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Training Wheels for Cultural Learning

Poor Language Fluency and Its Shielding Effect on the Evaluation of Culturally Inappropriate Behavior

Andrew Molinsky

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, molinsky{at}brandeis.edu

Wei Qi Elaine Perunovic

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada

This research examined the effect of language fluency on the evaluation of culturally inappropriate behavior. A series of video vignettes were created in which a nonnative speaker either followed or broke social rules while displaying varying degrees of fluency in English. Results demonstrated a shielding effect of poor language fluency, such that when the nonnative individual acted in a culturally inappropriate manner, poor fluency in English shielded the individual from negative evaluation.

Key Words: culture • cross cultural • language fluency • faux pas • rule violation • interpersonal evaluation

This version was published on September 1, 2008

Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 3, 284-289 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X08317959
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