Lifelong Motivation and Foreign Language Learning: Perspectives from Later Life (Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching, 29)

Darnault, Bérénice

ISBN 10: 180041952X / ISBN 13: 9781800419520

Published by Multilingual Matters, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lifelong Motivation and Foreign Language Learning: Perspectives from Later Life (Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching, 29)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 180041952X
• ISBN 13: 9781800419520
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Bérénice Darnault is Lecturer and Associate Professor of TESOL at the University of South Brittany, France. Her research interests lie in the psychology of language learning and include motivation, third age language learning and narrative inquiry.