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CLASS
How to teach
heterogeneous
groups
HETEROGENEOUS/MIXEDABILITY CLASS:
It is a group in which children of
varied abilities are taught together
rather than being set apart in groups
according to level.
READING
Stronger students:
Weaker students:
in a different
tense/person
- write their personal
opinion/a summary of
the text
- write question about the
text
- write new vocabulary up
on the board with
definitions
LISTENING
Stronger:
Weaker:
WRITING
Stronger:
- give creative tasks that
Weaker:
- reduce the word limit
- encourage use of
dictionaries
- correct the draft together
before students copy up it
- pair or group weaker
students with stronger
students
SPEAKING
Stronger:
Weaker:
- ask students to
GIVING INSTRUCTIONS:
ERROR CORRECTION:
SETTING
GOALS:
SOME STRATEGIES:
QUESTIONS:
What kinds of class activities do you enjoy/benefit
from?
Which language skills do you most wish to
develop?
Do you prefer working individually or with a
partner?
Would you rather sit and listen to the teacher all
lesson or participate in group work?
STUDENT SELF-AWARENESS:
RANGE OF TASKS:
EXTRA WORK/HOMEWORK:
give different students different homework
for weaker students HW which really does consolidate
the class work
for stronger students work that will widen their
knowledge or put it to the test a little more they need
the feedback
writing tasks are great for HW
ERROR CORRECTION:
have different expectation of the language the different
students produce
it can push stronger students if you correct them
heavily, although be sensitive about it!
for weaker students, be more selective in your error
correction
WORK GROUPINGS: