Article published In:
Australian Review of Applied LinguisticsVol. 36:1 (2013) ► pp.4–19
Cognitive and Affective enhancement among older adults
The role of languaging
This paper was presented at the ALAA/ALANZ conference, Canberra, Australia, December, 2011.
Available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 license.
For any use beyond this license, please contact the publisher at [email protected].
References
Aljaafreh, A. & Lantolf, J.P.
(1994) Negative feedback as regulation and second language learning in the zone of proximal development. The Modern Language Journal, 781, 465–483. 
Carpiac-Claver, M. L. & Levy-Storms, L.
(2007) In a manner of speaking: Communication between nurse aides and older adults in long-term care settings. Health Communication, 221, 59–67.
Cattan, M., White, M., Bond, J. & Learmouth, A.
(2005) Preventing social isolation and loneliness among older people: A systematic review of health promotion interventions. Ageing and Society, 251, 41–67.
Dijkstra, K., Bourgeois, M.S., Allen, R.S. & Burgio, L.D.
(2004) Conversational coherence: Discourse analysis of older adults with and without dementia. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 171, 263–283.
Folststein, M. F., Folstein, S. & McHugh, P.R.
(1975) Mini-mental state: A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 121, 189–198.
Gutiérrez, A. G.
(2008) Microgenesis, method and object: A study of collaborative activity in a Spanish as a foreign language classroom. Applied Linguistics, 291, 120–148.
Hagens, C., Beaman, A. & Ryan, E.B.
(2003) Reminiscing, poetry writing, and remembering boxes: Personhood-centered communication with cognitively impaired older adults. Activities, Adaptation and Aging, 271, 97–112.
Kemper, S.
(1994) Elderspeak: Speech accommodations to older adults. Aging and Cognition, 11, 17–28.
Lapkin, S., Swain, M. & Psyllakis, P.
(2010) The role of languaging in creating zones of proximal development (ZPDs): A long-term care resident interacts with a researcher. Canadian Journal on Aging, 291, 477–490.
Lenchuk, I. & Swain, M.
(2010) Alise’s small stories: Indices of identity construction and of resistance to the discourse of cognitive impairment. Language Policy, 91, 9–28.
Petersen, R. C., Roberts, R.O., Knopman, D.S., Boeve, B.F., Geda, Y.E., Ivnik, R.J., Smith, G.E. & Jack, C.R.
(2009) Mild cognitive impairment. Archives of Neurology, 661, 1447–1455.
Ryan, E. B., Giles, H., Bartolucci, G. & Henwood, K.
(1986) Psycholinguistic and social psychological components of communication by and with the elderly. Language and Communication, 61, 1–24.
Ryan, E. B., Hummert, M.L. & Boich, L.
(1995) Communication predicaments of aging: Patronizing behavior toward older adults. Journal of Language Social Psycholog,y 141, 144–166.
Swain, M.
(2006) Languaging, agency and collaboration in advanced language proficiency. In H. Byrnes (Ed.), Advanced language learning: The contribution of Halliday and Vygotsky (pp. 95–108). London: Continuum.
(2010) Talking it through: Languaging as a source of learning. In R. Batstone (Ed.), Sociocognitive perspectives on second language learning and use (pp. 112–130). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
(2011) The inseparability of cognition and emotion in second language learning. Language Teaching, , published online by Cambridge University Press 28, November, 2011.
, published online by Cambridge University Press 28, November, 2011.Swain, M., Kinnear, P. & Steinman, L.
(2011) Sociocultural theory in second language education: An introduction through narratives. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.
Swain, M. & Lapkin, S.
(2011) Languaging as agent and constituent of cognitive change in an older adult: An example. Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 141, 170–190.
Swain, M., Lapkin, S. & Deters, P.
(2013) Exploring the effect of languaging activities on cognitive functioning: The case of an older adult in a long term care facility. Activities, Adaptation and Aging, 371, 1–18.
Vygotsky, L. S.
(1978) Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. (M. Cole, V. John-Steiner, S. Scribner & E. Souberman, Trans.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
(1986) Thought and language. (A. Kozulin, Trans.). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
(1987) The collected works of L. S. Vygotsky, Volume 1: The problems of general psychology, including the volume thinking and speech. New York: Plenum.
Wertsch, J. V.
(1985) Vygotsky and the social formation of mind. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Wertsch, J. V. & Hickman, M.
(1987) Problem-solving in social interaction: A microgenetic analysis. In M. Hickman (Ed.), Social and functional approaches to language and thought (pp. 251℃266). Orlando, FL: Academic Press.
Williams, K., Kemper, S. & Hummert, M.L.
(2003) Improving nursing home communication: An intervention to reduce elderspeak. The Gerontologist, 431, 242–247.
Cited by
Cited by 14 other publications
Chen, Xiuwen, Jian Li & Shuran Zhu
2021. Translanguaging multimodal pedagogy in French pronunciation instruction: Vis-à-vis students’ spontaneous translanguaging. System 101 ► pp. 102603 ff. 
Cox, Jessica G.
2019. Multilingualism in older age: A research agenda from the cognitive perspective. Language Teaching 52:3 ► pp. 360 ff.
Kim, Tae-Young
2021. Recent Advances in EFL (De)Motivation Theory. In Historical Development of English Learning Motivation Research [English Language Education, 21], ► pp. 215 ff.
Kim, Tae-Young
2021. Conclusion. In Historical Development of English Learning Motivation Research [English Language Education, 21], ► pp. 303 ff.
Kirkpatrick, Andy
2016. Commentary on ‘Competencies’. In Quadrilingual Education in Singapore [Education Innovation Series, ], ► pp. 127 ff.
Merkel, Warren
2016. The Potential of Crossword Puzzles in Aiding English Language Learners. TESOL Journal 7:4 ► pp. 898 ff.
Messina Dahlberg, Giulia & Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta
2019. On the quest to “go beyond” a bounded view of language. Research in the intersections of the Educational Sciences, Language Studies and Deaf Studies domains 1997–2018. Deafness & Education International 21:2-3 ► pp. 74 ff.
Meyer, Stephan, Valérie Blondel & Beatrice Mall-Grob
2017. Conversational interaction and the development of conversational competence in additional languages in higher education: Considerations for students, language centres, and language policy developers. Language Learning in Higher Education 7:2
Mitchell, Kathleen
2015. Questions for Merrill Swain. Language Policy 14:1 ► pp. 67 ff.
Moradian, Mahmood Reza, Mojgan Hossein-Nasab & Mowla Miri
2020. Chapter 12. Effects of written languaging in response to direct and indirect corrective feedback on developing writing accuracy. In Languaging in Language Learning and Teaching [Language Learning & Language Teaching, 55], ► pp. 268 ff.
Moradian, Mahmood Reza, Mowla Miri & Mojgan Hossein Nasab
2017. Contribution of written languaging to enhancing the efficiency of written corrective feedback. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 27:2 ► pp. 406 ff.
Motobayashi, Kyoko, Merrill Swain & Sharon Lapkin
2014. Autobiographic episodes as languaging. Language and Sociocultural Theory 1:1 ► pp. 75 ff.
Oliver, Rhonda, Honglin Chen & Stephen Moore
2016. Review of selected research in applied linguistics published in Australia (2008–2014). Language Teaching 49:4 ► pp. 513 ff.
Pot, Anna, Merel Keijzer & Kees De Bot
2020. The language barrier in migrant aging. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 23:9 ► pp. 1139 ff.
This list is based on CrossRef data as of 28 march 2024. Please note that it may not be complete. Sources presented here have been supplied by the respective publishers. Any errors therein should be reported to them.