facets Of Adaptation Of Intementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Basically, the core components of an international student's sociocultural adaptation are language proficiency and communication competence, supplemented by effective intercultural interaction, which in turn constitute a part of the broader construct of sociocultural adaptation (Masgoret and Ward 2006). Good proficiency in the target language is the basis of successful communication among members of different ethnolinguistic communities (Dö rnyei and Csizer 2005).…”

Section: Literature Review Two Important Facets Of Adaptation Of Intementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Language-related variables such as integrativeness and motivation play very important roles in the cultural learning process and sociocultural adaptation (Masgoret and Ward 2006). The underlying dynamics have been attributed to the fact that higher levels of integrativeness contribute to the prediction of higher levels of motivation (Masgoret and Gardner 2003), and both are associated with high levels of intercultural contact (Masgoret and Gardner 1999).…”

Section: Literature Review Two Important Facets Of Adaptation Of Intementioning

confidence: 99%

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Learning Chinese abroad: the role of language attitudes and motivation in the adaptation of international students in China

2010

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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The objectives of this study are to investigate the interrelationships of a number of affective variables related to studying Chinese as a second language (L2); to examine the relationships between affective variables in second language acquisition (SLA) and the indices of adaptation; and thirdly, to assess the changes over time in the attitudes and motivation of international students and their sociocultural and academic adaptation during their nine-month Chinese studies at a tertiary level. The results show that integrative motivation plays a very important positive role while language anxiety plays a very important negative role in both sociocultural adaptation and academic adaptation. Moreover, academic adaptation, long being ignored in the literature of crosscultural psychology and SLA, is found to be closely and positively related to sociocultural adaptation in this study. The conclusions are drawn accordingly in respect of longitudinal research design and the importance in relating language-related variables to the adaptation of L2 learners. Suggestions to host institutions and international students are also made in the paper.

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Culturelearning approach to acculturation

Cited by 174 publications

References 38 publications

Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Is Prospectively Associated With Early Trajectories of Acculturation Among New International Students

Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Is Prospectively Associated With Early Trajectories of Acculturation Among New International Students

Cultural adaptation in different facets of life and the impact of language: a case study of personal adjustment patterns during study abroad

Learning Chinese abroad: the role of language attitudes and motivation in the adaptation of international students in China

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