β Scribed by Danuta GabryΕ-Barker (editor)
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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.
Contents
Contributors
Introduction: The Background
Part 1. Foreign Language Learning in the Third Age
1. A Developmental Perspective on Third-Age Learning
2. Really Late Learners: Some Research Contexts and Some Practical Hints
3. The Interactional Challenge: L2 Learning and Use in the Third Age
4. Research on Second Language Acquisition in Old Adulthood: What We Have and What We Need
5. The Use of Indirect Language Learning Strategies by Third- Age Learners: Insights from a Questionnaire Study
6. Balance and Coordination vs Reading Comprehension in L2 in Late Adulthood
7. Compensatory Strategies in Senior Foreign Language Students
Part 2. Foreign Language Pedagogy in the Third Age
8. Student Needs and Expectations Concerning Foreign Language Teachers in Universities of the Third Age
9. Identifying the Characteristics of Foreign Language Teachers Who Work with Senior Learners
10. Teaching English to Senior Students in the Eyes of Teacher Trainees
11. Enhancing Language Awareness in Migrantsβ Third Age to Promote Well-Being
Concluding Comments and a Way Forward
Index
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