Multicultural Populations

Question 1

Acculturation

Answer 1

an individual acquires the cultural traits of another society while retaining some of their own cultural identity.

Question 2

Assimilation

Answer 2

individual adopts the cultural norms and behaviors of a new society.

Question 3

Enculturation

Answer 3

individual learns and adopts the cultural norms and values of their own society

Question 4

Ethnocentrism

Answer 4

belief that one’s own cultural group is superior to others and can lead to negative attitudes and behaviors toward other cultures

Question 5

Phonological Interference

Answer 5

1. Influence of the first language’s
   sounds on the pronunciation in the second language.
2. Pronouncing “ship” as “sheep”
   because the sound “sh” doesn’t exist in the first language

Question 6

Morphological Interference

Answer 6

1. Influence of the first language’s
   grammatical structures on forming words or sentences in the second language.
2. Saying “he goed” instead of
   “he went” because the past
   tense in the first language follows a different pattern

Question 7

Pragmatic Interference

Answer 7

1. Influence of the cultural and social norms of the first language on communication styles in the second language.
2. Speaking too directly or too
   indirectly in a conversation
   because of cultural differences
   in communication style.

Question 8

Semantic Interference

Answer 8

1. Influence of the meanings and uses of words or phrases from the first language on their application in the second language
2. Saying “I’m embarrassed” to
   mean “I’m pregnant” because
   the word “embarrassed” is
   used differently in the first
   language

Question 9

Syntactic Interference

Answer 9

1. Influence of the first language’s
   sentence structure on how
   sentences are formed in the second language.
2. Constructing a sentence like “I
   often to the store go” instead
   of “I often go to the store”
   because in the first language,
   the verb typically comes at the
   end of the sentence.