Gina's Social and Psychological Distance to Spanish Language, Culture and Speakers.

Schumann's Social Distance Theories.

8 social factors that acts on acquisition.

1. Social Dominance: I think the more dominant group would be native-English speakers in the U.S. , since Gina lives in here, I will say that the group I mentioned before is sorrounding us now.

2. Integration Pattern: No, there is no integration pattern, due to Gina has not done things apart from the mainstream, in terms of learning Spanish because she does not speak that language.

3. Enclosure: I think, Gina has a lot of access to learn Spanish, such as, radio, TV, newspaper, Internet, and also many Spanish speakers that are in EWU campus.

4. Size: Actually, she is the only one that will be learnig, so her group it only herself.

5. Cohesiveness: I believed that she does not want to stay in the place she is, I mean she really wants to learn, that is why I suppose she will be willing to ' stick out' from the native-English speakers.

6. Cultural Congruence: I think, since the two groups belong to the Eastern part of the world, they have many similarities BUT that does not mean that both groups are the same. Obiously there will be some differences, that provably Gina will have to learn.

7. Attitude: YES!, Gina really wants to learn Spanish, so she has a very good attitude towards the learners of the target language.

8. Intended Length of Residence: The fact is that Gina is not in a Spanish speaking country, so the learning process will last untill Latina culture's stay.


Psychological Distance.

1. Motivation: YES! Again, Gina seems to ve very highly motivated.

2. Attitude: I think the target language group is very interesting for Gina, so she has a very nice relationship with the whole group.

3. Culture Shock: I do not think Gina is suffering culture shock, due to she is with the group just for a while, and she is not all the day long with them.