Acculturation

According to the authors William R. Acton and Judith Walker de Felix, acculturation is "the process of "acquiring" a second culture has been studied from a number of perspectives. Acculturation, the gradual adaptation to the target culture without necessarily forsaking one´s native language identity, has been proposed as a model for both the adult entering a new culture and the child in the bilingual program in a public school. A problem with many models having to do with acculturation, however, is the often unexamined assumption that the essencial or most important factor affecting acculturation is the "difference" or "social distance" between the two cultures"(e.g., Shumann 1976a)