Younger and older learners

Younger and older learners Young children learn language better? Foreign language learning in school should start early? Children and adults learn languages the same way? Adults have a longer concentration span? It’s easier to motivate children?

Younger and older learners Teaching children: pictures, stories, games Teaching adolescents: students preferences Teaching adults: a different relationship

Relationship between teacher and adult students Authority – subjects to authority Assessor – assessed Transmitter – receivers Motivator – people to be motivated Activator – people to be motivated Counsellor – clients Seller of services – buyers of services Resource – users

Younger and older learners References: Penny Ur, A Course in Language Teaching, Practice and Theory, CUP