2. 1 TEACHING TEENS TEENS´ CHANGES Changes in his / her body. Changes in his / her mind. Changes in his / her habits. Changes in his / her tastes.
3. 1 TEACHING TEENS TEENS´ CHARACTERISTICS Teenagers years are between 12 and 17. Teenagers start to pay close attention to their appearance. 1 1 2 2 3 They pass periods of selt-steem problems.
4. 1 TEACHING TEENS TEENS´ CHARACTERISTICS A teenager does not want to be treated like a child. Teens`attention spans are lengthening as a result of intellectual maturation. 1 4 5 2 6 They want to have less control and more independence.
5. 1 TEACHING TEENS ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING TEENS It seems that all teenagers are interested in pop music, so exploit that interest by bringing music into the classroom. 1 1 As teacher try to keep self-steem high by: avoiding embarrasment of students at all costs, so encourage small group work where responsability is shared. 2
6. 1 TEACHING TEENS ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING TEENS Teenagers like to be seen as cool and up-to-date, so bring in topics of current interest from sport, entertaiment and media. 1 3 Let students use their individual talent to do something personally meaningful and motivating with the language they are learning and the resulting posters and other visuals can be displayed around the classroom. 4
