Third age learners of foreign languages
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Third age learners of foreign languages
(Second language acquisition / series editor, David Singleton, 120)
Multilingual Matters, c2018
- : hbk
Available at 13 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Danuta Gabrys-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
Miroslaw 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 Slezak-Swiat: 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 Nizegorodcew: 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 Gabrys-Barker: Concluding Comments and a Way Forward
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