How To Motivate Adult Learners

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Heitutai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wulanchabu Shi — Ulanqab? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. When it comes to teaching adult learners, it is often easy to assume that they would be motivated learners considering their level of maturity and longer attention span. However, a higher level of maturity and longer attention span does not necessary equate higher and sustained levels of motivation. In fact, for adult learners, there can be various...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Linkuang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingmen Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second 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 nevertheless, 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...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Daxing Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Suqian Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I’ve been teaching English as a second language to different levels of students for several years. Their age ranges from 5 to 50. I’ve noticed quite a few differences between the learning modes of adults and younger learners, thus teaching methods can vary greatly. Firstly, the expectation of adults and younger learners are quite different. For most of the younger...  [Read more]

Motivation is the psychological feature that arouses an individual to action toward a desired goal. Motivation can also be the reason for an individual's action or that which gives purpose and direction to behaviour. In other words, motivation is an incentive that generates goal-directed behaviour.Being able to achieve something that you may have thought impossible and making it a reality. If you are learning a new language because your parents want you to might be difficult for you to motivate yourself however if there is a reward at the end of it you may still try hard to succeed. Therefore motivation can come in different forms and when in a classroom students will be motivated by different things. Finding what motivates each individual can make teaching easier, rewarding, and fun and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in YangshAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wuxi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Why troubleshooting is important for teachers Effectively involve students within a class As a teacher myself, I used to ask myself questions after each lesson: was my lesson effective enough for the learners? Is everyone within my class is satisfied and has met the need they had requested? After studying from Tefl lessons myself, the point for me to explain why...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huzhai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xuzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. It is a fact that children are very energetic and lighthearted. They act very differently than their counterparts, adults. Adults are mature and well-behaved. Teaching these diverse groups can be a challenge. Children tend to be like sponges and absorb everything they hear or see but what makes children so keen to learn and how are young learners so different from...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huadexianchangshun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wulanchabu Shi — Ulanqab? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Fluency in modern languages is an important factor in social and professional integration. There is no age to learn, adult or young child, only the learning method is different. The adults voluntarily and actively take part in the learning process which is linked to their experiences; unlike the children who receive the learning in a rather...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dalubaqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Although some people might have the privilege to decide who they want to teach out of children, adolescents, and adults, there are some people that do not have that choice when job searching. This means that some people might be able to pick whether the want to teach children, adolescents, or adults. Regardless of the situation, teachers should keep...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dayou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yancheng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. A motivated student has definitely greater chances to succeed than a student without motivation. The question is: how to motivate students? This is probably the key issue for an EFL teacher. Above all, we need to consider the audience we’re dealing with: How old are our students? What is their level of English? Is it a classroom or one-on-one instruction? Where do...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dayan Gongye Yuanqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiangyang Shi — Xiangfan? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. People of all ages around the world wish to learn English, for varying reasons, and many begin this endeavor at different times in their lives. For teachers, it is important to understand that the approach to teaching English is not painted with a broad stroke across all ages of learners. To ensure that you reach your class in the most...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in WudantalA Linchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Tongliao Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. With age in a student audience comes a complexity of teaching methods, approaches, and learning levels that affect one’s ability to retain knowledge and information within learning the English language. I will distinguish between the factors that have effects on young learners in contrast to adults. Adults are considered students who are eighteen years or...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hexi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiangxi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizho? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. English learning is mostly thought by many is the sole role of the teacher to help build the skills and development and so many parents tend to neglect a lot as learning a language which is new and foreign might not necessarily be of importance to the parents and thus find no interest in it but that’s is not so as based on personal teaching...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Haimen Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nantong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Motivation in the classroom is one of the most important aspects in teaching English language, especially for young learners. Adult learners choose willingly to study and they actually decide to come and learn English by themselves, so they are motivated already. On the other hand, young learners will probably lack motivation in the classroom because unlike adult...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Keqijingpeng Jiedao Choubei Chu? Are you interested in teaching English in Chifeng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As teachers of English we face many challenges, but I believe that one of our hardest challenges is keeping our young learners motivated, and not just during the class but throughout the whole course. Today I am going to look at what motivation is, how it affects learning and some ideas on how to motivate young learners of English. The Cambridge...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nanhuan Liangzhongchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiaogan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. A ESL teacher will most likely teach a class with young learners and adults at some point in their career. 