adult learner
collocation in Englishmeaningsofadultandlearner
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adult
adjective
uk/ˈæd.ʌlt/us/ˈæd.ʌlt/
grown to full size ...
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learner
noun[C]
uk/ˈlɜː.nər/us/ˈlɝː.nɚ/
a person who is still ...
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(Definition ofadultandlearnerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofadult learner
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If you were anadultlearner, people would look at you rather strangely if you started putting random phrases on the end of your sentences.
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Here, theadultlearner(healthcare support worker) could be nurtured and helped to develop an understanding of what supervision entailed.
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Alternatively it could be that there are some more or less intractable features of being anadultlearner that will consistently prevent the exploitation of formulaic material.
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Joe (1995) investigated vocabulary knowledge gains by anadultlearnerwho was required to perform a read and retell task.
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Theadultlearnerguesses the category, receives feedback, and continues until performance reaches a high criterion, usually perfect classification of all the items in a block.
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Adult learning theory aims to nurture and support theadultlearner(in this case, the healthcare support worker) in the context of a new challenge and new ways of working.
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We welcome theadultlearnergrant as another positive step.
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Figures given to me just a few moments ago suggest a reported decline of 10,000 inadultlearnerparticipation.
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No longer will an education provider be able to discriminate against a disabled pupil, student oradultlearneron the ground of disability.
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Access to a high quality education—whether as a child, a young person or anadultlearner—is essential if disabled people are to be empowered to live independent, fulfilling lives.
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Despite his experience of education, this person is thirsty to drink from the cup of knowledge and wishes to further his education and training as anadultlearner.
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Adultlearner/executive students often expect professors to have practical experience as an accountant or in commercial organizations.
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In response to community needs, graduate, doctorate andadultlearnerprograms were added.
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These findings provided an objective picture about the nature of translation needs for adult learners in general.
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Clearly, aptitude plays a role independent of schooling, and it only plays that role for adult learners.
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Her study supports making pragmatic features salient to adult learners.
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Instead, most previous studies investigating language learners have focused on the acquisition of linguistic knowledge in children or adult learners.
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For these word pairs, a feature overlap in the conceptual representations is suggested for adult learners.
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In the case of fossilized, older, adult learners this may be true.
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