Steven L. Arxer, Ph.D. is associate professor at the University of North Texas at Dallas in the Department of Sociology and Psychology. He specializes in qualitative research on minority populations, with a focus on intersectionality, aging and development.Maria Ciriza-Lope, Ph.D. is assistant professor at the University of North Texas at Dallas in the Department of Languages and Communication. She is an expert on language contact, Spanish heritage language pedagogy and language revitalization movements.Marco Shappeck, Ph.D. is assistant professor at the University of North Texas at Dallas in the Department of Teacher Education and Administration. He specializes in linking education applications of sociolinguistic research to the teaching of English and Spanish as a second or foreign language.

• Introduction.- Aging as a Hispanic in a Second or Foreign Language.- Aging among Hispanic immigrants: risks and challenges.- The language effect and immigrant aging well-being.- Applied Linguistics and Contextualizing Older Hispanic Language Acquisition.- Social constructivism and the role of place for immigrant language learners.- Dallas area case study on older immigrant English second language learners.- Aging in Place: The Restructuring of Formal and Informal Immigrant Arrangements.- Building emotions for self-identity and learning.- Family and social networks.- Practicing public socialization in safe places: work education and health.- Language resocialization and gender allies.- Conclusion.

Steven L. Arxer, Ph.D. is associate professor at the University of North Texas at Dallas in the Department of Sociology and Psychology. He specializes in qualitative research on minority populations, with a focus on intersectionality, aging and development.Maria Ciriza-Lope, Ph.D. is assistant professor at the University of North Texas at Dallas in the Department of Languages and Communication. She is an expert on language contact, Spanish heritage language pedagogy and language revitalization movements.Marco Shappeck, Ph.D. is assistant professor at the University of North Texas at Dallas in the Department of Teacher Education and Administration. He specializes in linking education applications of sociolinguistic research to the teaching of English and Spanish as a second or foreign language.

• Introduction.- Aging as a Hispanic in a Second or Foreign Language.- Aging among Hispanic immigrants: risks and challenges.- The language effect and immigrant aging well-being.- Applied Linguistics and Contextualizing Older Hispanic Language Acquisition.- Social constructivism and the role of place for immigrant language learners.- Dallas area case study on older immigrant English second language learners.- Aging in Place: The Restructuring of Formal and Informal Immigrant Arrangements.- Building emotions for self-identity and learning.- Family and social networks.- Practicing public socialization in safe places: work education and health.- Language resocialization and gender allies.- Conclusion.

Steven L. Arxer, Ph.D. is associate professor at the University of North Texas at Dallas in the Department of Sociology and Psychology. He specializes in qualitative research on minority populations, with a focus on intersectionality, aging and development.Maria Ciriza-Lope, Ph.D. is assistant professor at the University of North Texas at Dallas in the Department of Languages and Communication. She is an expert on language contact, Spanish heritage language pedagogy and language revitalization movements.Marco Shappeck, Ph.D. is assistant professor at the University of North Texas at Dallas in the Department of Teacher Education and Administration. He specializes in linking education applications of sociolinguistic research to the teaching of English and Spanish as a second or foreign language.

• Introduction.- Aging as a Hispanic in a Second or Foreign Language.- Aging among Hispanic immigrants: risks and challenges.- The language effect and immigrant aging well-being.- Applied Linguistics and Contextualizing Older Hispanic Language Acquisition.- Social constructivism and the role of place for immigrant language learners.- Dallas area case study on older immigrant English second language learners.- Aging in Place: The Restructuring of Formal and Informal Immigrant Arrangements.- Building emotions for self-identity and learning.- Family and social networks.- Practicing public socialization in safe places: work education and health.- Language resocialization and gender allies.- Conclusion.