2.4.3 Challenges of Assimilation

• What is assimilation in the context of cultural integration?

  Adopting dominant culture's values
• Assimilation involves blending one's original cultural identity with the dominant culture of a new society.
• Assimilation often involves blending one's cultural identity, while integration involves maintaining it.original
• Match the concept with its description:

  Assimilation ↔️ Adopting dominant culture

  Integration ↔️ Maintaining cultural identity
• What is a common challenge faced by immigrants during assimilation?

  Language barriers
• Order the challenges faced by immigrants during assimilation:

  1️⃣ Language barriers

  2️⃣ Cultural differences

  3️⃣ Economic challenges

  4️⃣ Social isolation
• Cultural differences require immigrants to adapt to new customs, values, and social norms
• Economic challenges during assimilation include navigating a new job market.
• What does social isolation involve for immigrants during assimilation?

  Building a new social network
• What is one common challenge faced by immigrants during assimilation?

  Language barriers
• Immigrants may struggle with adapting to new customs, values, and social norms
• Social isolation is a common challenge faced by immigrants during assimilation.
• What is the primary challenge associated with economic barriers for immigrants?

  Finding employment
• Assimilation is the process by which individuals adopt the language, customs, and values of the dominant culture.
• Steps involved in the assimilation process

  1️⃣ Language acquisition

  2️⃣ Cultural adoption

  3️⃣ Value alignment
• Integration involves maintaining one's original cultural identity while adopting elements of the new culture.
• Match the cultural concept with its characteristic:

  Assimilation ↔️ Blends with dominant culture

  Integration ↔️ Maintains original identity
• How does assimilation impact cultural identity?

  Blends with dominant culture
• Assimilation blends cultural identity with the dominant culture, while integration maintains the original cultural identity.
• Integration requires conforming entirely to the beliefs of the dominant culture.

  False
• What is the primary impact of assimilation on cultural identity?

  Blends with dominant culture
• Integration maintains the original cultural identity while incorporating elements of the new culture
• Assimilation results in the complete loss of the original cultural identity.
• Match the cultural adaptation strategy with its example:

  Assimilation ↔️ Adopting French customs when moving to France

  Integration ↔️ Participating in French social activities while celebrating Senegalese holidays
• What are two possible cultural adaptation strategies for a family moving to France?

  Assimilation and integration
• Economic factors such as income levels do not influence assimilation.

  False
• What are examples of economic factors affecting assimilation?

  Income levels, employment
• A migrant with a strong social network and good employment opportunities is more likely to assimilate
• Match the factor type with its examples:

  Social Factors ↔️ Cultural differences, community support

  Economic Factors ↔️ Employment opportunities, access to education
• Assimilation always requires the complete abandonment of one's original culture.
• What is the key difference between assimilation and integration?

  Cultural identity maintenance
• Integration means incorporating elements of the new culture while maintaining one's original cultural identity
• Social isolation is a common challenge faced by immigrants during assimilation.
• What happens to cultural identity in assimilation?

  Blends with dominant culture
• Assimilation involves adopting the dominant culture's language, customs, and values.
• An example of assimilation is adopting French customs and language when moving to France
• What is the impact of assimilation on cultural identity?

  Blends with dominant culture
• Integration maintains the original cultural identity while incorporating elements of the new culture
• Match the type of cultural interaction with its description:

  Assimilation ↔️ Blends with dominant culture

  Integration ↔️ Maintains original identity
• Arrange the steps a family moving to France might take to either assimilate or integrate:

  1️⃣ Move to France

  2️⃣ Assimilate by adopting French customs ||| Integrate by celebrating both French and Senegalese holidays