Teaching Adult Language Learners Enhancing Personal Methodologies

Author : Ervin Kovačevic,Kova&
Publisher : International University of Sarajevo
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-05
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9958896524

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Teaching Adult Language Learners: Enhancing Personal Methodologies by Ervin Kovačevic,Kova& Pdf

The book is originally intended for postgraduate students of applied linguistics and foreign language teachers who may have some unresolved dilemmas about foreign language education for adults. It opens with a chapter about seven dominant perspectives on the learning process. The book moves across the notions of adulthood, adult learner, adult education, and principles of foreign (the prefix second is interchangeably used) language teaching methodology. The final chapter is designed to help you reflect on your own inclinations towards embracing or rejecting novelties in teaching design. Overall, the first four chapters may appeal to a broad audience, but the final three chapters may require a level of relevant experience and supplementary reading about issues in education and foreign language methodology. This book can be read from cover to cover, but it is not necessary to do so. I encourage you to skip to chapters that you find relevant. Every chapter has a few sections which I labeled Personal Notes where I tried to spare you the academic style and provide some opportunities for reflections by means of my personal experiences, dilemmas, observations, and anecdotes. The chapters also have Highlights which tend to sum up or emphasize key elements in the textbook's segments for which I assumed it would be necessary. Every chapter ends with a few Questions for Reflections and Discussions which are meant to motivate you to reexamine your understanding of the reviewed and proposed ideas.

Author : Larisa Kasumagić-Kafedžić,Sara Clarke-Habibi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Community and school
ISBN : 9783031262463

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Peace Pedagogies in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Larisa Kasumagić-Kafedžić,Sara Clarke-Habibi Pdf

This collection presents interdisciplinary perspectives on educating for peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It explores a range of theories, contexts, pedagogies and practices within formal education settings and draws attention to the multiple roles that teachers play in fostering socially transformative learning. The volume offers readers a critical exploration of peace pedagogy as an imagined ideal and fluid space between post-war educational politics, institutional and curricular constraints, and the lived experiences and identities of teachers and students in socially and historically situated communities. The book highlights local voices, initiatives and practices by illustrating good examples of how classrooms are being connected to communities, teacher education programs and teachers continued professional development. It demonstrates why and how the grammars of peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still in a state of flux and negotiation, and what the implications are for classroom practice and pedagogy. Recommendations are offered for policymakers, curriculum developers, teacher educators and teachers on how peace pedagogies can be promoted at all levels of the education system and through pre-service and in-service teacher education, taking into account the structural uniqueness of the country. .

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 2110 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781466657816

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Adult and Continuing Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

Beyond the undergraduate and graduate levels, education has traditionally ceased when students enter the workforce as professionals in their respective fields. However, recent trends in education have found that adult students beyond the traditional university age often benefit greatly from returning to further their education. Adult and Continuing Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications investigates some of the most promising trends in furthering education and professional development in a variety of settings and industries. With an extensive array of chapters on topics ranging from non-traditional students to online and distance education for adult learners, this multi-volume reference book will provide students, educators, and industry professionals with the tools necessary to make the most of their return to the classroom.

Author : Richard A. Orem
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : PSU:000062437639

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Teaching Adult English Language Learners by Richard A. Orem Pdf

This resource brings together information about policy, second language acquisition theory and research, methods and materials for teaching adult English language learners, program design, and cross-cultural issues that effect learning in adult ESL classrooms. It also discusses the context within which adult ESOL instructors work and in which adult ESOL programs function. The framework for this discussion of context draws from the developing framework of standards for teachers of adult learners under consideration by TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.). This book is designed for faculty and students in adult education graduate programs and other TESOL preparation programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels that target adult learners. Other audiences are adult ESL program directors and policy makers as well as educators working in elementary and high school, many of whom are connected to populations of adult learners through the parents of the children they serve.

Author : Valentina Kononova,Natasha Kersh,Tatiana Dobrydina
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030985660

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Adult English Language Teaching by Valentina Kononova,Natasha Kersh,Tatiana Dobrydina Pdf

This book explores cross-international experiences in the field of adult English language teaching and learning, using cross-cultural dialogues to hear voices from different countries and different settings – formal, informal and non-formal – discussing how their lifelong learning has or is still in the process of helping them to change their lives. The book addresses two major questions: (1) How do adults learn languages and transform themselves through learning? (2) How do authorities and societies build capacity for sustainable language development? It will be of interest to researchers, policymakers and adult language teachers, concerned with diverse aspects of teaching and learning English as lingua franca for enhancing the public good internationally. The book draws on the way in which the Western paradigm of lifelong learning was applied by an international team of inspired professionals to English language education in the Tempus project “Lifelong Language Learning University Centre Network for New Career Opportunities and Personal Development (UNICO)”. This project was undertaken by eleven universities in three countries: the Siberian Federal District of the Russian Federation, the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Republic of Tajikistan, in partnership with the Charles University in Prague, the Institute of Education from the University College London, and the University of Córdoba in Spain.

