EFL Blogging School for Moldovan Teachers.Edition II : ASSIGNMENT 8: Bridging the Skills Gap in Multilevel and Mixed Ability Classes. Integrating Web 2.0 Tools

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

ASSIGNMENT 8: Bridging the Skills Gap in Multilevel and Mixed Ability Classes. Integrating Web 2.0 Tools

Dear EFL Blogging School Participants,

One of the big challenges that teachers face today is large multilevel classes, because even if the learners are grouped according to their level of language, age, or other kind of grouping, any class, in a sense, is a mixed-level group. Teaching large multilevel classes effectively is a concern for most teachers.

This week we are going to discuss about large multilevel classes and some strategies to manage such classes. We will also try to see how integrating Web 2.0 tools can help us teach in these large multilevel classes.

Task 1. Study the resources posted below to find out more information about the problems multilevel classes arise, and the most efficient principles to cope with these challenges:

and write a 5-phrase paragraph on:

1 1. what a large multilevel class is (1 phrase);

2. what the benefits and challenges of teaching such classes are (refer to your own teaching experience (think of the classes you teach) (2 phrases);

3. what principle(s) will be most challenging to implement into your large multilevel classes. Give reasons and examples why you think so (2 phrases).

Task 2. The following resources emphasize on the importance of approaching multilevel classes through the effective classroom management, the cooperative learning, the differentiation, or through offering clear instructions.

Analyze the strategies and approaches below, and create a personal methodlogical strategy on approaching the issues you meet in teaching one current multilevel group of students (if not, create an imaginary one).

Your answer should include the following:

1) The students' grade:

2) The issues you are facing due to their multilevel character: a)... , b)..., c)...

3) Efficient approaches to apply to address these issues: a)... b)... c)...

4) Concrete strategies and techniques to use while tecahing this mixed ability group: a)... b)... c)...

Online resources:

Task 3. Scan through the following online resources, and extract for yourself the main ideas on developing instructive activities for multilevel classes:

Then, following your "Teaching Multilevel Class Strategy" developed in Task 2, choose one topic you will teach in December to your multilevel group, and design an instructive activity which will engage all levels of your students from this assigned group, and involve one online tool you studied in Module 2.
Use the same content (text, audio file, video, etc.) for each level but with appropriately differentiated tasks. Publish this activity on your blog, including compulsorily:

1. a 1-paragraph message for your students to introduce them into the topic and general description of the activity explained in a simple and a clear language. This will include details referring to:
  the name and a short description of the activity; the language skills the students will reach out at the end of this activity, being differentiated to each students' level (for e.g,. by the end of this activity level 1(elementary) students will be able to ..., level 2 ( pre-intermediate) students will be able to..., and level 3 ( intermediate) students will be able to...

2. an instructive material(s) you will propose your students to work with/on ( a video, a text, an audio file, a picture, etc.);

3. 1-2 differentiated instructive task(s) for each level, while working on/with the instructive material(s).

Additional resources:

53 comments:

