Teaching across age levels by Catalina Spianamonte https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox en-us 2020-04-06 12:25:38 UTC 2026-01-02 13:44:08 UTC hello@padlet.com TEACHING ACROSS AGE LEVELS catalinasp8 https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552430454 2020-05-05 15:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552430454 a) TEACHING CHILDREN catalinasp8 https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552435385 spontaneous, peripheral attention to language forms. Their fluency and naturalness are of envy of adults.]]> 2020-05-05 15:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552435385 Five categories may help give some practical approaches to teaching children: catalinasp8 https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552511651 2020-05-05 15:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552511651 1. Intellectual development: catalinasp8 https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552519197 Children (up to the age of eleven) are in an intellectual stage called "concrete operations" (in Piaget words). Rules, explanations and any abstract talk are difficult for them to understand. They are centered on the HERE and NOW.]]> 2020-05-05 15:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552519197 2. Attention span: catalinasp8 https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552531902 Short attention spans come into play when children have to deal with material that to them is boring, useless or difficult. Activities should be designed to capture their immediate interest; variety of activities; animated teacher.]]> 2020-05-05 16:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552531902 3. Sensory input: catalinasp8 https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552539327 Children need to have all five senses stimulated. Activities need to go beyond the visual and auditory modes (include: physical activity, hand-on activities, sensory aids, non verbal language)

]]> 2020-05-05 16:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552539327 4. Affective factors: catalinasp8 https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552545963 Children are innovative in language forms, but still they have many inhibitions.They are extremely sensitive. Teacher should help to: laugh at mistakes, be patient and supportive, elicit as much oral participation as possible.]]> 2020-05-05 16:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552545963 5. Authentic, meaningful language: catalinasp8 https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552553617 Children are focused on what this new language can actually be used for here and now. They are good at sensing language not authentic. Language needs to be "context embedded". A whole language approach is essential (stress interrelationships among the different skills).]]> 2020-05-05 16:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552553617 b)TEACHING ADULTS catalinasp8 https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552565999 Overt, focal awareness of attention to forms.
*They can learn and retain larger vocabulary.
*They can utilize various deductive and abstract processes to shortcut the learning of grammatical structures and other linguistic concepts
* Their superior intellect helps them to learn faster than a child.]]> 2020-05-05 16:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552565999 Specific suggestions for teaching adults: catalinasp8 https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552579768 1. More able to handle bastract rules and concepts.
2. Longer attention spans for material not intrinsically interesting to them.
3. Appeal to multiple senses, but not as varied as children.
4. As teacher, never understimates emotional factors that may be attendent to adults lnguage learning.
5. Better able to understand a context-reduced segment of language.]]> 2020-05-05 16:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552579768 c) TEACHING TEENS catalinasp8 https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552593951 Age of transition, confusion, self-consciousness, growing and changing bodies and minds.
1. Complex concepts can be solved with logical thinking.
2. Attention spans are lenghtening as a result of intellectual maturation.
3.Increasing capacities for abtraction lessen the essential nature of appealing to all five senses.
4. Teens are ultrasensitive of how other perceive their changing physical and emotional selves. It´s important to keep their self-steem high.
5. Ability to make occasional diversions from "here and now". However, do not bore them with overanalysis.]]> 2020-05-05 16:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/catalinasp8/bzc4ygo8toox/wish/552593951