Third Age Learners of Foreign Languages / / ed. by Danuta Gabryś-Barker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Bot, Kees de,; Derenowski, Marek,; Gabryś-Barker, Danuta,; Giroud, Nathalie,; Green, David W.,; Grotek, Monika,; Keijzer, Merel,; Kliesch, Maria,; Meyer, Martin,; Mystkowska-Wiertelak, Anna,; Niżegorodcew, Anna,; Oxford, Rebecca L.,; Pawlak, Mirosław,; Pfenninger, Simone E.,; Piechurska-Kuciel, Ewa,; Pot, Anna,; Singleton, David,; Szyszka, Magdalena,; Ślęzak-Świat, Agnieszka,
• HerausgeberIn: Gabryś-Barker, Danuta,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Second Language Acquisition
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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

Frontmatter -- 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 Migrants' Third Age to Promote Well-Being -- Concluding Comments and a Way Forward -- Index