Term
Fall 2025
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MA-TESOL
Facilitator(s)
Julia Reimer & Betsy Parrish
Abstract
Matos, J. (2025) Strategies to help Older English Learners Succeed in an Adult Classroom Setting
There are older English language learners who experience difficulties advancing to the next level of instruction. This project is about how to help these older learners. The project has the objective of finding solutions to the research question: Which contextual factors for learning can best support teachers to help older adult ESL learners to retain content to acquire a second language? Through a review of literature, I found information about characteristics of older learners, strategies and accommodations for supporting older learners, and technology that teachers can use and present to older learners in the English language classroom. All of this information was used to create professional development activities to remind or to inform teachers on best practices in their classroom when there are older learners present. Moreover, the literature review suggests that there is a need for further research in any aspects of this particular group of learners.
Keywords
Older ELs, adult ESOL
Recommended Citation
Matos, Juana M., "Strategies to help Older English Learners Succeed in an Adult Classroom Setting" (2025). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 1146.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/1146
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text
dc_publisher
DigitalCommons@Hamline
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application/pdf
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School of Education Student Capstone Projects