Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Social Sciences and Educational Development (ICOSSED 2024)

Elderly Migrants’ Language Anxiety and Social Integration in China

Authors
Fang Liu1, *
1Zhongyang vocation secondary school, Lvliang City, 033400, China
*Corresponding author. Email: lf94810@163.com
Corresponding Author
Fang Liu
Available Online 28 March 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_6How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Elderly migrants; Language anxiety; Social integration
Abstract

This paper primarily explores the relationship between language anxiety and social integration among elderly migrants. Based on interview materials and considering previous research, the researcher conducted an empirical study on the relationship between language anxiety and the social integration of elderly migrants. The main method used in this paper is a thematic analysis of interview data, monologue data, and listener feedback data. For the reasons for elderly migrants’ language barriers and language anxiety, we identified three themes: 1) individual background, 2) Mandarin and anxiety, and 3) linguistic landscapes and related factors in communication. As for how language anxiety impacts elderly migrants’ social integration, this study identified two themes: 1) language anxiety and social integration, and 2) measures implemented to promote the social integration of elderly migrants. Through these two themes, we explored the relationship between language anxiety and social integration among elderly migrants, as well as how to promote their social integration.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Social Sciences and Educational Development (ICOSSED 2024)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
28 March 2025
ISBN
978-2-38476-382-5
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_6How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2025 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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