acculturation

English - Turkish

Definition of acculturation in English Turkish dictionary: kültürel etkileşim; bir kültürün başka bir kültürden aldığı tesir; {i} kültürleşme; (isim) kültürleşme
acculturate: Kültürel olarak özbenliğinden uzaklaştırmak, kültürel olarak yabancılaştırmak

English - English

Definition of acculturation in English English dictionary: A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one; A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that he/she inhabits; Process of adapting to a new culture, entailing an understanding of cultural patterns; the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"; Process by which continuous contact between two or more distinct societies causes cultural change The beliefs and customs of the groups may merge almost equally and result in a single culture However, one society most often completely absorbs the cultural patterns of another through a process of selection and modification This change often occurs because of political, military, or economic domination; the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure all the knowledge and values shared by a society; The processes by which people acquire culture, starting at their birth and ending at their death; The difficult task of learning a new culture; all the knowledge and values shared by a society; the process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that he/she inhabits; Process of understanding and learning how to operate in a new culture; {i} adoption of a foreign culture; Transmission of a culture to a neighboring people through interaction rather than pop- ulation movement; the process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one; The process of adapting to a new culture This involves understanding different systems of thought, beliefs, emotions, and communication systems Acculturation is an important concept for understanding SLA, since successful learning is more likely when learners succeed in acculturating; The process whereby one society adopts or takes up a feature or characteristic of another society See Diffusion; Rapid diffusion of cultural items either by choice of the receiving society or by force from a more dominant society; the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure; the process by which adults acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, and behaviors that enable them to become functioning participants of a new host culture" (adapted from Grunlan and Mayers 1979, 85) Acculturation is for adults what enculturation is for children
acculturate: To change one's culture based on the influence of another culture
acculturate: {f} absorb a foreign or different culture; assimilate from a cultural point of view
acculturate: assimilate culturally
acculturate: To change ones culture based on the influence of another culture
acculturate: To be changed by acculturation