Abstract
Although Hong Kong government has done a great job in various areas for active aging such as social security, residential care services, community care and support systems, the English education for elders is a weak point. This paper analyzes the current situation of English education for elders in Hong Kong from four perspectives: barriers, motivations, styles and methods of English learning for elders. Suggestions, possible solutions and necessary actions are also proposed accordingly.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Emerging Technologies for Education : First International Symposium, SETE 2016 held in conjunction with ICWL 2016, Rome, Italy, October 26–29, 2016, revised selected papers |
| Editors | Ting-Ting WU, Rosella GENNARI, Yueh-Min HUANG, Haoran XIE, Yiwei CAO |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Pages | 306-310 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319528366 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783319528359 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 1st International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Education - Sapienza University, Rome, Italy Duration: 26 Oct 2016 → 29 Oct 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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| Publisher | Springer |
| Volume | 10108 LNCS |
| ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
| Conference | 1st International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Education |
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| Abbreviated title | SETE 2016 |
| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Rome |
| Period | 26/10/16 → 29/10/16 |
Funding
The work described in this paper was fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (UGC/FDS11/E06/14).
Keywords
- Active aging
- English education
- Motivation
- Learning styles
- Elder speak