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AGE What differences does age make to language
learning?
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People of different ages have different needs, competences and cognitives skills
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There are a number of commonly held beliefs about age
Faster Unmotivated Barriers Experience
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Young children Respond to meaning learn indirectly rather than
directly Their understanding comes just
not from explanation Need for attention Keen to talk about themselves Have limited attention span
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The teacher encourage their students to get information from a variety of sources.
Be flexible enough
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Adolescents Teenagers seem to be less
motivated,lively and humorous than adults.
Identity Disruptive Problems from
outside school
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If they are engaged they have a great capacity to learn.
Material relevant and involving
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Adult learners Whole range of life
experiences. Expectations about
the learning process.
Tend to be more disciplined.
Are able to sustain a level of motivation.
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Learner differences Aptitude
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LEARNER DIFFRENCES APTITUDE
Some students are better at learning laguages tan others…
1950’s & 1960’s
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GOOD LEARNERS CHARACTERISTICS
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LEARNING STYLES
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LANGUAGE LEVELS
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THE PLATEAU EFFECT
METHODOLOGY
LANGUAGE
TOPICS
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What to do about individual differences
How?
• students with different learning styles
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MOTIVATION
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What is motivation?
Motivation is some kind of internal drive which pushes someone to do things in order to achieve something.
extrinsic intrinsic
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Extrinsic motivation
Outside
factors
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intrinsic motivation
Inside the individual
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Sources of motivation
People who are close to students
The teacher
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The teacher´s responsibilities
Short- and long- term goals
Learning environment
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The teacher´s responsibilities
exercises to keep them engaged