Gabrys-Barker Third Age Learners of Foreign Languages

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78309-942-9
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 120, 248 Seiten

Reihe: Second Language Acquisition

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gabrys-Barker, Danuta

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung, lebenslanges Lernen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

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Danuta Gabrys-Barker: Concluding Comments and a Way Forward

Über Autor(innen)

Gabrys-Barker, Danuta
Danuta Gabrys-Barker is Professor of English at the University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland, where she lectures and supervises MA and PhD theses in applied linguistics and psycholinguistics, with a particular focus on second language acquisition and multilingualism. She has published numerous articles and books including The Affective Dimension in Second Language Acquisition (co-edited with Joanna Bielska, 2013) and Morphosyntactic Issues in Second Language Acquisition (2008). She is the co-editor of the International Journal of Multilingualism (Taylor & Francis) and the co-founder and the co-editor of the journal Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition (University of Silesia Press).

Danuta Gabrys-Barker is Professor of English at the University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland, where she lectures and supervises MA and PhD theses in applied linguistics and psycholinguistics, with a particular focus on second language acquisition and multilingualism. She has published numerous articles and books including The Affective Dimension in Second Language Acquisition (co-edited with Joanna Bielska, 2013) and Morphosyntactic Issues in Second Language Acquisition (2008).