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1. ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE AGE FACTOR
IN THE LEARNING PROCESS OF EFL IN TEEN AND
ADULT STUDENTS IN TENTH GRADERS AT CINDEA
PEJIBAYE 2013
Students:
Yuliana Aguilar
Yadira Jiménez

2. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Why are factors such as age affecting the learning-process
of English language in teen and adult students in tenth
graders at CINDEA Pejibaye in 2013?

3. INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND
• CINDEA (Centros Integrados de Educación para Adultos
y Jóvenes)
• Pejibaye, Jiménez, Cartago
• Classes at night
• Young and Adult Students
• Different courses

4. OBJECTIVES
To compare the age factor that affects the learning process
of EFL in teen and adult students in tenth graders of
CINDEA Pejibaye in 2013 with the purpose of improving
their English performance.

5. • To describe the age factor that affects the learning process
of English as a Foreign Language in teens and adults
students from CINDEA Pejibaye in 2013
• To distinguish the most common teaching techniques used
by English teachers from CINDEA Pejibaye in 2013
• To distinguish the learning techniques used by teen and
adult students from CINDEA Pejibaye in 2013

6. • To compare the learning process of EFL teens and adult
students from CINDEA Pejibaye in 2013
• To propose a workshop to train English teachers to work
with heterogeneous groups of teens and adult students
from CINDEA Pejibaye in 2013

7. TYPE OF RESEARCH
• Descriptive and Exploratory
• Subjects of Investigation
• Sources of Investigation
• Population and Sample
• Instruments

8. VARIABLES

9. INSTRUMENTS
• Questionnaires
• Interview
• Observation checklist

10. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
OF RESULTS
GRAPH TOTAL OF STUDENTS ACCORDING TO THEIR AGE AT
CINDEA PEJIBAYE BRANCH. 2013
42%
29%
21%
8%
0%
From 15 to From 21 to From 26 to From 31 to More than
20 years 25 years 30 years 35 years 35 years
old
old
old
old
old
Source: Aguilar and Jiménez, 2013
Students

11. GRAPH PERCENTAGE OF ADULT AND TEEN STUDENTS´
OPINION ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO LEARN ENGLISH AT CINDEA
PEJIBAYE BRANCH. 2013
50%50%
36%
Adult Students
Teen Students
20%
14%
10%
10%
0%
Analytic
Global
Source: Aguilar and Jiménez, 2013
10%
0%
Visual
Auditory Kinesthetic

12. FIGURE ADULT AND TEEN STUDENTS´ OPINION ABOUT THE
KIND OF ACTIVITIES THEY PREFER TO WORK IN ENGLISH
LESSONS AT CINDEA PEJIBAYE BRANCH. 2013
Adult students prefer the most the
activities that involve the learning of
vocabulary and grammar
Source: Aguilar and Jiménez, 2013
Teen students like to practice English
by games and competitions.

13. FIGURE ADULT AND TEEN STUDENTS´ OPINION ABOUT THE
PREFERENCE OF ENGLISH SKILLS TO WORK IN THEIR ENGLISH
LESSONS AT CINDEA PEJIBAYE BRANCH. 2013
Adult students pointed out that they
need to work the 4 English skills in
their classes in order to have a better
learning process.
Source: Aguilar and Jiménez, 2013
Teen students prefer that English
classes focuses more on listening
activities.

14. GRAPH PERCENTAGES ABOUT THE INCLUSION OF THE 4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS IN THE ACTIVITIES APPLY IN
LESSONS AT CINDEA PEJIBAYE BRANCH. 2013
80%
80%
80%
60%
Observation 1
Observation 2
Observation 3
Observation 4
Always
Usually
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Source: Aguilar and Jiménez, 2013

15. GRAPH PERCENTAGE ABOUT THE RELATION OF THE
ACTIVITIES WITH STUDENTS´ LEARNING STYLES AT CINDEA
PEJIBAYE BRANCH. 2013
100%
100%
100%
80%
Observation 1
Observation 2
Observation 3
Observation 4
Always
Usually
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Source: Aguilar and Jiménez, 2013

16. CONCLUSIONS
• Both prefer to work in groups
• More meaningful the effort, motivation, habits and
•
•
•
•
•
discipline
Cooperative Approach
Valuable to mix all the activities to work with
heterogeneous group: competitions, games, listening
activities, drills during the classes.
Adult students prefer vocabulary and grammar.
Adult students prefer all the skills
(listening, speaking, reading and writing); on the other
hand, teen students prefer the listening skill.
The most common learning techniques: knowing the
grammar rules, learn new vocabulary. For teen and young
students: kinesthetic

17. RECOMMENDATIONS
• A variety of activities
• Form habits for having a successful learning process.
• Look for information about how to deal with heterogeneous
•
•
•
•
•
•
groups,
Cooperative Approach.
Formal test about the learning styles.
Workshops
A good communication with their English teachers,
To take advantage of the learning opportunities
For adult students: keep studying

18. PROPOSAL
ENGLISH TEACHING ACTIVITIES FOR ADULT AND
TEEN STUDENTS AT CINDEA PEJIBAYE
BRANCH, 2013

19. OBJECTIVES
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
To design a booklet of English teaching activities for adult
and teen students of 10th graders at CINDEA
Pejibaye, 2013
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
• To design English teaching activities for adult and teen
students at 10th graders at CINDEA Pejibaye, 2013
• To train English teachers from CINDEA Pejibaye about
the use of the booklet

20. • Scopes
• Resources: Human
Financial
Materials

21. ACTIVITIES
• Listening
• Speaking
• Reading
• Writing
• Test for Learning Styles