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First published on May 1, 2008
Journal of Language and Social Psychology 2008, doi:10.1177/0261927X08317959
© 2008 SAGE Publications

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Training Wheels for Cultural Learning: Poor Language Fluency and Its Shielding Effect on the Evaluation of Culturally Inappropriate Behavior

Andrew Molinsky1* and Wei Qi Elaine Perunovic2

1 Bradeis University, Waltham, MA
2 University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: molinsky{at}brandeis.edu.


  Abstract
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.


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