Learning English as a means for cognitive maintenance of the elderly.

As a history of this project, an investigation into the learning of English by adults between 22 and 65 years who study at the University of Cuenca was carried out. More than the results inherent in this specific topic, the need to investigate the scope of the elderly, since in our country, and in Cuenca especially, this has been a group that has not had the option of accessing standardized learning processes, despite being a broad spectrum of the population, mainly at present. The systematized activities of the elderly at the time of retirement decrease, so a memory wear process could begin that would affect their cognition levels. The theoretical perspective from which this problem will be investigated is educational psychology that will establish the learning profile of the elderly. On the other hand, neuropsychology will facilitate the analysis of cognitive maintenance of this group. An exploratory methodology will be used to determine cognitive levels, styles and learning strategies, as well as beliefs and needs of the elderly, and a quasi-experimental methodology because the study will be based on an intervention for the measurement of cognitive levels. Different information collection tools will be used, such as: observations from an English course aimed at older adults, newspapers, surveys, interviews, among others. Finally, literature confirms that learning a language maintains cognitive levels and short -term memory, so it is intended to investigate whether the initially indicated situation could be attenuated with English courses as a means of cognitive maintenance and personal development.

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