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To address this gap, an observational study examined bilingual older adults’ conversational characteristics in Singapore. Twenty older adults (mean age 75.6) were paired and recorded during 20–30 minutes of unstructured dialogue. Topic and vocabulary analyses identified six frequently referenced categories—Community Centre, Recreation, Shopping, Food, Family, and Travel—plus dominant single-topic patterns. 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However, most research focuses on monolingual populations, with limited attention to multilingual environments. This gap is important because multilingualism shapes cognitive, social, and communicative processes in distinct ways. As part of a larger research project, we conducted an observation study to understand the characteristics of bilingual older adults’conversations in Singapore. Twenty older adults (mean-age=75.6; 19F) were randomly paired and asked to engage in an unstructured conversation with their partner for 20 to 30 minutes. This approach, while situated in a study setting, was intended to elicit spontaneous conversational behavior that approximates naturalistic communication. Conversations were audio-recorded, and two coders applied global topic coding to the transcripts. These conversations were analysed for the frequency and commonality of topics and vocabulary in the conversations. Six categories were found to be frequently referenced (decreasing-order): Community Centre, Recreation, Shopping, Food, Family, and Travel. Analyses also revealed that a single topic typically dominated the discussion, accounting for more than 50% of all segments. In addition, based on the five-person-frame-reference, Self (mean=37.5%), None–Inanimate (mean=20.7%), and Other Speaker (mean=19.5%) were the most frequently referenced. References to Relatives (mean=7 .6%) and Service Providers (mean=4 .0%) were relatively rare. For time frame references, we found that most conversations were focused on the Present (mean=56.2%) and the Past (mean=33.9%), followed by Future-oriented content (mean=9 .9%) . These results demonstrated conversational characteristics among older adults in multilingual contexts, contributing to a deeper understanding of communicative patterns in diverse societies.  \nAbstract citation ID: igaf122.4224  \nUNDERSTANDING CONVERSATION BETWEEN  \nOLDER ADULTS: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY  \nFuxi Ouyang, and W. Quin Yow, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore","cbCais6cdVuLB4dG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCais6cdVuLB4dG","pdf",1108827,"English","# Study background\n## Research gap in multilingual contexts\n# Methods\n## Participants and pairing\n## Conversation task and recording\n## Coding approach\n# Findings\n## Frequently referenced topics\n## Topic dominance\n## Reference frames and time frames\n# Implications","[{\"question\":\"What research gap does the study address?\",\"answer\":\"The study addresses the limited attention to multilingual environments, given that prior research has mostly focused on monolingual older adults’ conversations.\"},{\"question\":\"How were conversations collected and analysed?\",\"answer\":\"Twenty older adults were paired and recorded while engaging in 20–30 minutes of unstructured conversation. 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