The Acculturat ion Model in Sla: Review And Discussion

The role of language and culture in society has been the concern of not only linguists, anthropologists and communication scholars but also of the researchers in sociology, psychology, cognitive science and education. This relationship has been investigated from different perspectives depending on the focus of the authorities. The research on second language acquisition has dealt with this relationship by generating various theories, models, approaches and principles depending on the nature of language and culture relationship. One of these models is Schumann’s Acculturation Model (1978) for second language acquisition. This paper aims to review, evaluate and critically discuss The Acculturation Model in the light of supporting or opposing empirical evidence. Initially referring culture and language relationship, the paper evaluates the Acculturation Model after the review of the model with the main principles and arguments.