"Università dell’Età Libera" for Active Ageing

This study aims to explore the educational processes linked to the learning of a foreign language in old age (Car dona &Louise, 2018) and aimedatpromoting the active ageing process (Boffo, 2023) through the case study that is configured within the service of the University of the Third Age of Florence and its beneficiaries, an institution that, to date, has never been studied. Through an analysis of the indicators useful to detect and categorise life skills for the care of ageing in a foreign language course, the outcomes emerging from this research may support the construction of anadequatetransition to retirement, necessary not only to create processes of inclusion, but also to foster active citizenship.