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keeping in mind. The fact that every learner is unique and such lists can only
reflect generalizations:

Young Learners Adolescents Adult

They respond although they - Despite their -They can engage
do not understand. success in language with abstract thought

- They learn from learning, they are seen /
everything around them: like - They have a whole

they learn indirectly rather problematic range of (positive or

than directly. students. negative) life and
- They understand -They commit learning experiences.

mostly when they see, hear, passionately when they - They have
touch and interact rather are engaged expectations about the

than from explanations. - Most of them start to learning process and

- Abstract concepts are understand the need for they have their own
difficult to deal with. learning. patterns of learning

- They generally display a - Attention span is - They are more
curiosity about the world longer as a result of disciplined than the

and an enthusiasm for intellectual other age groups and
learning a language development. know how to struggle

- They can talk

Facing the age of globalization, the language centers provide some courses

and formal school designed for children. Although some researchers and scholars

in many countries has different definition for the term Young learners, They
distinguish the young learners focusing mainly on children of pre-school and

primary school ages. Pinter (2011) divides
young learners into three groups. The first is children who start pre-school

at about the age of three, the second is the group of children who start primary
school at around the age of 5-7 and finish primary school 11 or 12, although in some

countries it happens at around the age of 13 or 14. Pinter calls children from the age

of 13 onwards ‗early adolescents. In order to know the characteristic of young

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