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THIS THESIS INVESTIGATES AND DISCOVERS THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING A SENIOR FROM A TRADITIONAL CONFUCIAN HERITAGE CULTURE AGED BETWEEN 55 AND 75 YEARS OLD, LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE THROUGH VARIOUS INTERVENTIONS, INCLUDING, THE INTRODUCTION OF AN ADAPTED VERSION OF SYNTHETIC PHONICS TO IMPROVE PRONUNCIATION, ALONGSIDE THE USE OF ANDRAGOGICAL AND GERAGOGICAL PRINCIPLES TO ACCOMMODATE AND ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGENCY AND SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING. THIS RESEARCH ADOPTED A CASE STUDY METHODOLOGY TO INVESTIGATE THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF SENIORS, AND INVESTIGATED THE PARTICIPANTS\u2019 SUBJECTIVE CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE SITUATION, LEARNING EXPERIENCES, CHALLENGES, CIRCUMSTANCES, NEEDS, AND WANTS WITH REGARD TO THE SITUATION. THEREFORE, AN OPEN AND EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY DESIGN WAS SELECTED TO UNDERSTAND THE PARTICIPANTS AND REPORT THE FINDINGS. FURTHERMORE, THIS THESIS IDENTIFIES THE CHALLENGES FACED BY SENIOR AND VERY SENIOR LEARNERS WHO ARE POST-WORK AND POST-FAMILY REARING TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE FINDINGS TO COMPLEMENT, ENHANCE AND EMPOWER THEIR LEARNING<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-423980","tnc_col_19631_item","type-tnc_col_19631_item","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tnc_tax_19912-education","tnc_tax_19818-english","tnc_tax_19765-ho-jacky","tnc_tax_19765-menezes-mario-olimpio-de","tnc_tax_19716-school-of-education","tnc_tax_19659-master-thesis","tnc_tax_19651-doctoral"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":0,"featured_img":false,"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/author\/emilychan\/","display_name":"emily chan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 \u5929 ago","modified":"Updated 2 \u5929 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026 12:33 \u4e0a\u5348","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 12:20 \u4e0b\u5348"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"tnc_tax_19912":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/programme\/education\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">EDUCATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">EDUCATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19912","name":"PROGRAMME"},"tnc_tax_19818":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/language\/english\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19818","name":"LANGUAGE"},"tnc_tax_19765":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/supervisor\/ho-jacky\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">HO, JACKY<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/supervisor\/menezes-mario-olimpio-de\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">MENEZES, M\u00c1RIO OLIMPIO DE<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">HO, JACKY<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">MENEZES, M\u00c1RIO OLIMPIO DE<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19765","name":"SUPERVISOR(S)"},"tnc_tax_19716":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/faculty-research-unit\/school-of-education\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SCHOOL OF EDUCATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SCHOOL OF EDUCATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19716","name":"FACULTY \/ RESEARCH UNIT"},"tnc_tax_19659":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/resource-type\/master-thesis\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">THESIS &amp; DISSERTATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">THESIS &amp; DISSERTATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19659","name":"Document Type"},"tnc_tax_19651":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/degree-level\/doctoral\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">DOCTORAL<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">DOCTORAL<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19651","name":"DEGREE LEVEL"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/423980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/423980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433492,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/423980\/revisions\/433492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}