Influencia de la cultura y de la identidad en el aprendizaje de una lengua extranjera: aplicación del modelo de las seis dimensiones de Hofstede (2010) para analizar el proceso de aprendizaje de ELE por parte de estudiantes surcoreanos

Abstract

This article deals with the cultural aspects that differentiate Spain and South Korea following Geert Hofstede’s model of six cultural dimensions (2010). These cultural dimensions were applied to the learning process of Spanish as a foreign language (SFL) by a group of Korean students in Spain, this work being based on a case analysis in order to better understand the needs of SFL students. This research is based on the study of quantitative data collected in surveys handed out to twenty Korean students. The results are aimed at shedding light on the causes that explain the reticence of students when it comes to interacting in the Spanish language classroom, their lack of autonomy and their unusual dependence on memorization activities, among other things