33.1327, Books: Understanding Success and Failure in Adult ESL: Kim

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Subject: 33.1327, Books: Understanding Success and Failure in Adult ESL: Kim

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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 09:55:52
From: Flo McClelland [flo at multilingual-matters.com]
Subject: Understanding Success and Failure in Adult ESL: Kim

 


Title: Understanding Success and Failure in Adult ESL 
Subtitle: Superación vs Dropout of Adult English Learners in the US 
Series Title: New Perspectives on Language and Education  

Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
	   http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
	

Book URL: https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?K=9781800412392 


Author: Taewoong Kim

Hardback: ISBN:  9781800412408 Pages: 160 Price: U.S. $ 139.95
Hardback: ISBN:  9781800412408 Pages: 160 Price: U.K. £ 99.95
Paperback: ISBN:  9781800412392 Pages: 160 Price: U.S. $ 39.95
Paperback: ISBN:  9781800412392 Pages: 160 Price: U.K. £ 29.95


Abstract:

This book explores the reasons why adult ESL learners drop out of their
language classes and suggests explicit strategies for keeping students
engaged. The most effective strategies may be personal rather than technical
or curricular. Based on a study of a group of Mexican immigrants to the US,
the author proposes that superación or ‘self-actualization’ is crucial to
understanding the relative success of adult ESL learners. Learners’ decisions
to drop out were not hasty or superficial but were based on a commonsense
assessment concerning how the class might improve the quality of their lives.
Those involved in delivering ESL to adult learners should stress the tangible,
practical advantages that accrue with learning English, and at the same time
strive to make instruction relevant.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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