Adult versus children learning

Although it is my opinion that minorren and braggart(a)s differ in the degree to which methods facilitate their cultivation, I still think that both have the ability to advantage from the use of those similar methods. Such strategies as rehearsal and repeating take care to work especially well with children, though less so with adults. I believe this has to do with the fact that children naturally find repetition a diverting exercise, while adults generally dislike doing it. Motivation, therefore, plays a major social occasion in the success of both learners.Such methods of learning as metaphors and imaginativeness would appear to have similar effects on both adults and children. It would bet to me that these methods would work better with adults, who are likely to already possess a schema for much of what is being learned and would thereby be adequate to(p) to make better connections. However, I once read of such learning inhibitors as interference (especially in adult lan guage learning), in which antecedent knowledge of a language and expectations about learning get in the way of the information to be assimilated (August, 2006).Motivation is also a sarcastic aspect of learning (Zhao & Mogan, 2004). Adults tend to be more motivated when learning, and therefore, in such cases will be able to benefit from methods that might differently not be conducive to adult learning. I think the readiness of such methods as repetition is dependent on the persons willingness to do it. A motivated adult would therefore benefit from repetition as a learning method.For example, a few summers ago I tried to learn German, and even though I stopped aft(prenominal) a few months, I find that the motivation I had at the time caused me to learn quite a few vocabulary haggle via repetition. This is the same method I used as a child while learning Spanish in high school. As an adult, my motivation was to communicate with a Swiss friend whom I was tutoring as a child, it was to continue getting some of the highest Spanish grades in my class. Both experiences paint a picture to me that children and adults tend to learn in similar ways.ReferencesAugust, G. (2006). So, whats behind adult English second-language reading? Bilingual Research Journal. 30(2), 245-264.Zhao & Morgan. (2004). Consideration of Age in L2 Attainment Children, Adolescents and Adults. Asian EFL Journal. 6(4), 1-13.