Lifelong Motivation and Foreign Language Learning

Perspectives from Later Life

Bérénice Darnault (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

294 Seiten

2025
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-80041-952-0 (ISBN)

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This book delves into the captivating experiences of exceptionally motivated older adult language learners, examining the factors which generate and sustain motivation throughout a learner’s life. The narrative approach traces the motivational dynamics embedded in lifelong language learning and considers its impact on wellbeing in later years.

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.

Bérénice Darnault is a Lecturer and Associate Professor of TESOL at the University of Southern Brittany, France, where she teaches business communication and international studies in English. Her research interests lie in the psychology of language learning and include motivation, third age language learning and narrative inquiry.

Preface

Introduction

PART 1: ECOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO THIRD AGE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Chapter 1. Existing Research on Older Adult Language Learners

Chapter 2. Lifelong Motivational Persistence: An Ecological Perspective

PART 2: LIFELONG ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE LEARNING MOTIVATION: CHALLENGES OF A COMPLEXITY FRAMEWORK

Chapter 3. Holistic Views on Lifelong Motivation in Language Learning

Chapter 4. Directed Motivational Currents in Lifelong Language Learners

PART 3: THE POWER OF STORYTELLING IN THIRD AGE L2 RESEARCH

Chapter 5. Narrative Inquiry in Third Age Additional Language Learning Motivation

Chapter 6. The Narrative Paradigm: Insights into a Blended Methods Approach

PART 4: TALES OF RESILIENCE

Chapter 7. Georges

Chapter 8. Josette

Chapter 9. Patricia

PART 5: A COLLECTIVE (HI)STORY OF LIFELONG MOTIVATION

Chapter 10. Historical Motivational Mapping: Tracing Lifelong Dynamics

Chapter 11. Conditions for Sustained Motivation: Components of the Self-Directed Motivational Reservoir

Conclusions

Epilogue

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.4.2025
Reihe/Serie	Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-80041-952-X / 180041952X
ISBN-13	978-1-80041-952-0 / 9781800419520
Zustand	Neuware