Beliefs about age and language is that young learners learn faster and more affectively
than any other age
Young Children
they respond to meaning even if they do not understanding individuals words
they find abstract concepts such as grammar rules difficult to graps
they often learn indirectly rather than directly
they have need of individual attention and aproval from the teacher
Adolescents
most of them understand the need for learning
Adolescents is bound up, after all with a pronounced search for identity and a need for self is bound up after all with a pronounced search for identity and self steam
Adult Learners
they have a long range of experince to draw on
they can engage with abtract thought
Adults tend on the whole to be more disciplened then others age group
they often have a clear undertsnding of why they are learning