Young Children vs Older Children Quiz

What is a common characteristic of younger children when it comes to learning?

• Strong views about what they like and don’t like

• Understand abstract concepts and symbols

• Can work solely with the spoken word

• Short attention span

What are younger children very good at when it comes to learning a language?

• Using language skills without analysing them

• Making decisions about their own learning

• Imitating people

• Asking a lot of questions

What can older children, from ten and above, understand?

• Abstract concepts and symbols

• Physical world for learning

• Short attention span

• Imitating people

What do younger children use for learning and understanding things?

• Analyzing language skills

• Spoken word

• Physical world

• Abstract concepts

What can older children do regarding their own learning?

• Ask a lot of questions

• Imitate people

• Decide what to learn by themselves

• Use language skills without analysing them

What is a characteristic of younger children's language learning?

• Analyzing them

• using language skills without analysing them

• Deciding what to learn by themselves

• Working solely with the spoken word

What do older children ask a lot of?

• Questions

• Symbols

• Abstract concepts

• Physical world

What can older children work solely with?

• Physical world

• Spoken word

• Language skills

• Analyzing concepts

What do younger children have a short attention span for?

• Learning

• Deciding what to learn by themselves

• Analyzing language skills

• Imitating people

What can older children sometimes have strong views about?

• what they like and don't like

• Physical world

• Abstract concepts

• Symbols