1-Social distance: Whose social groups is more dominant?
Gina is involved with a group of spanish native speakers where doesn´t exist a social distance, however, english is the language that is used in all the classes so it could be seen as a barrier to Gina´s desire.
2-Integration pattern: How much do learners integrate, or do they do most things apart from the mainstream?
Gina is ready to learn spanish, however, she is all the time sorrounded by other english speakers and does´t have several alternatives to practice.
3-Enclosure: To what extend does the learner's group have their own resources for interaction, such as church, publications, clubs?
If Gina wants to develop faster her spanish she will practice harder using other media like tv, internet, podcasts, etc
4-Cohesiveness: How much does the group "stick together"?
The chilean students(Gina´s knowledge resource) is tight-knit because they share the same culture unlike Gina that has american culture.
5-Size: How large is the group?
The bigger is the group the harder to learn.
6-Cultural congruence: How are the cultural patterns and customs of the home cultural and the target culture alike or different?
Sadly, to the Gina´s aim there is a big difference between these two cultures(Chilean v/s American) so it could turns more difficult her learning.
7-Attitude: What attitudes do the home and target cultural groups have toward one another?
Gina shows a great attitude so as to learn spanish and the latina culture, because of that it facilitates her purpose.Moreover, she has developed good relationships with the chilean students.
8-Intended length of residence: How long does the learner intended to stay in the new country?
If Gina travels to a spanish speaking country she will facilitate her learning significantly because the language will be used as a tool to get what she wants more than a personal interest to know a new language.
Despite not having good prospects Gina needs to work harder to get her goals learning spanish.
Psychological Distance
• Motivation: Does the learner want to learn the new language?
Gina is completely motivated to learn our culture and obviously spanish.
• Attitude: How does the learner feel toward the target-culture group?
She looks like comfortable in the classroom environment so it makes easier her objective.
• Culture shock: Is the learner suffering culture shock?
Not, because she is living in her country so is not facing that situation.
Gina is involved with a group of spanish native speakers where doesn´t exist a social distance, however, english is the language that is used in all the classes so it could be seen as a barrier to Gina´s desire.
2-Integration pattern: How much do learners integrate, or do they do most things apart from the mainstream?
Gina is ready to learn spanish, however, she is all the time sorrounded by other english speakers and does´t have several alternatives to practice.
3-Enclosure: To what extend does the learner's group have their own resources for interaction, such as church, publications, clubs?
If Gina wants to develop faster her spanish she will practice harder using other media like tv, internet, podcasts, etc
4-Cohesiveness: How much does the group "stick together"?
The chilean students(Gina´s knowledge resource) is tight-knit because they share the same culture unlike Gina that has american culture.
5-Size: How large is the group?
The bigger is the group the harder to learn.
6-Cultural congruence: How are the cultural patterns and customs of the home cultural and the target culture alike or different?
Sadly, to the Gina´s aim there is a big difference between these two cultures(Chilean v/s American) so it could turns more difficult her learning.
7-Attitude: What attitudes do the home and target cultural groups have toward one another?
Gina shows a great attitude so as to learn spanish and the latina culture, because of that it facilitates her purpose.Moreover, she has developed good relationships with the chilean students.
8-Intended length of residence: How long does the learner intended to stay in the new country?
If Gina travels to a spanish speaking country she will facilitate her learning significantly because the language will be used as a tool to get what she wants more than a personal interest to know a new language.
Despite not having good prospects Gina needs to work harder to get her goals learning spanish.
Psychological Distance
• Motivation: Does the learner want to learn the new language?
Gina is completely motivated to learn our culture and obviously spanish.
• Attitude: How does the learner feel toward the target-culture group?
She looks like comfortable in the classroom environment so it makes easier her objective.
• Culture shock: Is the learner suffering culture shock?
Not, because she is living in her country so is not facing that situation.
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