TEACHING ACROSS AGE LEVELS

As everyone knows, teachers not only teach children but adults, and teens too. Depending of the age, the teacher has to improve with the target language since he has to know teach children, teens or adults are not the same thing. So, the teacher does not have to use the same disciplines, rules, and techniques to teach them because each level is very different, and each person learns in a differernt way.

TEACHING CHILDREN:

Children exercise a good deal of both cognitive and affective effort in order to internalize both native and second languages. However, they do not have clear objectives about something they want to achieve, they are irresponsible, they do not have experience about life, sometimes they do not care about their grades, and maybe they are motivated by the long-term study. So, the teacher's task is to keep them motivated, and thus stimulate their attention spans, sensory inputs, affective factors and the authentic meaningful language.

TEACHING ADULTS:

Teaching adults is very different since it must start according to the culture, and the knowledge they have. The teacher has to take into consideration that adults are mature; so, the teacher has to treat them like adults not like children. Moreover, adults have clear objectives, they are very responsible, they have a lot of experience about life, and they are motivated by the short-term study. So, the teacher has to look for the good way to work with them. 

TEACHING TEENS:

In the case of teaching teens, the teacher has to take into consideration that in that age, they are changing, that is mean they are changing from children to mature people. So, the teacher has to motivete them to be active in the classroom and to learn the target language. However, they are able to abstract operational thought, and to increase capacities for abstraction lesson.