Enhancing Cognitive Performance of Healthy Czech Seniors through Non-Native Language Learning—A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Cognitive Evaluation
2.3. English Language Training Intervention
2.4. Statistical Analysis
2.5. Qualitative/Content Analysis
- What do you think about the course as a whole?
- What did you learn as far as English is concerned?
- What did you learn as far as other skills are concerned?
- Which teaching or learning strategies/techniques helped you to remember new words/phrases?
- What else did the course enrich you with?
2.6. Ethics Statement
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Total (n = 42) | Experimental (nE = 20) | Control (nC = 22) | p-Value |
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Age (years) | 69.8 (4.9) | 72.0 (5.6) | 0.180 |
Lengths of education (years) | 16 [14, 17.75] | 13 [12, 15.5] | 0.009 |
Highest education (elementary, apprentice training, secondary, university) | 0/1/11/8 | 1/0/14/7 | 0.739 |
MoCA score pre-test | 28 [26, 28.8] | 27 [26.8, 29] | 0.908 |
MoCA score post-test | 28.5 [27, 29] | 28.5 [27, 30] | 0.481 |
Pre-Test | Post-Test | p-Value | |
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MoCA score for the experimental group (nE = 20) | 28 [26, 28.8] | 28.5 [27, 30] | 0.462 |
MoCA score for the control group (nC = 22) | 27 [26.8, 29] | 28.5 [27, 30] | 0.018 |
Evaluation of the course as a whole |
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Learning English |
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Learning other skills |
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Teaching and learning strategies |
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Other benefits |
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Klimova, B.; Slaninova, G.; Prazak, P.; Kacetl, J.; Valis, M. Enhancing Cognitive Performance of Healthy Czech Seniors through Non-Native Language Learning—A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study. Brain Sci. 2020, 10, 573. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10090573
Klimova B, Slaninova G, Prazak P, Kacetl J, Valis M. Enhancing Cognitive Performance of Healthy Czech Seniors through Non-Native Language Learning—A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study. Brain Sciences. 2020; 10(9):573. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10090573
Chicago/Turabian StyleKlimova, Blanka, Gabriela Slaninova, Pavel Prazak, Jaroslav Kacetl, and Martin Valis. 2020. "Enhancing Cognitive Performance of Healthy Czech Seniors through Non-Native Language Learning—A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study" Brain Sciences 10, no. 9: 573. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10090573