PEDAGOGICAL CHALLENGES AND ISSUES IN TEACHING ENGLISH: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
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Teaching, children and adults, pedagogical challenges.Abstract
This article, structured as an academic essay, aims to present a critical proposal by comparatively analyzing the pedagogical challenges and difficulties involved in teaching English as a foreign language to both children and adults. Through a review of learning theories, an analysis of teaching practices, the identification of differentiated strategies, and contributions from neuroscience—as well as findings from various studies that support the challenges of differentiated instruction—this work seeks to provide guidance for both research and educational practice in this field. This reflection contributes to a more contextualized approach to English language teaching by offering insight into the cognitive, affective, and social dimensions of these learner groups.
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