THE SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TEACHING DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS IN EFL CLASSROOMS
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Keywords: language teaching, lesson plan, children, young learner, teenager, adolescent, adult learner, EFL, teaching method, elementary school, high school.Abstract
Abstract: Language educators almost always face some difficulties when they are planning their lessons and activities which might not be suitable to their students’ age and abilities. Because there is clearly significant difference in teaching an additional language between young learners, teenagers and adults. In general, children are full of energy and they do not listen to teacher when they want to play games. The second group is teenagers, who, according to some teachers’ opinions, are the hardest group to deal with. The last one is adults who have their own motivation as they can choose whether to attend to courses or not, however, when it comes to this group, it can be a little difficult to meet everyone’s learning needs, because of different levels of proficiency. This article concern with the main differences and difficulties in teaching previously mentioned 3 groups and explores how to conduct lessons according to their specific characteristics and needs.
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