Describing Learners

Young children

Learn by senses

curious

individual attention

get bored easily

Adolescents

Best language learnes

Problems outside

engagement with goals

Learner diferences

Aptitude

Good learner characteristics

tolerance

culture

high aspirations

ego involvement

learner styles

Convergers

Conformists

Concrete learners

Communicative learners

Language levels

The plateau effect

methodology

language

topics

Individual varations

Neuro-linguistic programming

MI theory

Motivation

Push someone

Extrinsic motivation

Intrinsic motivation

Sources of motivation

the society we live in

Significant others

the teacher

the method

Initiating and sustaining motivation

Goals and goal setting

learning enviroment

interesting class

Age(how, what to teach)

Needs

skilss

competence

Adult learners

More disciplined

Knowing what they are learning

rich range of experiences

expectations learning process

engage with abstract thought