Giles and Byrne (19820 have formulated an inter-group model of second
language acquisition, which is largely based on foundations just discussed. It
is an attempt to place second language acquisition in an inter-group context,
while maintaining and integrating some of the components of earlier social
psychological models (see Clement, 1980; Gardner, 1979). It is our belief that the same processes are involved in the acquisition of proficiency in the
standard dialect by non-standard speaking children.