Task 1: A large multi-level ESL class is a group of students working together but having varied levels of English and different types of abilities. The advantages of teaching multilevel classes are:
- students learn to work well in a group and become partners in learning,
- they develop strong interaction with their peers and are able to learn at their own pace,
- becoming independent learners they become a rich variety of human resources,
- we don’t get bored, increase students' self confidence and motivation.
Challenges of Multi-level classrooms are: finding appropriate teaching resources and material, organizing appropriate groupings within the class, building an effective self-access centre in the classroom, determining the individual needs of each student, ensuring that all students are challenged and interested, enforcing English only policies when teacher is occupied and students are working in small groups or pairs. The most challenging principles are: variety, pace, interest, collaboration, open-endedness, using partnering and grouping exercises and activities in order to meet the needs of everyone, using EnglishClub.com.
Task 2: Analyze the strategies and approaches below, and create a personal methodological strategy on approaching the issues you meet in teaching one current multilevel group of students (if not, create an imaginary one).
1) The students' grade: 7th
2) The issues you are facing due to their multilevel character:
a) more time spending on planning for differentiation
b) it needs more effort because it’s more difficult to work with multilevel character students
c) the teacher must find the appropriate strategies to motivate the students to be active
3) Efficient approaches to apply to address these issues:
a) Actively engaging students in the classroom (flexible groups)
b) Repairing misunderstandings
c) Experimenting with a student
4) Concrete strategies and techniques to use while teaching this mixed ability group:
a) praise the students (giving them toys/pictures instead of marks)
b) classroom arrangement (arranging students in groups high with medium and low level)
c) exhibit assertive behavior (I will invite a student to play the role of the teacher)
d) providing similar materials with different complexity levels
e) providing simple writing assignments based on visual prompts
f) using technology for differentiation.
Task 3:
Topic: Historical personalities
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- students learn to work well in a group and become partners in learning,
- they develop strong interaction with their peers and are able to learn at their own pace,
- becoming independent learners they become a rich variety of human resources,
- we don’t get bored, increase students' self confidence and motivation.
Challenges of Multi-level classrooms are: finding appropriate teaching resources and material, organizing appropriate groupings within the class, building an effective self-access centre in the classroom, determining the individual needs of each student, ensuring that all students are challenged and interested, enforcing English only policies when teacher is occupied and students are working in small groups or pairs. The most challenging principles are: variety, pace, interest, collaboration, open-endedness, using partnering and grouping exercises and activities in order to meet the needs of everyone, using EnglishClub.com.
Task 2: Analyze the strategies and approaches below, and create a personal methodological strategy on approaching the issues you meet in teaching one current multilevel group of students (if not, create an imaginary one).
1) The students' grade: 7th
2) The issues you are facing due to their multilevel character:
a) more time spending on planning for differentiation
b) it needs more effort because it’s more difficult to work with multilevel character students
c) the teacher must find the appropriate strategies to motivate the students to be active
3) Efficient approaches to apply to address these issues:
a) Actively engaging students in the classroom (flexible groups)
b) Repairing misunderstandings
c) Experimenting with a student
4) Concrete strategies and techniques to use while teaching this mixed ability group:
a) praise the students (giving them toys/pictures instead of marks)
b) classroom arrangement (arranging students in groups high with medium and low level)
c) exhibit assertive behavior (I will invite a student to play the role of the teacher)
d) providing similar materials with different complexity levels
e) providing simple writing assignments based on visual prompts
f) using technology for differentiation.
Task 3:
Topic: Historical personalities
http://angelagabureac.weebly.com/homework/assignment-4-historical-personalities