Adult Learning in the Language Classroom / / Stacey Margarita Johnson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2015
• VerfasserIn: Johnson, Stacey Margarita,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781783094172; 9783110663136; 9783110606706
• DOI: 10.21832/9781783094172
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Stacey Margarita Johnson.

This book explores connections between the fields of foreign/second language teaching and adult learning. This interdisciplinary approach serves as a framework in order to: (a) understand the teaching methods that promote the deeper, more critical sort of language learning advocated by scholars and professional organizations, (b) understand how adult students learn and transform through language study, and (c) reinforce the immense value of beginning language courses. Johnson studies a classroom of adult language learners for one semester, exploring issues of motivation and perceived value for these short-term learners as well as touching on issues around intercultural communication teaching and learning. The book will be of interest to adult language teachers as well as researchers studying adult education and second language learning.