Teaching across age levels

Teachers are not supposed to teach just children but adults and teens as well. It is uncertain what age level the teacher might face; and for that reason, he has to be always ready to work with any person.

Teaching children is a big step to start the awesome labor of being a teacher, but the teacher must have a wide knowledge about children behavior; if not, this would lead the teacher into many classroom troubles. Children are mostly involved in both cognition and effective effort. So, the teacher´s task is to keep them motivated on their learning by stimulating their attention spans, sensory inputs, affective factors, and the authentic, meaningful language.

Teaching adults is treating with mature-cognition- persons. Though adults are older than children, it doesn`t mean that they are not able to learn a target language. Actually, adults count with a mature cognition that can be a beneficial factor for teachers because this raw material can be mold quickly and better than children´s way of learning. Moreover, adults have to be performing activities in which real-life situations are involved. Because they are adults, they are expected to be treated as so in the classroom. Not treating them as kids, not belittling them, and respecting them are good ways for keeping a great classroom interaction.

On the other hand, we have teaching teens which is a good age to work with. Teens are in an age that they change a lot not only psychologically but also physically. Teachers have to know that teens are in an age in which life changes. Therefore, they tend to be more curious with new things, more interested in their appearance, and so picky with their classmates as well as with their teacher. Teachers need to motivate teenagers for keeping them active in the classroom and thirsty in getting new knowledge because teens, somehow, are thinking in their future life and want to get prepared for it.