A STUDY OF MOTIVATION AND STRATEGIES IN LEARNING ENGLISH BY MIDDLE-AGED AND ELDERLY IN CHINA

Abstract

With the development of globalization, English has become a global language. More and more Chinese want to learn English which includes middle-aged and elderly people. However, in recent research, most are focusing on children, teenagers and college students. There is little research that focuses on middle-aged and elderly and there is also a lack of comparison of study of learning motivation, learning strategies and learning barriers of middle-aged and elderly. Thus, the research objective is to analyze the differences in learning motivation, learning strategies and learning barriers of middle-aged and elderly.