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Most adults learning a new language do it because of economical, political or social reasons that require new forms of communication in our globalized world.
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Estimated reading time:5minutesMost adults who learn a foreign language do it because of reasons, like professional growth, a journey to the respective country, motivation from the family, interest in the language, the wish to read a special work of literature in the original language, cultural identification, better understanding of movies or talking to other people speaking the language in question.
With globalization, many adults, who didn't learn a foreign language in their school education, want to or have to master a foreign language to adapt to the new environment.
But why should you learn a foreign language? To understand a movie in the respective language? To write an e-mail? To understand what is said in a conference? To read and understand a text?
Mastering a foreign language should make you able to do all those things. Andragogics, methods and principles in adult education, focuses on learning things necessary in everyday life and how to deal with real problems. This way the student can interact while learning and acquire knowledge that promotes his or her autonomy.
What advantages do occur in this learning model? Andragogics is the science behind which learning practice works best for adult students. The Knowles model is based on the following items:
Most people certainly would say, the earlier, the better.
Theories about the best age for learning a foreign language are very controversial, there is no consensus. However research and experience has shown that older students can achieve a high level of proficiency since learning a new language is not an obligation demanded by the school or family, but a self-motivated option.
It is important to identify what motivation led the adult to learn a language since motivation is an important factor in the process of acquiring a new language. All learning results from three types of motivation:
It is worth remembering that if there is no need, there will be no motivation and the unmotivated student won't have any satisfaction with his or her studies.
According to Helena Confortin, author of “O aprendizado de língua estrangeira por adultos: reflexões necessárias“ (Foreign language learning by adults: necessary considerations), to which we refer in this article, the age factor is to be regarded as a negative influence in the learning process. The greatest difficulties (auditory comprehension, fluency and production of texts) are little explored and practiced in the classroom due to the use of the affective filter (mental block that prevents the learner from fully using the understandable input for language acquisition) by the students. As a result, foreign language courses for adults focus more on the instrumental method (reading and writing).
Although the author's conclusion is not very promising, it is worth noting that the brain maintains plasticity and that we are apt to learn throughout life. It may be that we don't have and will never reach perfect pronunciation, but we have knowledge from situations experienced in daily life that help us learn.
Another advantage is the metalinguistic knowledge of our mother tongue. We not only know the structure, but also its application and use. In addition, we have a maturity that helps us to predict, relate and transfer patterns of human development.
Studying is work, requires discipline, organization, motivation and responsibility ... and this is true for any age! Being an adult is no obstacle when you want to learn a language!
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In June we can look forward to the last - special - episode of Sense8 and the second season of GLOW and Luke Cage, which is based on the Marvel comics. The series La Balada de Hugo is new.