What motivates older adult learners in Poland to study foreign languages in later life?
Older adult cohorts (aged 60 and older) currently represent approximately 24% of the population of Poland. It is expected that by 2050 this proportion will increase to 40.4% of the overall population. The demographic change is also reflected in the continuing widespread popularity of various courses...
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| description | Older adult cohorts (aged 60 and older) currently represent approximately 24% of the population of Poland. It is expected that by 2050 this proportion will increase to 40.4% of the overall population. The demographic change is also reflected in the continuing widespread popularity of various courses designed for this age group and the resulting rise of the number of Universities of the Third Age and other senior centres. However, in order to offer propitious and motivating learning environment for this age group, more research into the participants’ expectations and goals is needed. Three major findings were identified in this study: (a) older adults take up learning languages in later life in order to communicate while travelling (also with their families who live abroad); to socialise and get to know new people and cultures; to maintain intellectual abilities and to develop cognitively; (b) the instructor and other learners are key components in improving older adults’ motivation; and (c) stereotypes related to senescence and to Foreign Language Geragogy should be challenged to make classes relevant and interesting for this age group. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7172a1f430354826be9f719e3dd478502025-01-20T11:45:00ZdeuOficyna Wydawnicza ATUTBeiträge zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaft2299-41222657-47992021-03-01915317110.23817/bzspr.9-8What motivates older adult learners in Poland to study foreign languages in later life?Agata Słowik-Krogulec0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5530-3880Uniwersytet WrocławskiOlder adult cohorts (aged 60 and older) currently represent approximately 24% of the population of Poland. It is expected that by 2050 this proportion will increase to 40.4% of the overall population. The demographic change is also reflected in the continuing widespread popularity of various courses designed for this age group and the resulting rise of the number of Universities of the Third Age and other senior centres. However, in order to offer propitious and motivating learning environment for this age group, more research into the participants’ expectations and goals is needed. Three major findings were identified in this study: (a) older adults take up learning languages in later life in order to communicate while travelling (also with their families who live abroad); to socialise and get to know new people and cultures; to maintain intellectual abilities and to develop cognitively; (b) the instructor and other learners are key components in improving older adults’ motivation; and (c) stereotypes related to senescence and to Foreign Language Geragogy should be challenged to make classes relevant and interesting for this age group.https://beitraege-contributions.pl/articles/09/08_slowik-krogulec.pdfmotivationforeign language geragogy (flg)late-life foreign language learning and teachinglifelong learningolder adults |
| spellingShingle | Agata Słowik-Krogulec What motivates older adult learners in Poland to study foreign languages in later life? Beiträge zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaft motivation foreign language geragogy (flg) late-life foreign language learning and teaching lifelong learning older adults |
| title | What motivates older adult learners in Poland to study foreign languages in later life? |
| title_full | What motivates older adult learners in Poland to study foreign languages in later life? |
| title_fullStr | What motivates older adult learners in Poland to study foreign languages in later life? |
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| title_short | What motivates older adult learners in Poland to study foreign languages in later life? |
| title_sort | what motivates older adult learners in poland to study foreign languages in later life |
| topic | motivation foreign language geragogy (flg) late-life foreign language learning and teaching lifelong learning older adults |
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