This book explores connections between the fields of foreign/second language teaching and adult learning through a case study of adult language learners at the college level. The book examines topics such as the value of adult language study, its effect on adult learners, as well as classroom practices that contribute to deeper learning.

Stacey Margarita Johnson is Assistant Director at the Center for Teaching, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and Affiliated Faculty in the Center for Second Language Studies at Vanderbilt University. She is also Editor of the journal Spanish and Portuguese Review and producer and host of the podcast "We Teach Languages". Her research focuses on classroom practices, adult learning, critical pedagogy, and technology in language teaching. She is the author of the books Hybrid Language Teaching in Practice: Perceptions, Reactions, and Results, co-authored with Berta Carrasco (2015), and Adult Learning in the Language Classroom (2015).