Cultural Differences Between Enculturation And Acculturation

Enculturation and Acculturation may sounds very similar when you pronounce them but, they mean two totally different things. Enculturation is to gain characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person or another culture. This is apart of who we are, this is who we identify closely too. While acculturation is the process of social, psychological and cultural changes that come from blending cultures. The difference between the two is enculturation is learning your own groups culture while acculturation is taking another groups culture. These are things that we adapt to, things that we see benefiting us. In order to determine our experiences with enculturation and acculturation, we had to take a survey. After taking that survey,

In my local culture, there is so many different types of people here. I would rate my level of acculturation as medium. The reason for this is because there are many ways that I feel connected, but at the same time there are also many ways where I feel disconnected. I am able to speak the language and understand it because the local language here is English and I am even able to read and write is since English is my first language. I listen to the local types of music and bands and I even watch movies or read books that relate to the local culture. Even though I am a very picky eater, I enjoy eating the “local” types of foods like plate lunches and so on. As time has gone on I have learned a little bit about the culture and history from the pass classes that I have taken. I also feel like I identify with these people and that I fit in with them, we all kinda act the same. But, on the other hand, I feel like there is so much more to learn about. I don’t really follow their traditions and keep the holidays because I follow through with my origin

I would rate this aspect as low. The reason for this is because I don't really know anything about it. I don’t know how to speak it but I can read it because it is almost the same letters as the alphabet but I may not be able pronounce it right because there are certain ways to say things. I don't listen to their music or watch their types of movies. The only reason that I know anything about their past and history is because of my class that I took last semester at UH Hilo which was Hawaiian Ohana. That class helped me learn the basics for the history but that is about all I know. I don't like eating Native Hawaiian types of food. I may be knowledgable about their traditions but I don’t follow through with it because like I said before I follow my Japanese traditions. I feel like I don’t identify with them at all because I don’t understand their traditions so we would have nothing in common. I would like to learn a little more about their culture though. One of my friends used to try and teach me a little more of the Hawaiian language which was very fun but difficult at the same time. I feel like these would be a great bunch of people to be connected to though because they go deep into their roots and their are very passionate about it. Sadly this is where I got my lowest score on the survey. I got a 26/90, clearly showing that I don’t know much or relate to their