- Accompagnare la longevità
- A cura di Vanna Boffo, Michele Bertani, Donatella Bramanti, Rabih Chattat, Laura Formenti
L’apprendimento di una L2 attraverso lo sviluppo delle competenze sociali come buona pratica di active ageing
- Inmaculada Solís García
- Valentina Antonina Pipicella
- © 2025 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0744-7.57
This research highlights the importance of learning a foreign language as a good practice for active ageing, with a particular focus on the development of social competence in senior learners. The study examines the experiences of students over the age of 55 enrolled in foreign language courses at the University of Florence’s Language Centre (CLA). Among these, the analysis of semi-structured interviews with three female students attending an A1 Spanish course reveals improvements in their social skills, including increased self-awareness and enhanced abilities in empathy, communication and collaboration. These skills not only strengthen their language competence but also promote personal development, well-being and social inclusion. From this perspective, participation in language courses proves to be particularly beneficial for successful ageing, supporting the maintenance of cognitive abilities and fostering enriched social interactions.
- Keywords:
- Active Ageing,
- Inclusion,
- L2 Learning,
- Social Competence,
- Well-being,
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-2645-189X
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0004-8709-0121
- Antoniou, Mark, Gunasekera, Geshri, e Patrick C.M. Wong. 2013. “Foreign Language Training as Cognitive Therapy for Age-Related Cognitive Decline: A Hypothesis for Future Research.” Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 37 (12): 2689-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.09.004
- Cardona, Mario, e M. Cecilia Luise. 2018. Gli anziani e le lingue straniere. Educazione linguistica per la terza età. Lecce: Pensa MultiMedia.
- Da Silva, Nilce, e Hélène Carbonneau. 2021. “O Sentimento de Autorrealização e de Autoeficácia de Idosos no Aprendizado da Língua Italiana: Quadro Teórico.” Licere – Revista do Programa de Pós-graduação Interdisciplinar em Estudos do Lazer 24 (1): 1-20. DOI: 10.35699/2447-6218.2021.29496
- Friebe, Jens, e Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha. 2013. “Activities and Barriers to Education for Elderly People.” Journal of Contemporary Educational Studies 1: 10-26.
- Klimova, Blanka, Pikhart, Marcel, Dziuba, Szymon, e Anna Cierniak-Emerych. 2021. “Factor Analysis of Subjective Well-Being Sustainability through Foreign Language Learning in Healthy Older Individuals.” Sustainability 13 (3): 1045. DOI: 10.3390/su13031590
- Niewczas, Sylwia. 2023. “Positive Psychology in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching: The Case of Polish Older Adults.” Roczniki Humanistyczne 71 (10): 1-15. DOI: 10.18290/rh237110.10
- Pilar, Escuder-M., Esteller-Curto, Roger, Ochoa, Luis, e Massimo Bardus. 2014. “Impact on Senior Learners’ Quality of Life through Lifelong Learning.” Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 131: 510-16. DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.04.157
- Sala, Arianna, Punie, Yves, Garkov, Vladimir, e Marcelino Cabrera, eds. 2020. LifeComp. The European Framework for Personal, Social and Learning to Learn Key Competence. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. DOI: 10.2760/922681
- Seligman, Martin E.P., e Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. 2014. “Positive Psychology: An Introduction.” In Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology, edited by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, 279-98. Dordrecht: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9088-8_18
Informazioni sul capitolo
Titolo del capitolo
L’apprendimento di una L2 attraverso lo sviluppo delle competenze sociali come buona pratica di active ageing
Autori
Inmaculada Solís García, Valentina Antonina Pipicella
Lingua
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0744-7.57
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
Copyright
© 2025 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Informazioni bibliografiche
Titolo del libro
Accompagnare la longevità
Sottotitolo del libro
Buone pratiche educative e formative per l’invecchiamento attivo
Curatori
Vanna Boffo, Michele Bertani, Donatella Bramanti, Rabih Chattat, Laura Formenti
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
628
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
Copyright
© 2025 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0744-7
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0743-0
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0744-7
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0745-4
Collana
Studies on Adult Learning and Education
ISSN della collana
2704-596X
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5781