Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A First Glimpse of Age -- Part 1: Framing Age as Socially Constructed -- 1. The Age Factor and Second Language Acquisition -- 2. Present-Day Approaches to the Study of Age -- 3. Viewing Age through a Social Constructionist Lens -- Part 2: The Social Construction of Age in Mexico -- 4. Constructing Age in Later Adulthood -- 5. Constructing Age in 'Middle' Adulthood -- 6. Constructing Age in Young Adulthood -- Final Reflections -- References -- Index