Author : Betsy Parrish
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781108702843

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Teaching Adult English Language Learners by Betsy Parrish Pdf

Author : John M. Norris,John McE. Davis,Veronika Timpe-Laughlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351863155

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Second Language Educational Experiences for Adult Learners by John M. Norris,John McE. Davis,Veronika Timpe-Laughlin Pdf

Second Language Educational Experiences for Adult Learners provides an up-to-date review of the theory and practice of adult second language education. The primary objective is to introduce core ideas that should inform the design, development, and delivery of language learning experiences that take the typical forms of materials, courses, teaching, and assessment. Divided into three sections, the book first addresses what we know about adult second language acquisition and how individuals may acquire languages differently from each other. In the second section, key educational design elements—from pedagogical methods to curriculum to assessment—are then introduced from the perspective of research-based understandings about effective practices. Rounding out the volume is an overview of critical issues for language educational innovation, including supporting teachers, localizing materials and instruction, evaluating and improving education, and working with technology. Each chapter concludes with a set of recommended “design principles” that should guide readers toward high-quality, valuable, and empirically supported language educational experiences. This volume will be of interest to researchers and students investigating instructed language learning, designers creating useful language learning materials, and language teaching innovators seeking to improve outcomes in diverse instructional settings around the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : CUB:U183034913764

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Helga R. Gudmundsdottir,Carol Beynon,Karen Ludke,Annabel J. Cohen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351668705

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The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume II: Education by Helga R. Gudmundsdottir,Carol Beynon,Karen Ludke,Annabel J. Cohen Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume II: Education examines the many methods and motivations for vocal pedagogy, promoting singing not just as an art form arising from the musical instrument found within every individual but also as a means of communication with social, psychological, and didactic functions. Presenting research from myriad fields of study beyond music—including psychology, education, sociology, computer science, linguistics, physiology, and neuroscience—the contributors address singing in three parts: Learning to Sing Naturally Formal Teaching of Singing Using Singing to Teach In 2009, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada funded a seven-year major collaborative research initiative known as Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS). Together, global researchers from a broad range of disciplines addressed three challenging questions: How does singing develop in every human being? How should singing be taught and used to teach? How does singing impact wellbeing? Across three volumes, The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing consolidates the findings of each of these three questions, defining the current state of theory and research in the field. Volume II: Education focuses on the second question and offers an invaluable resource for anyone who identifies as a singer, wishes to become a singer, works with singers, or is interested in the application of singing for the purposes of education.

Author : Enakshi Sengupta,Patrick Blessinger
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781800432581

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Innovative Approaches in Pedagogy for Higher Education Classrooms by Enakshi Sengupta,Patrick Blessinger Pdf

This book highlights case studies and innovative teaching methods used by academics across the globe. It talks about how teaching staff should stimulate students’ active engagement in their own learning processes, and discusses the approach of implementing a project-based learning activity that integrates learning in an authentic manner.

Author : Wang, Victor C.X.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1028 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781466642508

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Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in K-20 Education by Wang, Victor C.X. Pdf

While the general agreement in education remains that the more senses involved in learning, the better we learn; the question still remains as to the distinction between the education of children and the education of adults. Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in K-20 Education provides well-rounded research in providing teaching and learning theories that can be applied to both adults and children while acknowledging the difference between both. This book serves as a comprehensive collection of expertise, research, skill, and experiences which will be useful to educators, scholars, and practitioners in the K-12 education, higher education, and adult education field.

Author : Ann F. V. Smith,Gregory Strong,Maria Dantas-Whitney,Sarah Rilling,Lilia Savova
Publisher : Classroom Practice
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1931185611

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Adult Language Learners: Context and Innovation by Ann F. V. Smith,Gregory Strong,Maria Dantas-Whitney,Sarah Rilling,Lilia Savova Pdf

Adult Language Learners: Context and Innovation presents instructional practices that are particularly successful with adults. Adult language learners are goal oriented and direct their learning to fulfill particular needs or demands: to advance their studies, to progress up the career ladder, to follow business opportunities, to pass a driving test, to assist their children with homework, or simply to be successful users of the language. They usually require immediate value and relevance from their studies, and they often learn best when they are engaged in developing their own learning objectives. The volume examines learning environments as varied as Brazil, China, Iran, Japan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam, always with an emphasis on classroom practice rather than theory. The book is divided into three main areas of education: language teachers as adult learners themselves developing their teaching practice; different means of expanding learner autonomy, an important trait of the adult language learner; and innovative classroom practices. By reading these chapters you will gain an overview of recent developments in adult language learning and of ideas and techniques that can be easily adapted to your own teaching context.

Author : Peltz, David P.,Clemons, Anthony C.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522534754

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Multicultural Andragogy for Transformative Learning by Peltz, David P.,Clemons, Anthony C. Pdf

As individuals progress through each stage of life, they continue to learn and grow intellectually. However, what may be a conducive learning environment for a child may not be as effective for an adult, creating a need to understand how to aid adults in being successful learners in their later life. Multicultural Andragogy for Transformative Learning provides a diverse collection of positions related to adult learning. The book touches on a variety of topics including autonomous learning as a transformative experience, mixing cultures through intercultural methodology, and integrating cultural perspectives into organizational learning. As a publication with a focus on andragogy, this proves a useful resource for academicians, higher education administrators, and educators who teach both traditional and non-traditional students in higher education.

Author : Brigitte Marshall
Publisher : Center for Applied Linguistics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Adult education
ISBN : 1887744614

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Preparing for Success by Brigitte Marshall Pdf

This book describes the policy initiatives and economic realities that influence the design of programs for adult English language learners, demonstrating how the agendas of each stakeholder can be reconciled in a way that renders them mutually supportive. It focuses on the commonalities among stakeholder goals. It equips instructors to provide quality learner-centered instruction while responding to the full range of current programmatic demands. Section 1 describes the forces shaping program design and administration. Section 2 provides practical suggestions on how to assess the needs of various stakeholders. Section three gives strategies for reconciling the agendas of the stakeholders. Section 4 presents ways to convey workplace and civics competencies through the instructional process. Section 5 discusses how to convey behavioral expectations through classroom management techniques. Section 6 offers suggestions for helping learners develop lifelong learning skills. Worksheets are included. (Contains 31 references.) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education) (SM).

Author : Elizabeth G. Joiner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Education
ISBN : IND:39000001995104

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The Older Foreign Language Learner by Elizabeth G. Joiner Pdf