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According to this view humans learn a language from the experience and the
interaction with others.
1.2.1. The acculturation model
It was proposed by Schumann and it states that the level of success in SLA in a
naturalistic setting is determined by the extent to which the learner acculturates
to the target language community. Acculturation is thus determined by the
degree of social and psychological distance between the learner and the
target language culture. Social distance is related to the extent to which learners
become members of the target language group (group dimension), and
psychological distance refers to the extent to which learners feel comfortable
with the learning task (personal dimension). Schumann added that when social
and/or psychological distances are great the learner fails to progress beyond the
early stages, with the result that the language is pidginized, that is, simplified
and reduced. When pidginization persists the language fossilizes.