{"product_id":"understanding-success-and-failure-in-adult-esl-superacion-vs-dropout-of-adult-english-learners-in-the-us-9781800412392","title":"Understanding Success and Failure in Adult ESL:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the reasons why adult ESL learners drop out of their language classes and suggests explicit strategies for keeping students engaged. The most effective strategies may be personal rather than technical or curricular. Based on a study of a group of Mexican immigrants to the US, the author proposes that \u003cem\u003esuperación \u003c\/em\u003eor ‘self-actualization’ is crucial to understanding the relative success of adult ESL learners. Learners’ decisions to drop out were not hasty or superficial but were based on a commonsense assessment concerning how the class might improve the quality of their lives. Those involved in delivering ESL to adult learners should stress the tangible, practical advantages that accrue with learning English, and at the same time strive to make instruction relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Kim offers an insightful, ground-level perspective of the daily lives and dreams of English Learners. Teaching English to hard-working adults involves more than reconsidering curriculum; it requires a radical reorientation, founded upon caring relationships and knowledge of student aspirations. Dr. Kim explains how to transform your teaching and why it matters. * Lawrence Baines, Berry College, USA *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is an invaluable addition to the field of Second Language Acquisition and English teaching. Practitioners and researchers alike will find the emphasis on ‘learner investment’ to be a useful angle to approach their work. Teachers, educators, and scholars will gain insight into the challenges of real adult learners and some potential solutions suggested by the author. * Kyungsook Yeum, Sookmyung Women’s University, South Korea *\u003cbr\u003eWhy do adult English language learners drop out of language programs? In this book, Dr. Taewoong Kim tackles this problem in a very insightful and humanistic way. He gives voice to those that are often not heard. All teachers wanting to empower this unique demographic of students should read this. * Daniel Rueckert, California State University, Fullerton, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Preface                                                                                                                                             \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Broken Car                                                                                                 \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Voices Unheard from the Margins                                                                     \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Theoretical Frameworks                                                                                 \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Adult English Literacy Learners in America and Research Context              \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. The Six Persistent Learners                                                                             \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Who They Are: Thematic Identity of the Six Adult English Learners                              \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. What Drives Investment                                                                                  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. What Makes Adult ELs Drop Out                                                                  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 8. What Makes Adult ELs Stay                                                                    \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Discussion                                                                                                  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Implications and Conclusion                                                                  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003e About the Author\u003cbr\u003e Index                                                                                                                  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Multilingual Matters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042713207127,"sku":"9781800412392","price":26.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800412392.jpg?v=1750955304","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/understanding-success-and-failure-in-adult-esl-superacion-vs-dropout-of-adult-english-learners-in-the-us-9781800412392","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}