Study on English Learning Motivation of the Middle-aged and Elderly Learners in China

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220404.117How to use a DOI?

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English learning; motivation; teaching strategy; middle-aged and the elderly learners

Abstract

As China’s society ages, the number of middle-aged and elderly English learners is gradually rising. Understanding this group’s English learning motivation is the basis for developing effective teaching strategies and designing appropriate teaching content for them. This paper is aimed at describing the current condition of motivation for middle-aged and elderly English learners in China. Adopting questionnaire as the main research method, this paper targets the middle-aged and elderly people in China who learn English as a second language, to discover what are the main learning motivations of this group and what types can these motivations be sorted into. Also, this paper proposes effective corresponding teaching strategies to improve the teaching quality of this target learning group at the end. By document analysis and questionnaire investigation, this paper discovered that the main motivations are the demand for communication, social responsibility, and self-improvement. Thus, teaching activities for middle-aged and elderly learners should think highly of the communicative function of English and provide opportunities for this group to practice.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tian Ma
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/18
TI  - Study on English Learning Motivation of the Middle-aged and Elderly Learners in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Creative Industry and Knowledge Economy (CIKE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 605
EP  - 609
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220404.117
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220404.117
ID  - Ma2022
ER  -