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The 5 Best TEFL Games for Adult Students
Most TEFL certified teachers abroad will come across adult students sooner or later in their career. While you might have already prepared a folder full of fun TEFL games that work like a charm for young learners, not all of them will be useful for adult students. That does not mean, however, that adults don’t enjoy games in the classroom! Here are our 5 favorite TEFL games for adult students.
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Advantages of Teaching Adult Students and Implications on Teacher’s Methodology - TEFL Blog
Thu, 27 Dec 2018 Linda Dunsmore
Alumni Experiences
Advantages of Teaching Adult Students and Implications on Teacher’s Methodology
How does teaching adults differ from teaching young learners? To most people, it should be rather obvious that teaching children is very different from teaching adults, due to adults being more mature and having more life experience than children. This article discusses the advantages of teaching adult students and what the implications on a teacher's methodology are. Adult learners refers to anyone who is above the age of eighteen. Although it is not a perfect definition, we will nevertheless use eighteen as our cut-off age since it is the most common age threshold in many language schools when it comes to deciding whether a student should go to a... [Read more]
TEFL South Korea - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Tefl Jobs In Korea
TEFL Jobs in Korea
Date posted:2009-01-20 | Writer: Kongju National University | Email: [email protected]
Kongju National University requires 3 TEFL qualified ESL Instructors for the Institute of International Language EducationSALARY & BENEFITS(Based on a One-Year Contract)1) Minimum 25 hours per week2) Average overtime up to 5 hours per week3) 2.0-2.2 million KRW approximately per month, depending on overtime hours.4) Airfare of 500,000 KRW paid at the beginning and end of the contract5) Annual severance valued at one month's salary, paid at the end of the contract6) Furnished one bedroom apartment/house(Bed, Closet, Desk, Gas Range, air conditioner, etc)7) 10- weeks paid vacation per year(In addition to Statutory, University, Seollal, and Chuseok Holidays)8) National Health... [Read more]
TEFL Korea - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Tefl Jobs In Korea
TEFL Jobs in Korea
Date posted:2009-01-20 | Writer: Kongju National University | Email: [email protected]
Kongju National University requires 3 TEFL qualified ESL Instructors for the Institute of International Language EducationSALARY & BENEFITS(Based on a One-Year Contract)1) Minimum 25 hours per week2) Average overtime up to 5 hours per week3) 2.0-2.2 million KRW approximately per month, depending on overtime hours.4) Airfare of 500,000 KRW paid at the beginning and end of the contract5) Annual severance valued at one month's salary, paid at the end of the contract6) Furnished one bedroom apartment/house(Bed, Closet, Desk, Gas Range, air conditioner, etc)7) 10- weeks paid vacation per year(In addition to Statutory, University, Seollal, and Chuseok Holidays)8) National Health... [Read more]
What are Differences and Similarities Between Teaching Adults and Youth? - TEFL Blog
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
What are Differences and Similarities Between Teaching Adults and Youth?
When teaching English as a second language many considerations go beyond simply presenting language and relying on your expertise as a native speaker. Differences in age and life experience will have profound effects on how students learn and retain information. In this essay, I will look at the differences in young and adult learners in how they learn and important considerations for each group.
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The Level of Motivation
The Level of Connection
The Level of Inclusiveness
The Way of Absorbing Information
Receptiveness of Adults
Main Challenges
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Types of Learning Process: Young Students vs. Adults - TEFL Blog
Tue, 17 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Types of Learning Process: Young Students vs. Adults
Teaching is an opportunity that all of us can learn and benefit from. Teaching expands across all nationalities, genders, religious, racial and age groups. Education among different age groups has is similarities and differences that have evolved throughout civilization. Throughout my time teaching, there are several pros versus cons when it comes to teaching children and adults. Both are an absolute joy to teach in my opinion, however, some strategies must be implemented that both can benefit from.
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What do they have in common?
Influence on the lessons
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Learning Modes: Young Students vs. Adult Students - TEFL Blog
Wed, 22 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Learning Modes: Young Students vs. Adult Students
In the past, the emphasis on teaching a foreign language was, amongst other older techniques, Grammar-Translation, and is still used in some situation today. This method helped the student to learn 'about' the language instead of learning the language (ITTT Unit 3,3). Over time, and continuing today, more and more attention and research have been placed on the question of what makes a good language learner.
