Older English Learners' Challenges and Accommodations That Instructors Can Provide for Learning Success

Autor/in	Weintraub, Lynne
Titel	Older English Learners' Challenges and Accommodations That Instructors Can Provide for Learning Success
Quelle	In: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, (2022) 175-176, S.105-115 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-2891
DOI	10.1002/ace.20472
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Adult Education; Older Adults; Teaching Methods; Student Participation; Best Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Älterer Erwachsener; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung
Abstract	Older adults bring considerable experience and knowledge to the table, and many are already proficient in several languages, they just need to add English to their repertoire. The article describes different challenges that older English learners face and provides examples and ideas for accommodations that ESL instructors can provide to support older learners' participation and success in the classroom. It also presents best practices teaching this group of learners. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01