Diana JelihovschiiNovember 27, 2015 at 11:17 AM
Task 1

I have read the whole material ...it was really interesting.
1.So i think a large multilevel class means a variety of human resources, working together, who can have different types of learning backgrounds, different levels of literacy in their own native language, but at the time it supposes enough students for interaction and a variety of managerial tasks.
2. One benefit i liked very much is that i have enough students for interaction, organizing pair work, group work. And the second that it gives e the possibility to use a variety of tasks according to each level of students in a single class.
3. The most challenging principle for me to implement into a large multilevel class is Scarlette O'Hara's principle,because i had this feeling of a bad lesson and i was really thinking about this...And surely the principle of the variety of the activities and techniques, rising and maintaining students' interest, promoting collaboration are also challenging in multilevel classes.
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Diana JelihovschiiNovember 28, 2015 at 6:54 AM
Task 2
1. 6th grade
2.The issues you are facing due to their multilevel character: a)noisy classes , b) no interest in participating in the class time, c) boredom
3. Efficient approaches to apply to address these issues: a)establishing clear expectations and consequences, b) establishing clear learning goals, c) take a personal interest in students, d) provide classroom management and managing behavior
4) Concrete strategies and techniques to use while teaching this mixed ability group: a)provide individual work, b) provide mixed ability partner work (pair work), c) use group work (more than 2 persons).
Concerning techniques i have in my classroom a smart board, so for this class i make my own learning apps, in can use directly the lino-its, the online dictionaries. They are 24 in the class and for English classes it is quite difficult for me to motivate all be active ant to participate during the class time. I tried to make a simple learning apps...it i think is is quite interesting...
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Diana JelihovschiiNovember 28, 2015 at 6:57 AM
http://LearningApps.org/display?v=pni7u1h1c15
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Diana JelihovschiiNovember 29, 2015 at 8:25 AM
One of my students form the 6 grade, tried at first to do her first Voice tread project about her family and after that to do the topic that i have given for them.
https://voicethread.com/share/7314261/
How can put it on y blog? just copy the link?
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UnknownNovember 30, 2015 at 9:17 AM
Task 1.
1. Multilevel Classes.
When we talk about multilevel English classes, we tend to focus on the variation in the
students ‘control of the language. We talk about the fluent student sitting next to the one who can
barely piece together a sentence, or we compare the student who knows the alphabet with the one
who can report a whole paragraph. We should not to forget the importance of individual factors such as age, intelligence, and motivation. Students are individuals, and the teacher should be very wary of any tendency to generalize about them. Some students are highly intelligent, others less so. Some may appear to be less intelligent than others are when in fact they are not getting the opportunity to learn in their preferred learning style (here we speak about intelligences also). Multi-level classrooms are as varied as the students in them are.
2. The benefits are:
 Students are able to learn at their own pace
 Students learn to work well in a group
 Students become independent learners
 Students develop strong relationships with their peers
 Students become partners in learning
The challenges 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.
3. A concern with teaching the multi-level class is holding everyone’s interest and meeting everyone’s needs, no matter their level. Another very big challenge is assessment. It is very difficult to elaborate different products and descriptors for each of them and make the students understand why his/her mark is lower than their classmates’.

Task 2
1. 7th grade
2. The issues I am facing due to their multilevel character: lack of motivation, keep on working while other students are assessed , time management
3. Efficient approaches to apply to address these issues: plan carefully the lesson, make every minute count, include a variety of modalities and strategies and a variety of activities for different language skills; assign projects, practice peer tutoring, establish classroom rules
4. Concrete strategies and techniques to use while teaching this mixed ability group: information gap exercise, self-access materials, peer tutoring, projects
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UnknownDecember 4, 2015 at 12:04 PM
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
http://angelagabureac.weebly.com/homework/assignment-4-historical-personalities
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Maria TerziDecember 4, 2015 at 1:08 PM
Task 1
1) Multilevel classes are classes in which students vary considerably in their language and literacy skills and are in need of a great deal of personal attention and encouragement to make progress.
2) The benefits of such kind of classes are the following: there is no lack of people for interaction, students learn from the teacher as well as from each other, teachers permanently master their professional skills, students learn to work well in a group. The challenges we face in such classes are: necessity to set control over such a big amount of students (which often leads to loosing temper), a huge amount of written work, finding appropriate teaching resources and material, organizing appropriate groupings within the class, 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.
3) As to me, one of the most hard principles to be implemented into my multilevel English class is need assessment. This, at the first sight, easily-obtained or easily-realized principle becomes a matter of great difficulty because most students have already acquired the commonly used answer pattern which they successfully use whenever put in front of this question, and in order to elicit the true needs, I, as a teacher, need to successfully manage to pass through some stages which vary a lot since each student sets his own ones regarding to his individual understanding of trust and friendliness.
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Maria TerziDecember 4, 2015 at 2:29 PM
Task 2
1) The students' grade: ACCESS students

