There are many differences between adult and young learners but some of the major differences include motivation for learning, attention span and behavior problems, language awareness, life experience, and learning experience. Adult learners are usually very motivated because they know what they need and they enrolled because they wanted to. On the other hand, many young learners don’t have a high motivation to learn English maybe because they were forced by their parents to learn the language.  Regarding attention span and behavior, adult learners have longer attention span than children, of course. You can’t expect young learners to sit still for a long time or do only one type of activity for the whole class whilst in an adult class, it is possible to do one activity for a longer time. There are also fewer behavioral problems in an adult class than in a young learner’s class. Adults also have a tendency to compare or match the new language with their native language which can cause some problems. Sometimes, when they speak, they would try to speak English the way they would their native language - through direct translation. Young learners are far more able to absorb new language through context and usage similar to how they acquired their first language. Life and learning experience also differs greatly with these two groups. Adults have a lot of life experiences which would naturally result to more in-depth discussions in class, given the right language support, of course.