Attitudes of Romanian Returnees from Spain towards Spanish Language and culture

The paper aims to present an initial exploration of attitudes of returned Romanians towards the Spanish language and culture; in order to do that, we used an online ad hoc questionnaire conducted via Google Forms, which offers qualitative information on our subject of study. The sample consists of six individuals of varying ages and educational backgrounds and the results indicate that many of them continue to use Spanish in their daily lives and that they even exhibit a hybrid (Spanish and Romanian) identity and, in general, seem to have very good attitudes concerning Spanish language and culture. Other significant conclusions from this pilot study are that most of the subjects perceive their reintegration into Romanian society as a difficult process. In more detail, this study explores how these individuals perceive and integrate the Spanish language after returning to Romania. It also examines to what extent their experiences abroad have influenced their cultural and linguistic identities, how the contact with Spanish produced different degrees of mixture, since the findings suggest a strong retention of Spanish language skills and a significant impact on their sense of identity, leading to a mixture of Romanian and Spanish cultural elements in their personal and professional lives

Cultural identity · Identity (music · Language proficiency · Minority language · Order (exchange · Romanian · Sample (material · Spanish language · Subject (documents · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Multilingual Education and Policy · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies