An Andragogy-Based Model of Basic I Level English Course for Teaching Speaking to Elderly People from Fundación ASE
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2019Registro en:
reponame:Repositorio Institucional Universidad Santo Tomás
instname:Universidad Santo Tomás
Autor
Rincón Villamil, Claudia Patricia
Institución
Resumen
Do adults learn the same way as children do? This research studied how does a model of an
English Basic I level course based on principles of andragogy enhance the speaking skill of
elderly people from Fundación ASE. A group of elderly people in an age range from 50 to 71
years old was observed by a pre-service teacher-researcher through a 9 sessions Basic I English
course via Action Research; their needs and expectations on the course were analyzed in
connection with the 6 Andragogy principles using the Qualitative Content Analysis method,
focusing on a sample of 8 people which allowed to find evidence that adults need to be taught
differently than children. Results of this research should not be generalized given its specific
conditions and variables, but they could be a guide towards the improvement of the pedagogical
practice in terms of the usefulness and support found in andragogy principles applied to it when
teaching elderly people.