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...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jinweizhou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hengyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Most Adult ESL students are highly motivated students – at first. They are eager to join a formal class setting to improve their English skills for themselves and for their future (career). They usually voluntarily join the class (unless instructed by a manager or supervisor). So in fact, the motivation is internal and comes naturally from within themselves....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qianji? Are you interested in teaching English in Huai'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Savannah Bruch TEFL Course Essay Feb. 6, 2020 Teachers are some of the greatest influencers in the world and have the potential to impact many lives through their jobs, but in order for that to happen they have to be properly equipped and knowledgeable of who they are teaching and how best to do that. In this essay I will share about young learners and adult learners,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShAgedu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in E'erduosi Shi — Ordos? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Role of the teacher. We live in a world where education is vital. It takes a learner and their effort to completely master the English language but the teacher plays an essential role in delivering lessons. In this summative task I will be talking about the role of the teacher. A teacher is a person responsible for sharing knowledge and imparting...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BAlu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xuzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Learning a foreign language requires a commitment to the educational process. A teacher’s role plays a pivotal role in keeping students motivated to learn. They’re many qualities of a good teacher that motivate students. Teachers that are enthusiastic and display an overall interest in the English language will inspire students and keep them engaged in the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HubeixianAn Jingji KAifAqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Xianning Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. CHILDREN Rely on others to decide what is important to be learned Accept the information being presented at face value Have little or no experience upon which to draw Little ability to serve as a knowledgeable resource Encourages convergent thinking Use specific concrete thought Subject centred Motivated by external Rewards/reprimands ADULTS Decide...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changleping Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yichng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As an international studies major in college, I learned that the United Nations, a non-governmental organization, officially recognizes six world languages: every meeting, written document, and speech are translated into these languages. English is one of them. It is spoken and written by billions of people around the world. Having traveled in eight countries...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chenyang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yancheng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Among the wide range of English learners, young (child) learners are said to be the most rewarding experience. They have sometimes been called ‘information sponges’, quickly absorbing all kinds of new information and repeating them in their daily language. On the other hand, adult learners may already have an established speech structure based on their native...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChashAnao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hengyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Early in the course, we learn that about key characteristics of good teachers and good learners. A good teacher will have the ability to motivate their students while a good learner will be motivated to learn the English language and be engaged with the coursework. Naturally, adult learners have chosen to learn the language based off their own interests while...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LangjiAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huaihua Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Motivation is integral to the development of any language learner. Disengaged learners do not actively participate in or see the reasoning behind their learning. While external motivation is a prominent factor, teachers need to implement a range of strategies to encourage enthusiastic engagement in classroom activities. In order to provide adequate opportunity for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HAlAhAda Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chifeng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. When teaching you could find yourself in a range of different classrooms. You could be teaching young learners or adults. As a tefl teacher it is important to adapt to these different situations. This can be done through different activities and learning modes. The lessons need to be structured according to the different learning needs. Young learners and adults...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xizhu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wuxi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In recent years, the study of foreign languages has remained one of the most popular areas. Many kindergartens and schools introduce language learning as an indispensable element of the educational program. Thus, we can conclude that the main consumers of English learning are children and adolescents from 5 to 18 years old. Recently, language learning among adults has...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jingji KAifAqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Yiyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. When teaching English as a second language there are many considerations that go beyond simply presenting language and relying on your own expertise as a native speaker. Differences in age and life experience will have profound affects on how students learn and retain information. In this essay I will look at the differences in young and adult learners in how they...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Haitou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Lianyungang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. One of the most difficult parts of becoming a teacher is learning how to motivate students. It is also one of the most important ones, because if students are not motivated, they will not learn effectively. They will not retain information, participate in class or might even become disruptive. There are various reasons why students may have decided to attend the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongkou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shaoyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. For the summative task for this course I decided to research the use of songs in the classroom. The use of songs interests me because it seems that this is a good medium to provide some variety in the classroom and develop interest. Songs and music can also be used with all age groups, although of course whereas singalongs may be more appropriate with very young...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yingfengqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yiyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Mary Kirchdorfer Summative Task: Topic 16 TEFL Nov. 28th 2019 Learning Modes: Young Learners V. Adults 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...  [Read more]