Adult Learning in the Language Classroom / / Stacey Margarita Johnson

• Autore: Johnson Stacey Margarita
• Pubblicazione: Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (156 p.)
• Disciplina: 418
• Soggetto topico: English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers; Second language acquisition; Adult learning
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Adult Learning Theory -- 3. Adult Language Education -- 4. The Class -- 5. How the Class was Taught -- 6. What Students Learned -- 7. Transformation and Development -- 8. Applications -- Appendix -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores connections between the fields of foreign/second language teaching and adult learning. This interdisciplinary approach serves as a framework in order to: (a) understand the teaching methods that promote the deeper, more critical sort of language learning advocated by scholars and professional organizations, (b) understand how adult students learn and transform through language study, and (c) reinforce the immense value of beginning language courses. Johnson studies a classroom of adult language learners for one semester, exploring issues of motivation and perceived value for these short-term learners as well as touching on issues around intercultural communication teaching and learning. The book will be of interest to adult language teachers as well as researchers studying adult education and second language learning.
• Titolo autorizzato: Adult Learning in the Language Classroom
• ISBN: 1-78309-418-4; 1-78309-417-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910163888703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New perspectives on language and education ; ; 44.