- Title
- I feel very happy that I can contribute to society: Exploring the value of the project for older people
- Creator
- Radermacher, Harriet; Browning, Colette; Feldman, Susan
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/179173
- Identifier
- vital:15586
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783095414
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-178309541-4
- Abstract
- IntroductionWhile the primary aim of our project was to provide opportunities for young language learners to converse with native speakers, an important secondary goal was to engage older people in meaningful and active tasks through formally structured intergenerational encounters. Underpinning this gerontological approach was the intergenerational schools-based study of Feldman et al. (2002: 21), which concluded that by utilising the ‘talents and skills of older persons for use with students ... the potential exists for a mutuality of benefit – both students and older persons stand to gain from the experience’. In bringing together older and younger people for a specific purpose, it was anticipated that not only would the students’ language proficiency be improved but that there would be a whole host of additional benefits on both sides. These potential benefits included, but were not limited to: encouraging the exchange of cultural, linguistic and intergenerational skills, knowledge and values; challenging intergenerational stereotypes; and improving the psychosocial health of both younger and older participants
- Publisher
- Multilingual matters
- Relation
- Rethinking second language learning 8 p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- ©Channel View Publications Ltd, Bristol/Blue Ridge Summit
- Subject
- Second language acquisition; Applied linguistics
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