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Teaching problems in multilevel groups. Some students do not understand instructions and questions and that is why are unable to follow and answer them, while the others are very quick to react. For some students it is easy to work in a team. But there are some who cannot do that.
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Teaching problems in multilevel groups Some students do not understand instructions and questions and that is why are unable to follow and answer them, while the others are very quick to react. For some students it is easy to work in a team. But there are some who cannot do that. It is hard to make the whole group work in an equally effective way. Students who cannot cope with tasks well, start to dislike English, show the absence of motivation and do badly in tests.
There are some strategies for managing multilevel classes. The most useful of them are:
The chart where all the students are groupedin accordance with their level of English (from the highest to the lowest) is very helpful in the lessons. Students can work either in the group of the same ability (red, blue and yellow lines) or in mixed ability groups (A,B,C,D).
“Teaching Multilevel Classes” became the theme of the teachers’ seminar in Olexandria gymnasium boarding school in November, 2010. The participants of the seminar had an opportunity to get some information concerning problems of teaching multilevel classes, discuss the solutions and share their experience in this sphere.
A week of English in school In Olexandria gymnasium boarding school a week of English is traditionally held in February. It usually consists of different activities, the most popular of which are: • Morning parades; • Quizzes; • Theme parties; • Language quests.
Supervising the work of the intellectual club “Everest” The club began its work in 2008. At first there was only one team in it. Now there are 30 members and 5 teams in “Everest”. The club members actively participate in all the local and regional tournaments. The biggest victory is the third place in “What?Where?When?” in Kirovohrad, 2009.