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A Text of Report On Cultural Assimilation: in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirement in The Subject

- The document is a report on cultural assimilation submitted by students Jezreel L. Luna and April Joy O. Quiseng to their instructor Mario P. Tamana. - It defines cultural assimilation as the process where an individual or group acquires the cultural characteristics of a different ethnic or cultural group, sacrificing their own. - The Amish are used as an example of a group that practices cultural isolation by living in close-knit communities and speaking Pennsylvania Dutch to avoid outside influences on their values and way of life. - There are three levels of assimilation identified - individual, group, and cultural - referring to how assimilation can occur between individuals and groups or result in the emergence of a new combined culture.

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A Text of Report On Cultural Assimilation: in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirement in The Subject

- The document is a report on cultural assimilation submitted by students Jezreel L. Luna and April Joy O. Quiseng to their instructor Mario P. Tamana. - It defines cultural assimilation as the process where an individual or group acquires the cultural characteristics of a different ethnic or cultural group, sacrificing their own. - The Amish are used as an example of a group that practices cultural isolation by living in close-knit communities and speaking Pennsylvania Dutch to avoid outside influences on their values and way of life. - There are three levels of assimilation identified - individual, group, and cultural - referring to how assimilation can occur between individuals and groups or result in the emergence of a new combined culture.

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Republic of the Philippines

Province of Isabela
Commission on Higher Education
Isabela State University (ISO 9001:2015)
Echague, Isabela

A Text of Report on
CULTURAL ASSIMILATION

In partial fulfillment of the requirement in the subject


SOCIAL NETWORKING AND
SOCIAL INTEGRATION
(SED ELEC 2)

Submitted by:
Luna, Jezreel L.
Quiseng, April Joy O.

Submitted to:
Mario P. Tamana, MAEd
Subject Instructor

A.Y. 2020-2021
OBJECTIVES: At the end of the chapter, the students should be able to:
1. define Cultural Assimilation;
2. discuss what is cultural isolation and stumbling blocks in assimilation;
3. identify the level of assimilation

CULTURAL ASSIMILATION

The process by which an individual or group


acquires the cultural characteristics of a different
ethnic or cultural group, sacrificing their own. When
a member of an ethnic minority group acquires the
behavior patterns, lifestyle, values, and language of
the mainstream culture, he or she has become
culturally assimilated

Assimilation can be defined as the cultural


absorption of a minority group into the main cultural body. This term is mostly used in
terms of immigrants or minority groups.
Here, the minority culture, or the group
who was absorbed into the main culture,
lose characteristics of their culture such as
language, traditions and even their self-
identity.
In assimilation, the original culture is
replaced with the new one.

Assimilation is the term sociologists use to describe the way that immigrants are incorporated
into the society they move to. Assimilation has been
used in different ways. In some senses, it refers to the
different cultural and ethnic characteristics that
immigrants bring to a society. But it can also refer to
the ways that immigrants are expected to adopt the
culture and characteristics of the dominant society.

The most common cultural change when two cultures


compete is assimilation of the minority culture into
the majority culture. The minority culture loses all of the markers that set it apart as a separate
culture in the first place. Markers include things like languages, food, and customs.
CULTURAL ISOLATION

Cultural isolation is the separation from larger cultural group in groups proximity.
The isolated group does not participate in the cultural conditioning beliefs or
activities of the larger group
Cultural isolation is the term for a country or region that does not care to interact with,
understand or empathize with cultures outside its borders. Americans have been accused of
cultural isolation, because some Americans have not studied or learned languages other than
American English and seem content to know very little about other countries.
 Amish live in small rural communities where strong
family and social ties allow them their own distinctive
and separate way of life. The family is the heart of Amish
community, individual identity and spiritual life.

 Culture like the Amish use culture isolation because they


don’t want to be influenced by other cultural values.

 They do this by speaking their own language and by


living in close communities with minimal interaction with outside culture.

STUMBLING BLOCKS TO ASSIMILATION

 Cultural Dissimilarity -Extreme differences in cultural background act as the most


powerful impediment in the way of assimilation. Language and religion are usually
considered to be the main constituents of culture.

 Physical Differences -Differences in physical traits and skin color present a


formidable barrier to assimilation. This we can see between white and Negro (black)
races in which discrimination is practice almost everywhere in the world. 
 Feeling of superiority and inferiority-Such feeling, along with the exploitation of
the weaker section (minority group) of the population by stronger one, is contradictory to
the assimilative process.

 Prejudices-Stereotypes and ethnocentrism both can operate as barriers to assimilation.


Prejudices (pre-judgment) may create a social distance between the alien and dominant
cultures.

 Isolation -The absence of communicative interaction is isolation. It is a situation


deprived of social contacts. 
ASSIMILATION LEVELS

 Individual level:
A socialized individual when enters or joins a new group having different cultural
patterns, he or she has to adopt new patterns of values, habits, customs and beliefs
of the other group in order to be fully accepted by the new group.

Group level:
When two groups with dissimilar patterns of behavior come in close contact, they
inevitably affect each other. In this process, it is generally seen that the weaker
group would do more of the borrowing from and would give very little to the
stronger group.

Culture level:
When two cultures merge to produce a third culture which, while somewhat distinct,
has features of both merging cultures.

SUMMARY:
 Simply understanding, assimilation or cultural assimilation the original culture is replaced
with the new one
 Cultural assimilation is a process in which a minority group/person becomes a part of a
dominant group or assume the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group.
 Basically, assimilation results into complete abandonment of the original culture and
adoption of the new culture.
 The main language of choice for the Amish is the German or Pennsylvania Dutch.
 The Amish are family oriented.
 They use buggy as the major means of transportation.
 The process of assimilation takes a place mainly at three levels these are individual, groups,
culture levels.
EVALUATION:

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.The process by which an individual or culture while still retaining their own culture
group adopts the practices and values of one of origin.
a. Assimilation those of another group.

b. Acculturation a. Acculturation

c. Amish b. Isolation

d. Culture level c. Diversity


d. Assimilation
2. A culturally, ethnically, or racially distinct
group that coexists with but is subordinate to a 4. When a culture doesn’t want to be absorbed
more dominant group. by another culture.
a. Social group a. Isolation
b. Amish group b. Acculturation
c. Minority group c. Diversity
d. Dominant group d. Assimilation
3. The process by which a person or a group
language and/or culture come to resemble

5.Their belief is that God has a personal and abiding interest in their lives, families and communities. 
a. American
b. Indian
c. Amish
d. Canadian

TRUE/FALSE
Directions: Read each statement below carefully. Place a T on the line if you think a statement is
TRUE. Place an F on the line if you think the statement is FALSE.
______1. Assimilation means not giving up your culture to become dominant culture.
______2. Amish use cultural isolation because they don’t want to be influenced by other cultural
values.
______3. Indian use horse and buggy as the major means of transportation.
______4. Acculturation results into complete abandonment of the original culture and adoption
of the new culture.
______5. Amish only marry other Amish and don't divorce. They have large families averaging 10-12
children.

ANSWER KEY
MULTIPLE CHOICE: 1.B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. C

TRUE OR FALSE: 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F

REFERENCES:

https://prezi.com/p/a-039knwf1l1/cultural-assimilation

https://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/sociology/social-interaction/assimilation-nature-level-types-and-other-
details/3126

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