I am doing my Masters in TESOL and I am currently completing a project on teaching older learners (middle-aged to elderly). I am looking for any experiences and opinions that other teachers can share. What are your experiences of teaching older learners? How was it different to teaching younger adults? What teaching strategies have worked/not worked for you with older learners? Did you teach older learners when you yourself were young or when you were their age?
Personally, I find that most teacher education courses/books talk about children, adolescents and adults ,but assume all adults are the same. In my experience, however, adult learners in their twenties are quite different to adult learners in their 80s. I am a young person and I tend to find the younger students easier to teach. But I am also quite passionate about helping my older students. For this reason I am looking for other experiences. Please share with me as soon as you can because i have left my project till the last minute
Thanks all
Hannah