2) The issues you are facing due to their multilevel character:
a) high-leveled students are often displaying the lack of interest in dealing with the low-leveled ones ,
b) low-level students often prefer to “give the floor” to their classmates with higher language skills who as a result dominate,
c)when working in groups most students talk in their native language rather than English

3)Efficient approaches to apply to address these issues:
a) grouping mix-leveled students and having high-leveled ones help those of low level
b) elaborating tasks requiring applying knowledge from other domains, or open-ended tasks )
c)setting rules related to the language spoken in class and elaborating a “punishment” system
4) Concrete strategies and techniques to use while teaching this mixed ability group:
a)Have the students do a multiple-choice task and then split into groups so that each group has at least one student for each option of the task. Have them discuss the options and explain to each other their choice.
b)practice playing games in which being a winner depends on chance
c) giving clear instructions and simple patterns to follow while asking and answering question related to the task.
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Maria TerziDecember 5, 2015 at 12:00 AM
task 3
http://mariaterziclassblog.weebly.com/efl-blogging-school-assignments/multilevel-assignment
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Ipati LiliaDecember 5, 2015 at 12:22 AM
Task 1
1. A multi-level class is a group of students with different abilities, with different interests and having different levels of English.
2. The advantages of teaching of multi-level classrooms are:
• Students are able to learn at their own pace
• Students learn to work well in a group
• Students become independent learners
• Students develop strong relationships with their peers
The 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
3. The most challenging principle for me to apply into a large multilevel class is the principle of variety. As to me, the principle of variety is very suitable for raising and keeping the students` interest, when the students are interested in your lesson you will have good results and interesting lessons.

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http://englishandwe.weebly.com/December 5, 2015 at 8:04 AM
Task 1. A multilevel class is a class that has been arranged by to age-group, where students vary considerably in their language skills and need much personal attention, support and encouragement to make progress.
For me, teaching a multilevel class has many advantages, like, enough students for interaction and class work is more interactive due to the great variety of opinions, world-views and values, different experiences and styles of learning, but, on the other hand I am not the only instructor, as more students assume the role of teacher-assistants and students cooperate in learning, and it is a steady challenge because I must constantly be aware of many simultaneous activities, forcing me to invent and develop new ways of organizing materials, think, create and grow as a teacher.
The challenges of such a class are that I am often trapped in the problems of management, feeling frustrated by the huge amount of written work, also few students participate and I am not able to manage activating the quiet students who look and act bored.
The principle of personalization is the one I feel difficult to apply in my classes, as it is really hard to have time out of the 45 minutes twice a week to provide opportunities in which students may share opinions, relate to their own future plans, explore their ideas on important issues, take stands on controversial topics and have the student talk for at least 3-4 minutes, having the others listening to them. Another principle is the choice and open-endedness, because it requires a lot of time to prepare the needed materials, such as beginnings of sentences, set of questions, brainstorming, etc. which also requires students ‘motivation and interest in learning English.
Task 2. 1)
8th grade. The issues I am facing due to their multilevel character are: a) most students’ unwillingness to read the texts at home, b) when working in groups just few students do really work; c) many students do not know language enough so that to understand what their classmates are speaking during classes… In order to address these issues I might apply the following approaches to apply to address these issues: a)when giving homework ask students to write answers to 1-2 questions based on the text; b)assign specific tasks to students when working in groups, c)make students ask questions their classmate after he/she responded...
4) Concrete strategies and techniques to use while teaching this mixed ability group: a)allow students do their own work in order to get engaged, b) personalize content, build background, and explain the task's purpose are ways to generate, c) assess students as frequent as possible, because the more we get from them, the more attention they pay.
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UnknownDecember 5, 2015 at 9:44 AM
Task 1:A Multilevel class is a class where we have different learning levels ,different oppinions ,different preferences and of course a lot to do ,but little time to manage all.As for me ,I think that it is very difficult to work with a multilevel class ,but we are familiar with this .I think that there are no teachers who have not a multilevel class.In all things we have advantages and challenges .The advantages of a multilevel class are:Students can learn from one another ,a multilevel class is a good experience for us as teachers. .When we have a multilevel class we work more in order to organise our lessons for all students ,we try to find more information ,more technics ,more games ,individual and differents types of explaining ,I think it is a great route in our teaching career and in this way we grow. The challenges that we can have here can be time managing ,students' needs ,students different preferences and levels of learning -and activities that can be familiar to them .As for me the greatest problem is how to manage all in one lesson ,because my task is to give the information to all students ,to those who are shy ,to those who have a high level and keep them interested in my lesson to those who are not interested at all because they love maths or music .
Task 2: 5TH FORM .
a)the differences between primary school curriculum and gymnasum one
;b)they are noisy and I must do discipline maybe 10 minutes c) they don't have the ability to work individualy .as strategies I usually use games in order to inttroduce new vocabulary an get them involved.I use songs ,because they like to sing ,I use group work and whole class work.
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oleseaDecember 7, 2015 at 10:59 AM
Task 1:a) A large multilevel class is a group of students arranged acoording to the ability or by age-group in which students are in need of personal attention and encourangement to make progress.
b) Teaching in such classes gives some benefits like: increase the interest, energy- level the entire group and the students can learn from one another. Sure, there are also some challenges like: determining the individual needs of each student and ensuring that all students are challenged and interested.
c) I think that one of the principles challenging to implement into multilevel classes is the principle of variety because is very difficult to activate the quiet students and maintain control of other students. Another principle is that of pace it's also difficult to maintain an accordigly tempo and to not lose control of all the students.
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OleseaDecember 7, 2015 at 12:05 PM
Task 2
1) The students' grade: 3rd

