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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Danuta Gabryś-BarkerPublisher: Channel View Publications Ltd Imprint: Multilingual Matters Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.525kg ISBN: 9781783099405ISBN 10: 1783099402 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 18 December 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsDanuta Gabryś-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 Mirosław 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 Ślęzak-Świat: 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 Niżegorodcew: 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 Gabryś-Barker: Concluding Comments and a Way ForwardReviewsDanuta Gabrys-Barker's edited anthology reinforces Mark Twain's claim that age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. It inspires third age learners to take up the language learning gauntlet and reinforces the notion that one is never too old to learn something new! * Tammy Gregersen, University of Northern Iowa, USA * Author InformationDanuta Gabryś-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). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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