2) Anomie: As a result of learning a second language and being exposed to, or living in, the second language culture
people may have feelings, such as social uncertainty or dissatisfaction.
3) Social Distance: “Social distance refers to the cognitive and affective proximity of two cultures which come into
contact with an individual.” (p. 158) Distance, here, represents the differences between the two cultures.
4) Perceived Social Distance: Each person perceives the same cultural environment differently. Their perception is
through the “filters of their own world” (Brown, 1980, p. 160), then, no matter how biased their opinion may be, they act
upon their perception.
Brown (1980) claims that, the beginning of the third stage in acculturation process, is the point when persons gain
skillful fluency in second language. Adults’ failure in synchronizing linguistic and cultural development may result with
a failure in learning a second language in the second language culture. Since children do not have a culture bound view,
they do not have perspective filters like adults do, and as a result they can pass through the acculturation process
quickly, and consequently learn the language more quickly.