Abstract: The researches of acculturation have been developing into an advancing section according to the popularization and complication of immigration worldwide, as it serves a further development of related studies. The purpose of the paper is to discuss the expanding of theory which be focused on the process models instead of transect models and the specifying of the immigrants who be focused on the generations and groups, while the studies on the context which influences on the acculturation styles, which are related to the disposition, scholar achievements and mental health. The ignition of several researches including the validation of the process models, the development of the methods and the popularization of the results in the future are raised, however the integration of the researches and some local problems are also being focused.

Key words: acculturation, immigrants, process research, generations and groups, conditional variables