PECULIARITIES AND DEFINITION OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS OF ENGLISH LEARNERS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CHAPTER I. PECULIARITIES AND DEFINITION OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS OF ENGLISH LEARNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Basic differences of age differences in language teaching and learning .. . . .5Approaches to the individual learner differences . . . . . . . . . . . . .11What to do about individual differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .20 Definition of language levels of different age groups . . . . . . . . .25 CHAPTER II. TECHNIQUES, SKILLS AND TEACHING PECULIARITIES OF READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2.1. Types and techniques of reading skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . .28 2.2. Examples of organizing reading lesson sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . …. . . . 36 2.3. Techniques of teaching reading to the different age groups . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 2.4. Selecting reading materials for the different age group classes . . . . . . . . . 58 2.5. Adapting readings materials to encourage slower readers . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 66 CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …... . . . . . . . . . .70 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ….. . . . . 72