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Category: Teaching Adults

Teaching English to Older Adults: Why It Matters and How to Do It Right 
Education, Teaching Adults

Teaching English to Older Adults: Why It Matters and How to Do It Right 

Maria GeorgiouFebruary 3, 2026

In the field of ELT, most of our experience and research is built around children, teenagers, and young adults. Even…

Teaching Adults
Teaching Adults

Teaching Adults

ELT NewsJuly 12, 2023

As we go through life, we never recognize what life is teaching until much later. Experience is the best teacher,…

Adult Learning: Pedagogy and Andragogy
Teaching Adults

Adult Learning: Pedagogy and Andragogy

ELT NewsJuly 11, 2023

Learning can be both an emotional and intellectual process. Teaching–learning process lasts the entire lifespan of each individual. Adult learning…

Teaching Adult Classes? No Way!
Teaching Adults

Teaching Adult Classes? No Way!

ELT NewsJuly 14, 2022

Overcoming Your Fears of Educating Grown-ups Throughout our professional teaching careers, we have at some point received a form of…

Teaching English to adults
Teaching Adults

Teaching English to adults

ELT NewsSeptember 22, 2021

Teaching English to adults has its own set of challenges and rewards for the EFL teacher but requires a whole…

Brush Up Your English: How to teach adults
Teaching Adults

Brush Up Your English: How to teach adults

ELT NewsMay 20, 2019

  And here is the challenge! Can adults be taught the same way as young students can? The truth is…

Teaching Adults and Classroom Management  Issues
Teaching Adults

Teaching Adults and Classroom Management Issues

ELT NewsOctober 24, 2018

By Maroussa Pavli*      Are you teaching adults or thinking of doing so? Those of you who have already worked with…

Teaching English to Adults
Teaching Adults

Teaching English to Adults

ELT NewsOctober 10, 2017

Teaching English to adults has its own set of challenges and rewards for the EFL teacher but requires a whole…

Designing a course for adult learners: An analysis of the process and some practical tips
Teaching Adults

Designing a course for adult learners: An analysis of the process and some practical tips

ELT NewsMay 31, 2017

In my previous article I looked at the basic concepts in designing a course for adults. This article analyses the…

Adult Learning: How do adults learn best?
Teaching Adults

Adult Learning: How do adults learn best?

ELT NewsDecember 14, 2016

Part of being an effective instructor involves understanding how adults learn best. Compared to children and teens, adults have special…

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