Teaching ESL to (Young) Adults
The aim of this paper is to provide a share of the authors’ (almost) life-long expertise in teaching English as a second language to (young) adults. In this paper, we shall point out differences in acquiring a foreign language between children on the one hand and teenagers, young adults, and grow...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Naval Academy Press
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Scientific Bulletin of Naval Academy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.anmb.ro/buletinstiintific/buletine/2019_Issue2/04_FAR/241.pdf |
| Summary: | The aim of this paper is to provide a share of the authors’ (almost) life-long expertise
in teaching English as a second language to (young) adults. In this paper, we shall point out
differences in acquiring a foreign language between children on the one hand and teenagers,
young adults, and grown-ups on the other and suggest methods of addressing the painstaking
process of teaching English to essentially heterogeneous classes of students. The authors have
taught English to students the age span of whom is 18-22, which qualifies the latter neither as
teenagers anymore nor as full-fledged adults. This is what makes them one of the most sensitive
age group in the foreign language teaching market. In teaching this type of class, teachers
need to be constantly aware of particular features of young learners that may pose difficulties in
the training process. Our first goal, as teachers, should be to understand what motivates our
students to learn and consequently apply the most efficient teaching strategies accordingly. |
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| ISSN: | 2392-8956 1454-864X |