 differentiating teaching based on learner's maturity. For this task I have selected learning modes, young learners versus adults. When teachers are instructing students, they should first think about how to instruct them using the best methodologies to make learning best or what factors or aspects of learning they should consider for their classes, such as student motivation, previous learning experience, language awareness, behavior problems that could arise in class and the students' life experiences. All of the above factors can be divided by many different students, but it has been shown in this course that these facets are predominantly divided by young learners. Teaching approach in class teachers can use different activities to motivate students to learn the languages, such as songs and chants. However, adults can be cautious or nervous about certain kinds of activities in the classroom, so these types of activities can be intimidating or embarrassing once the learner is older. In contrast to adults, songs and chants are used a lot for young learners and they are effective as a tool to assist them in addition to other strategies to learn the language. Even though songs and chants are effective, the teacher should consider how to use the songs and chants depending on age groups for young learners. For example, movement with singing can cause older students to feel embarrassed. Furthermore, the teacher should not merely have a song or chant in their lesson for simply the sake of having one, they should first consider if it is effective to motivate this group and if there is meaning in the song or chant choice. Adults students. Adults have already acquired their first language and they have also had previous experiences learning. This leads them to want to match the new language to their native language and this could lead to problems. However, younger learners are more likely to be able to absorb language from context and usage in much the same way as they acquired their language. Due to this fact, teaching young learners requires setting up various learning opportunities where students are in an immersed learning environment facilitated by the instructor. Adults are more mature than young learners so their behavioral problems are also lower than young learners' issues. However, adults can have potential problems which young learners might not have, such as feeling internal pressures trying to conduct their lives and other outside factors which can also enter the classroom and negatively affect their ability to learn. For this reason a teacher should be caring to all learners as they do not know the background or personal life of the learners and what burdens they may carry into class each day. Teaching plan. Teachers should always carefully plan their lessons considering all the influences on learning because all of these aspects should be differently approached in class. Also the relationship between learners and teachers is very important to solve many problems which could be caused by these influences. For instance, motivating a student to be more interested in studying English. So teachers need to make an effort to know their students and keep them motivated and focused on the class in addition to having a good lesson plan. Finally, when teachers try to make a good relationship with students and also try to develop a rapport in the class with each student, they can have successful students too. This is all important in teaching, regardless of the student's age but should still be regarded as integral teaching. Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course today. To sum it all up, students learning can be greatly influenced by their age and their willingness to learn. Teachers must strive to create a positive and respectful learning environment where the learners ability and preferences are considered. Additionally, the way a teacher interacts with their students while instructing the class and their rapport with all students while considering their learning readiness will make all the difference in their ability to reach all learners. Generally, the age of the students must be considered to be effective while teaching different groups of students. Thanks so much for watching. We are ITTT, the leading provider for TEFL and TESOL training courses. If you like this video, please subscribe by clicking that button down here and click on any of the videos here on the left for more interesting teaching tips for getting certified to teach English abroad and online.