Third age learners of foreign languages /


edited by Danuta Gabryś-Barker.
Bok Engelsk 2018
Omfang
xxvii, 213 pages ;
Opplysninger
A developmental perspective on third-age learning -- Really late learners: some research contexts and some practical hints -- The interactional challenge: L2 learning and use in the third age -- Research on second language acquisition in old adulthood: what we have and what we need -- The use of indirect language learning strategies by third age learners: insights from a questionnaire study -- Balance and coordination vs reading comprehension in L2 in late adulthood -- Compensatory strategies in senior foreign language students -- Student needs and expectations concerning foreign language teachers in the universities of the third age -- Identifying the characteristics of foreign language teachers who work with senior learners -- Teaching English to senior students in the eyes of teacher trainees -- Enhancing language awareness in migrants' third age to promote wellbeing.. - "This book brings together research on language learning among aging populations. Contributors discuss the issue from various psychological, neurological and pedagogical perspectives, challenge certain familiar preconceptions about older learners and offer the reader ideas for future research in this under-studied area" --
Emner
Dewey
ISBN
9781783099405 (hardcover)
ISBN(galt)
9781783099429 (epub). - 9781783099436 (Kindle)

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