The Future of Education

The article points out peculiarities of teaching English as a foreign language to adults. The purpose of the research is the investigation of specific features and methodology in teaching English to adults. This paper focuses on advantages and challenges of teaching adults. It reveals different cognitive, affective and physiological factors, which can affect senior language learning. It should be underlined, that these peculiarities have an impact on the studying process. We are going to identify these factors and then look at how courses and practices can be adapted to meet the needs of older learners. Some problems of distinguishing the most effective methods are being discussed. The differences in teaching grown-ups are formulated and an integrated approach is grounded. Actuality is determined by the growing necessity of English among adults. Some helpful rules of successful learning are being specified. Pedagogical rules for productive learning of a foreign language are defined; some aspects of the solution of this problem are identified.  In the nearest future, it is planned to continue investigation, developing and mastering of the methods which can help adults in English language acquisition.

Keywords: peculiarity, adult, teaching, challenge, English.

References:
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