O’zbekiston respublikasi oliy ta’lim, fan va innovatsiyalar vazirligi andijon davlat chet tillari instituti ingliz tili o’qitishning integrallashgan kursi kafedrasi chet tillarni o’qitishning integrallashgan kursi

Objectives:

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  to raise participants’ awareness of different approaches and attitudes to teaching mixed ability classes
  
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  to raise participants’ awareness of the impact that teachers’ attitudes to mixed ability classes have on learners
  
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  to help participants explore and evaluate different strategies that can be used when teaching mixed ability classes
  

Lead in
Time: 5 min
Materials: board, markers
Procedure:

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  ☺ (5 min) Ask participants the following questions:
  

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   What do you understand by a mixed ability group?
   
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   Have you ever taught a mixed ability group? Tell us about it.
   
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   How do you pitch your lessons with the mixed ability groups? What level do you teach to? within a mixed ability group – the stronger, theaverage or the weaker students? Why?
   

Possible answers: A mixed ability group is a group where students differ in terms of language background, learning speed, learning ability and motivation, language level, learning styles etc. 2 & 3. Answers will vary.

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  Establish that a mixed ability group is a group where students differ in terms of language background, learning speed, learning ability and motivation, language level, learning styles etc. Write the following question on the board:
  

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  What level should we teach towithin a mixed ability group and how?
  

Ask participants to think about this question but not to answer it immediately. Tell participants that we will try to answer it in this session.