Anaheim University. EDU 540 unit 6 Host presentation. TESOL

1. EDU 540 – Second Language Acquisition
Welcome to Unit 6
Social Factors and Second Language
Acquisition
Host Team
Yumir Gómez
Marcela Páramo
Adriana H. Muñoz

2. Social Factors and Second Language
Acquisition
 Types of social contexts of L2 learning
 Schumann’s acculturation model
 Gardner’s socio-educational model

3. Reference group
“According to Ellis
(2008)a reference group
often have a choice of
language variation of the
target model”. Yeny
Franco
“Their choice is
influenced by the
particular social group or
groups that they wish to
identify with”. Gloria B,
Claudia E, Ma. Patricia M.
This choice shows how
some learners prefer
some dialectal variety
rather than the educated
standard variety. Team
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4. Types of social contexts of L2 learning
Majority
language
context
International
context
Segregation
Mother tongue
maintenance
Submersion Immersion
Official
language
context
The foreign
language
classroom

5.  Celica, a girl of 17 years old went to learn English in the Concordia Language Villages Summer
program.
 Immersion
 Andrea traveled to England with a group of people to learn English but they were separated
from the others since the course was specific for their level.
 Segregation
 Liceth is a beautiful girl from San Andrés – Colombia. Colombia’s official language is Spanish,
but Liceth must use English almost all the time because in San Andrés almost everyone speak
English.
 Official language context
 Adriana is a native Arawak who was taken out of “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta” to be
educated in Bogotá-Colombia.
 Submersion

6.  Alirio, who is in tenth grade in a public school in Montería, is very happy to take his English classes with Miss
Johana.
 The foreign language classroom
 Yudy, a colombian English teacher was hired to teach Spanish in the Arizona University in Arizona. She is happy
to be there since 2 years ago. Although she is teaching spanish, she has improved a lot her English language
proficiency because she must use it all time.
 Majority language context
 Every year, TESOL international association shares teaching experiences with english teachers from all over the
world. Mr. Jhonathan is one of the speakers who always presents nice conferences. He says that it is done in
order to get teachers’ best experiences of working in different countries and settings. Also for teachers to learn
new strategies and apply them in their working contexts.
 International context
 Freddy, a Colombian high qualified engineer moved to London with his wife for a job opportunity. They had a
boy there. This boy studies in preschool. Although he is receiving instruction in the L2, his parents talk to him in
Spanish almost all the time, so they do not forget their mother tongue.
 Mother tongue maintenance

7. The Acculturation Model
Main concepts to keep in mind
 Acculturation Model: “The speech of second language learner will be restricted to the
communication function if the learner is socially and/or psychologically distant from the
speakers of the target language” (Schumann, 1976).
 Pidgin language: It is a language developed by speakers of distinct languages who
come in contact with one another and share no common language.
 Pidginization: “shows that social and psychological distance exists and the speech of the
second language learner is restricted to the communicative function” (Schumann, 1978
p. 76).

8. “the degree to which a learner
acculturates to the target language
group will control the degree to which
he acquires the second language”
(Schumann, 1976)

9. Gardner’s socio-educational model

10. Social aspects that influence L2 adquisition
Individual or internal factors
 Age
 Personality
 Motivation
 Experiences
 Cognition

11. External factors
 Curriculum
 Instruction
 Culture & status
 Motivation
 Access to native speakers

12. Social context in L2 learning
 The social context is an important factor in foreign language learning because it influences
attitude and motivation and these aspects are paramount and necessary when trying to
learn another language. Celica Chamorro.
 Social context is hugely important in foreign language learning. Thinking about ourselves,
here in Colombia, we have had the desire and necessity of acquiring English as a Foreign
Language because we knew that it would become the big gate that might lead us to a
personal and professional world full of better opportunities to be successful. Alirio
Angarita.

13. References
 Cherry, K. (2015). Howard Gardner Biography. Picture retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/profilesal/p/howard-gardner.htm
 Ellis, R (2008). The Study of Second Language Acquisition (Chapter 7: Social Aspects of Second language Acquisition). Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
 Ellis, R. (1997). Second language Acquisition (Chapter 1Introduction: describing and explaining L2 acquisition). Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
 Gardner, R. and W. Lambert. (1972) Attitudes and Motivation in Second Language Learning. Rowley, MA: Newbury House.
 Image of Aculturation Model. Retrieved from http://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/acculturation-model-1225479055924555-9-
thumbnail-4.jpg?cb=1225453951
 Lovato, C. (2011). Motivation in second language acquisition - Gardners socio-educational model. Retrieve from
http://www.unimep.br/phpg/mostraacademica/anais/9mostra/4/443.pdf
 Schumann, J. (1976) ‘Social distance as a factor in second language acquisition’. Language Learning, 26(2): 135-143.
 Schumann, J. (1978). The acculturation model for second-language acquisition. In R. Gringas (Ed.), Second language acquisition and foreign
language teaching (pp. 27-50). Washington, DC; Center for Applied Linguistics.
 Taie, M. & Afshari, A. (2015). A Critical Review on the Socio-educational Model of SLA. Retrieved from
file:///C:/Users/Marcela/Downloads/147-563-1-PB%20(1).pdf
 Untitlted image. Picture of Schumman retrieved from http://www.appling.ucla.edu/people/faculty/2-uncategorised/38-john-h-schumann

14. THANK YOU
HAVE A NICE NIGHT
Yumir Gómez, Marcela Páramo and Adriana Helena Muñoz
Host team Unit 6 Group B