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Szepietowska, Ewa Malgorzata; Filipiak, Sara – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: The ability to understand figurative language, including metaphors and proverbs, decreases with age, although the phenomenon is not universal. Cognitive capacities and education play an important role in the competence connected with figurative language use and comprehension in people during the second half of life. Aims: To identify…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Proverbs, Foreign Countries, Adults
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Iva Koutska – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Older adult education is still under-researched, with many terminological ambiguities, clichés, and prejudices. Older adult teacher education and older adult English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher education is rare. Many factors can influence EFL teachers of older adults' teaching performance and its perception. Pre-service (presumably…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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NORDSCI, 2022
This volume includes three sections of the 2022 NORDSCI international conference proceedings: (1) Education and Educational Research; (2) Language and Linguistics; and (3) Sociology and Healthcare. Education and Educational Research includes 7 papers covering a full spectrum of education, including history, sociology and economy of education,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Policy, Health Services
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Baran-Lucarz, Malgorzata, Ed.; Czura, Anna, Ed.; Jedynak, Malgorzata, Ed.; Klimas, Anna, Ed.; Slowik-Krogulec, Agata, Ed. – English Language Education, 2023
This edited volume offers an insightful theoretical conceptualization of issues central to 21st century foreign language learning and teaching. Drawing on research results obtained in the fields of pedagogy, social psychology and sociology of education, this book provides a comprehensive practical exploration of issues experienced by researchers…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods