Adult Learning in the Language Classroom

✍ Scribed by Stacey Margarita Johnson

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 156
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book explores connections between the fields of foreign/second language teaching and adult learning through a case study of adult language learners at the college level. The book examines topics such as the value of adult language study, its effect on adult learners, as well as classroom practices that contribute to deeper learning.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Figures
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Adult Learning Theory
3. Adult Language Education
4. The Class
5. How the Class was Taught
6. What Students Learned
7. Transformation and Development
8. Applications
Appendix
References
Index

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