@ARTICLE{Klimczak-Pawlak_Agata_Complexity_2019, author={Klimczak-Pawlak, Agata and Kossakowska-Pisarek, Sylwia}, number={No 1}, pages={115-132}, journal={Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny}, howpublished={online}, year={2019}, publisher={Wydział I Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych PAN i Uniwersytet Warszawski}, abstract={This study aims to explore the effects of age across adult groups on selected aspects of language learning. To achieve the aim, a study was conducted at the Open University of University of Warsaw. It focuses on reasons for taking up learning, relative importance of individual skills, major difficulties, individual goals, emotions and self-assessed ability to learn. The assumption that adults represent a single age group is questioned and the results are interpreted in terms of practical implications for course design.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Complexity of ageeffects and its implications for instruction: the case of 50+ learners}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/110401/PDF/KN%201-19%209KLIMCZAK-PAWLAK,KOSSAKOWSKA-PISAREK.pdf}, doi={10.24425/kn.2019.126508}, keywords={language learning, age effects, course design, emotions}, }