Language Teaching and the Older Adult : : The Significance of Experience / / Danya Ramírez Gómez.
The aging of the population and the increasing number of older adults pursuing foreign language courses call for a greater understanding of the ways in which these individuals learn foreign languages. This book offers a pioneering contribution to the literature on foreign language education for olde...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Second Language Acquisition
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- A Note to the Reader
- Glossary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Characteristics of the Older Learner: Whom Are We Teaching?
- 3. Experience, Foreign Language Learning and the Third Age: The Case of Japanese Older Learners of Spanish
- Toward a Foreign Language Geragogy
- 4. Part 1: Lifelong Learning and Education for Older Adults
- 5. Part 2: Learner Re-training
- 6. Part 3: The Foreign Language Lesson
- 7. Recapitulation and Conclusions: The Criticality of a Foreign Language Geragogy
- Appendix
- References
- Index