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Differences between youngsters and adults
Differences between learning 1st and 2nd language
Levels of expertise
Approaches to teaching young students
Approaches to teaching adults
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Is it easier to teach English to children or adults? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
Is it easier to teach English to children or adults?
Deciding whether it is easier to teach English to children or adults is subjective. Children are naturally curious, but their attention spans can be short, necessitating dynamic and engaging methods. Adults, on the other hand, often learn with a clear purpose and are self-motivated, yet they might require a deeper understanding of technical aspects like grammar. Both age groups present distinct challenges and benefits, and the ease of teaching hinges on the educator's adaptability to each group's unique needs and learning styles.
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Motivation and classroom management
Lesson content
Games and activities
Student expectations
Getting students to talk in English
Teacher/student relationships
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Learning Modes: Young Learners vs Adults - TEFL Blog
Sun, 16 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Learning Modes: Young Learners vs Adults
In this short essay, I would like to share the differences in teaching YL and Adults. For effective learning, it is important for us, as teachers, to understand how these two groups go about learning. The critical point is the suitable design and delivery of the program.
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To enhance the adult learning and engagement Malcolm Knowles introduced 4 principles:
1. Involvement
2. Experience
3. Relevance
4. Problem-centered
Teaching Young Learners vs. Adults:
1. Dependency:
2. Accepting Instruction:
3. Applying Learnings:
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C.L. - U.S.A. said:
Learning Modes young learners vs. AdultsWhether children learn differently from adults has been a long debated question, and there is no clear answer. This is because there is no clear definition of ?learning?. Children and adults respond differently and different teaching methods work better for each group, so in that sense, there are differences. However, there are also teaching strategies that work well for both groups.
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TEFL Vietnam - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Employment Teaching Tefl In Vietnam
Employment teaching TEFL in Vietnam
Date posted:2007-01-09 | Writer: ILA Vietnam | Email: [email protected]
ILA Vietnam is set to expand rapidly over the next 12 months, establishing more training centres around Vietnam. We are opening new centres in Hanoi and Danang in March 2007 to add to the three centres we currently have in HCMC and Vung Tau.
ILA Vietnam is seeking ESL professionals for the following teaching positions:
1. Children's EFL teachers To fill positions on our Jumpstart, Juniors, Seniors and Elite ELT programmes. *Newly Certified TEFL Graduates (CELTA or equivalent) with BA are welcome! 2. Adult's EFL teachers, ILA Public To teach General English & Examination Preparation (IELTS & TOEFL) for ILA adult Public programmes. preference given to applicants... [Read more]
Is it easier to teach English to children or adults? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
Is it easier to teach English to children or adults?
Is there an inherently simpler age group to teach English? The straightforward answer is no. Anyone who has navigated through varying classroom environments understands the stark differences between teaching adults and young learners. Each age group has their unique motives for being in the classroom, the levels of motivation and discipline fluctuate considerably, and even the learning styles can greatly differ. These disparities demand a teaching style that is specifically tailored to each group's needs. Let's delve into some of these key differences.
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Motivation and classroom management
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Top 3 Differences in Teaching Approaches With Young Learners and Adult Learners - TEFL Blog
Tue, 12 Sep 2023 Federico Riva
TEFL Information Teaching Ideas
Top 3 Differences in Teaching Approaches With Young Learners and Adult Learners
When it comes to teaching English as a foreign or second language (TEFL/TESL, Introductory Unit), it is no secret that there are important differences between children and adult learners. These differences determine how teachers approach each group and the techniques employed in the classroom. As a teacher, it is necessary to tailor your teaching approach and methodology depending on whether you are teaching young learners or adults. The paragraphs below will outline some of the main differences between these groups and how lessons might be planned around the age of the students.
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Why Do Young Learners and Adults Have Different Learning Modes? - TEFL Blog
Tue, 21 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Why Do Young Learners and Adults Have Different Learning Modes?
Young learners and adults tend to have different modes when it comes to English learning due to several factors. This article is going to demonstrate some of the factors.
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Young learners
But due to the nature of young learners, some problems need to be paid attention to too.
Adult learners
Problems involved in adult class is also obvious.
