Characteristics of Younfg Leaners

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Phase 3 Characteristics Of Y.L    2.1 2.2 2.3 Difference between Adults and Young Learners Categories of Young Learners Developmental Stages- physical, social, emotional and intellectual 2.1 Difference between Adults and Young Learners Instructors need to understand the difference between young and adult learners in order to be effective. This includes their characteristics, how they learn, what they bring to the learning situation, their needs and expectations as learners. All learners want to use a foreign language with confidence and spontaneity, in the same way as they use their mother tongue. Details are presented below.  The young are totally dependent on the instructor while adults are autonomous and self-directed. Decide on what information to give young learners because they have very little knowledge and will accept whatever the instructor gives. Involve adults actively in the planning and learning processes. Let them see relevance of new learning experiences to their past and future.   While teaching the young learners help them learn through all the five senses. Adults learn better through audio and visual inputs. The attention span for a young learner being short the inputs should be varied with graded activities. Adults on the other hand can focus on a topic for a longer period of time.  Young learners find it difficult to understand abstract concepts, the content for them should be relevant and something they can relate to. Adults can understand abstract concepts and can relate easily to them. For young learners content should gradually progress from concrete to abstract.  The young are at school because parents or government want them to be there Adults know what they wish to achieve by attending classes while the young do not. Adults are relevancy-oriented. Instructors should make sure that learning objectives and what
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