Exploring the association of learning a foreign language with cognitive improvement of older chinese adults: A case study

• Simin Zeng ^[1]
  1. [1] Southern University of Science and Technology
• Localización: New seeds for a world to come: policies, practices and lives in adult education and learning: Proceedings of the 10th ESREA Triennial Conference University of Milano Bicocca, Department of Human Sciences for Education 29 September- 1 October 2022 / coord. por Laura Formenti, Andrea Galimberti, Gaia Del Negro, 2023, ISBN 978-88-5526-918-6, págs. 401-407
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Foreign language learning (FLL) has been proposed as a promising cognitive training for the elderly. This studyinvestigates cognitive processes as they were in interaction with the wider environment. It was a case study of six Chinese lowereducation older adults joining a short-term intensive English learning program. Cognitive Assessment showed a slightenhancement of their cognitive skills after FLL with a small to medium effect size. Qualitative analysis of lesson observationsand interviews reveals that FLL helps them make new meanings of old concepts and contexts, thus maximizing the cognitivebenefits.