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Young learners
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How to Successfully Balance Teaching English as a Second Language to Both Adults and Children - TEFL Blog
Mon, 03 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
How to Successfully Balance Teaching English as a Second Language to Both Adults and Children
Through my experience teaching in both a classroom setting and in a less formal setting, for example, teaching swim lessons, I have noticed that age affects how you are teaching materials. Using the swim lessons example, teaching a five-year-old how to swim will be much different from teaching an adult how to swim. You will use different techniques and be required to have a different approach. This is the same as teaching English as a Second Language. Teaching children a foreign language and teaching adults a foreign language will require different skills and energy. Throughout one's teaching career, teachers will likely have to balance... [Read more]
How Adults’ Learning Differs From Teenagers’ and Children’s Learning? - TEFL Blog
Mon, 23 Dec 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
How Adults’ Learning Differs From Teenagers’ and Children’s Learning?
ESL teachers must acknowledge that it is not equal teaching English Lessons to children, teenagers, and adults, there are some wide differences between the practices used in each case, classroom, population, levels, and country where English is taught, on this paper we will check how an ESL lesson may be affected by these variables, and how we could overlap them on the practices used in teenagers and adults English lessons.
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Basic concepts
Self-concept
Personal Experience
Adults learning process
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Two Primary Modes of Learning: Differences Between Young Learners and Adults - TEFL Blog
Wed, 15 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Two Primary Modes of Learning: Differences Between Young Learners and Adults
An ESL teacher will most likely teach a class with young learners and adults at some point in their careers. Teaching young learners and adults has its own set of challenges. Some of these challenges will be the learning experience that each possesses, the different ways of learning and how this affects the lesson, and the motivation of the student and how it affects behavior. Whether it is young learners for adults, the rewards can be satisfying.
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Learning Background
Age Specifics
Motivation Level
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Overview of the Learning Styles of Different Age Groups - TEFL Blog
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Overview of the Learning Styles of Different Age Groups
Age is one of the most decisive factors in language learning. The first thing foreign language teachers should pay attention to here is how young learners differ from adult learners. First of all, young students learn better through play, while adults are highly advanced in using their abstract and analytical intelligence. The second distinction that can be added is that young students can be bored very quickly and easily. Usually, after 10 minutes, attention and attention disappear. Young students are also very egocentric and need special attention more.
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Challenges for Young students
Challenges of Adult students
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Am I Too Old to Learn a New Language? - TEFL Blog
Wed, 18 Sep 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Am I Too Old to Learn a New Language?
If you're a native language speaker, you've likely heard the phrase, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks". There has been little evidence found to support this claim, but the belief persists. Many adult learners believe that it is too late for them to learn a new language. If you are teaching English as a Foreign or Second Language you may find yourself teaching a class of adult learners. Adult learners differ in many ways from young learners, and one such issue you may encounter is a doubt from the learners that they are capable of picking up a new language now that they are no longer children. Though the style of learning and the issues encountered will inevitably differ from those of... [Read more]
Teaching Adults vs. Teaching Young Learners - TEFL Blog
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Teaching Adults vs. Teaching Young Learners
Teaching can be extremely satisfying and rewarding, but how we teach and the methodologies that we use should be adapted to teaching each specific learner or groups of learners.
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Types of Learners
Motivation
Resources
Students' Experience
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Types of Learners
Let's begin with defining what is considered to be an adult and what is considered to be a young learner. According to regulatory... [Read more]
How Learning Differs for Young Learners and Adults - TEFL Blog
Tue, 17 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
How Learning Differs for Young Learners and Adults
Young learners and adults have different needs and goals in the classroom. Young learners want to be engaged and have rapidly changing activities while adult learners will enjoy a more serious classroom setting. It is the job of the teacher to ensure that these needs are met for both age groups.
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Visual
Activities
Speaking
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Visual
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The Adult Classroom Compared to The Adolescent Classroom - TEFL Blog
Sun, 19 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
The Adult Classroom Compared to The Adolescent Classroom
Both adults and young learners are different age groups. Therefore, when working abroad and teaching adults there are both advantages and disadvantages when compared to young learners.
