THE EFFECTIVE WAYS OF APPLYING INNOVATIVE METHODS CONSIDERING AGE DIFFERENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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Keywords

Major difference, a second language, growth attitude, innovative teaching.

Abstract

There are a lot of factors that may influence to the learning process. One of them is age which makes teachers approach differently to the teaching process as people acquire knowledge differently in different ages. This study evaluates the age effects on foreign language pronunciation and grammatical rules learning due to a difference between adults and children as English language learners in terms of the perspective of interaction theory.

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