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Class context Class context – Age range

 Class context - The age range of your class will determine how you conduct the lesson, and the types of material and activities
Introduction you use. When planning your classes, there are three main age ranges which you can tailor activities toward:

 Class context - Age

range 🧒 Young learners
 Class context - Cultural
Children between 5-12 years old can be classed as young learners. They often have a much shorter attention
differences
span than other age groups, and can easily become restless.

 Class context - Purpose

 Class context - Learning

styles

 Class context - Visual,

auditory, verbal, &
kinesthetic learning

 Class context - Summary

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 Class context - Quiz

When creating lesson plans for young learners, it can help to focus on lots of simple, short activities. Young
learners are also likely to enjoy watching animation clips, singing songs, and playing games that involve lots
of movement.

🧑 Teenagers
With teenagers, you’ll often find they have a longer attention span, and can grasp more complicated tasks
regardless of language ability. This means you can start to include activities that require less repetition and
more analysis. So instead of focusing heavily on language drill exercises where students learn by listening
and repeating new vocab, you could introduce activities where students learn through experience. Task
Based Learning can provide an interesting way for teenagers to pick up new language.

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You’ll often find that teenagers have a strong identity and perception of themselves. As such, it can be good
to include activities that give teenage students opportunities to express their likes/dislikes or viewpoints.

🧔 Adults
Creating lesson plans for adults can often be challenging for new teachers. Similar to teenage learners,
adults will often have greater analytical and problem-solving skills which can give you a wider range of
activities to use.

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They can, however, feel more embarrassed with some of the activities used with teenagers and young
learners. So it can be a good idea to avoid songs or games involving running around, and instead focus on
exercises that mirror real-life situations. These could include dialogues/role plays, writing emails, using the
internet etc.

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