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Advantages of teaching adults
Disadvantages of teaching adults
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Advantages of teaching adults
Adults tend to have greater levels of motivation than adolescents which is an advantage over young learners. Teaching and Learning in an adult student classroom 'behavioral problems are minimal,' as they are not always... [Read more]
Differences Between Two Learning Modes: Young Students vs. Adults - TEFL Blog
Fri, 31 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Differences Between Two Learning Modes: Young Students vs. Adults
Learning English has become a relevant goal for both adults and children these days. Before starting a career as a teacher one should decide who he or she wants to teach. What is the main difference between adults and children when it comes to studying? Let's discuss the most important points.
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Motivation
Experience
Classroom Behavior
Teaching Approach
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Teaching Young Learners vs. Adult Learners - The Differences You Can Expect - TEFL Blog
Mon, 06 May 2019 Mark Crocker
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
Teaching Young Learners vs. Adult Learners - The Differences You Can Expect
A good TEFL teacher must understand that there are a lot of differences between young learners and adult learners, but also they have some similarities. The following differences and similarities between these two types of students are the most common ones any teacher will notice having worked in both situations.
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Discipline and Behavior
Motivation
Methods of Study
Difficulties for Adult Learners
Similarities Between Young Learners and Adult Learners
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How to Teach Young Learners vs How to Teach Adults - TEFL Blog
Thu, 16 May 2019 Jon ITTT
Alumni Experiences
How to Teach Young Learners vs How to Teach Adults
Learning is something essential in anyone's life, not only as a human being but as a species. As humans we start learning about everything in our environment the moment we come into this world and this experience of learning proceeds with us throughout our lives till the moment we leave this world. The more we learn the more knowledge we accumulate, which will help us, as individuals or societies, to improve our lives in every way possible as long as we use this knowledge that we have learned and apply it correctly in our daily lives. It is evident that learning happens through communication and interaction between an individual and his/her environment and the main tool for interaction... [Read more]
Teacher Adaptation to the Age of Their Students - TEFL Blog
Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Teacher Adaptation to the Age of Their Students
The capacity for learning is present in people of any age and the desire for education and knowledge should be nurtured and celebrated to the best ability of not only the student but the educator as well. Because education is something that people seek out for the duration of their lives, the role and processes of an educator are incredibly diverse and are many times determined by the specific educational situation. One of the biggest determinations of the teaching processes and style arises when one considers the age of her students. Though a teacher may use songs and games when teaching children, her approach to teaching adults would be very different. Young learners acquire... [Read more]
Learning Modes: Adults vs. Children - TEFL Blog
Tue, 27 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Learning Modes: Adults vs. Children
The purpose of this essay is to explore the differences between child and adult learning styles.Much has been already written about brain development. Throughout the human life span, the early ages, one through ten years is the human brain's most efficient time for learning.
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Ways of Perceiving Information
Children
Teenagers
Adults
Creativity
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Ways of Perceiving Information
Children
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How to Approach Teaching Adults and Children? - TEFL Blog
Wed, 26 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
How to Approach Teaching Adults and Children?
This TEFL course covered a huge variety of topics, and it was all useful information for English teachers broadly. It had a nice balance of actual how-to-tasks (i.e. how to make a lesson), as well as guidance and advice dependent on the situation (i.e. how to deal with a misbehaving student or how to establish rapport with a class). While there was new information throughout each chapter for me, the most useful, applicable information for me as a teacher was the differences between young learners and adults. This is mostly because I have taught ages preschool-late 60s (not necessarily English, I taught preschool in the USA and have taught private piano/harp lessons). I learned how to... [Read more]
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Organisations TESOL TEFL
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D.W. - U.S.A. said:
Learning ModesAs a teacher one objective should always be to know the needs of your students, build a good report, and inspire and motivate them to learn whether it be young or adult learners. The way in which you teach an adult is vastly different then how you would teach someone younger.
young learners on average are usually not learning English because they want to but because it is required in school or their parents want them to learn. Most... [Read more]
ESL Classroom Troubleshooting: ✅ TEFL Challenges for Students of Various Ages - TEFL Blog
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
ESL Classroom Troubleshooting: ✅ TEFL Challenges for Students of Various Ages
When starting a teaching career, it is necessary to be aware of the different difficulties groups of learners one will encounter. This includes young learners, beginners, multilingual, adults, and many more. Each group has a different class attitude and learning ability. While there are hundreds of different teaching activities and styles, not all of them will work with each group. It is important to distinguish the most useful from differing classes.
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Motivation Challenge for Adult Students
Motivation Challenge for Young Learners
English Level
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