Third Age Learners of Foreign Languages

Danuta Gabryś-Barker

Danuta Gabryś-Barker
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People are increasingly reaching the so-called third age, a period when seniors search for a renewed purpose to life and spend time undertaking activities that they consider motivating, such as the learning of a foreign language. The study of language learning among aging populations has become a fast-growing area of research and this book is one of the first attempts to bring together what we know about this age group and their profiles as foreign language learners. Contributors to the volume discuss the issue from various psychological, neurological and pedagogical perspectives. Each of the chapters provides an updated theoretical background and offers some initial conclusions on the basis of original empirical studies carried out. Chapters challenge certain familiar preconceptions and assumptions about senior learners, offer the reader ideas for future research in this under-studied area and provide some practical advice for applying the proposals and solutions offered in real foreign language third-age classrooms.

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Tabella dei contenuti

Danuta Gabryś-Barker: Introduction: The Background

Part 1. Foreign Language Learning in the Third Age

Rebecca Oxford: A Developmental Perspective on Third-Age Learning

David Singleton: Really Late Learners: Some Research Contexts and Some Practical Hints

David Green: The Interactional Challenge: L2 Learning and Use in The Third Age

Maria Kliesch, Nathalie Giroud, Simone E. Pfenninger, Martin Meyer: Research On Second Language Acquisition in Old Adulthood: What We Have and What We Need

Mirosław Pawlak, Marek Derenowski, Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak: The Use of Indirect Language Learning Strategies by Third Age Learners: Insights from a Questionnaire Study

Monika Grotek , Agnieszka Ślęzak-Świat: Balance and Coordination Vs Reading Comprehension in L2 in Late Adulthood

Ewa Piechurska – Kuciel , Magdalena Szyszka: Compensatory Strategies in Senior Foreign Language Students

Part 2. Foreign Language Pedagogy in The Third Age

Monika Grotek: Student Needs and Expectations Concerning Foreign Language Teachers in the Universities of the Third Age

Marek Derenowski: Identifying the Characteristics of Foreign Language Teachers Who Work With Senior Learners

Anna Niżegorodcew: Teaching English to Senior Students in the Eyes of Teacher Trainees

Anna Pot, Merel Keijzer, , Kees De Bot: Enhancing Language Awareness In Migrants’ Third Age To Promote Wellbeing

Danuta Gabryś-Barker: Concluding Comments and a Way Forward

Circa l’autore

Danuta Gabryś-Barker is Professor of English at the University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland, where she lectures and supervises MA and Ph D theses in applied linguistics and psycholinguistics, with a particular focus on second language acquisition and multilingualism. She has published numerous articles and books including The Affective Dimension in Second Language Acquisition (co-edited with Joanna Bielska, 2013) and Morphosyntactic Issues in Second Language Acquisition (2008). She is the co-editor of the International Journal of Multilingualism (Taylor & Francis) and the co-founder and the co-editor of the journal Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition (University of Silesia Press).

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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 248 ● ISBN 9781783099429 ● Dimensione 1.3 MB ● Editore Danuta Gabryś-Barker ● Casa editrice Channel View Publications ● Città Bristol ● Paese GB ● Pubblicato 2017 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5518502 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM

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