ERIC Number: ED672622
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Apr-15
Pages: 298
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ISBN: 978-1-80041-952-0
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Lifelong Motivation and Foreign Language Learning: Perspectives from Later Life. Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching
Bérénice Darnault
Multilingual Matters
This book traces the motivational dynamics embedded within lifelong foreign language learning trajectories, examining the factors which generate and sustain motivation throughout a learner's life. Embracing a complexity approach, it views motivation as a long-term individual process that evolves along a narrative continuum, developing over the course of life, personal experiences, choices and events. This narrative inquiry delves into the captivating and unique experiences of three exceptionally motivated older adult learners who have embarked on a lifelong foreign language journey and maintained their momentum after 60. It will be relevant to researchers interested in third age language acquisition, L2 motivation and the impact of additional language learning on wellbeing. It also offers pedagogical guidance to optimise language education quality through better appreciation and anticipation of the autonomous third age learning experience.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Lifelong Learning, Learning Motivation, Older Adults, Adult Learning, Learning Processes, Learning Experience, Well Being, Teaching Methods, Personal Narratives, Resilience (Psychology), Story Telling, Psychological Patterns
Multilingual Matters. Available from: Channel View Publications Ltd. St. Nicholas House, 31-34 High Street, Bristol, BS1 2AW, UK. Tel: +44 117 3158562; Fax: +44 117 3158563; e-mail: info@channelviewpublications.com; Web site: http://www.multilingual-matters.com
Publication Type: Books; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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