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Socio-Cultural Models of Second Language Learning in Immigrants in Canada.
People's Movements in the 21st Century - Risks, Challenges and Benefits
(2017)
Abstract
The most significant challenge for the minority immigrant is learning a new language.
They arrive in a new culture and community hoping to master English quickly in order
to achieve their academic and career goals. However, many immigrants have mentioned
general barriers resulting from being unable to communicate with peers outside their cul
-tural and linguistic group. Recent research has identified several cognitive variables such
as vocabulary, reading aloud, and grammatical judgment related to second-language
learning in immigrants; however, little attention was given to sociocultural factors such
as acculturation, motivation, and cultural learning because learning a language is a nec
-essary aspect of being socialized into a particular culture. This chapter reviews research
of sociocultural models in relation to second-language learning of immigrant youth in
Canada. We address this paradigm for research by incorporating both acculturation and
sociolinguistic approaches, as well as more traditional cognitive-linguistic approaches, to
models of second-language learning in immigrants.
Keywords
- Canada,
- language learning,
- acculturation,
- sociolinguistics,
- immigrants
Disciplines
Publication Date
February 15, 2017
Editor
Ingrid Muenstermann
Publisher
INTECH
Citation Information
Fanli Jia, Alexandra Gottardo and Aline Ferreira. "Socio-Cultural Models of Second Language Learning in Immigrants in Canada." People's Movements in the 21st Century - Risks, Challenges and Benefits (2017) p. 157 - 198 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/fanli-jia/12/
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