2) The issues you are facing due to their multilevel character: a) the lack of interest, b) is very difficult to manage the time, c) motivate the quiet pupils and maintain their interest.

3)Efficient approaches to apply to address these issues: a) work in groups, they like very much to compete. b) listen audio files in completing a variety of exercices. c)focus on an interesting theme for them.
4) Concrete strategies and techniques to use while teaching this mixed ability group: a)practice the writing the description of one picture; b) making dialogues to implement the new vocabulary; c) asking and answering question related to the task.
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OleseaDecember 8, 2015 at 12:10 PM
Task 3:http://myblogclass.weebly.com/our-work
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UnknownDecember 8, 2015 at 1:53 PM
Task 1
1.A large multilevel class it is considered a large class where students are carefully graded into seven levels of proficiency, multilevelness then, as much as
class size, is a matter of perception.
2.the student's grade:2nd,and the issues that i am facing are:the lack of time,the noise that pupils are making,so it's very difficult to motivate them.
2.As concerning the efficient approaches,i can say that multilevel classes can help us discover different strategies in order to accomplish our plan,different exercises and methods that are interesting for children,so they can gesture their energy on what they need,not on what they want.
3.The challenges that we can have here can be time managing students' needs students different preferences and levels of learning,and activities that can be familiar to them.
Task 2
1.the student's grade:2nd
2.the issues i am facing:a)lack of interest b)noisy classes c)lack of time
3.efficient approaches: a)helping each other b)involving all students C)make a colourful and interesting activity
4.concrete strategies: a)explaining and repeating several time b)make different games c)playing some songs

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Ipati LiliaDecember 9, 2015 at 5:37 AM
Task 2
1. The 7th form.
2. The issues I am facing due to their multilevel character are: a) when working in groups only few students work, b) noisy lasses, c) lack of interest at some of them, d) time management.
3. As strategies, to capture their attention and interest, I usually use different videos and songs, games, miming….
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Ipati LiliaDecember 9, 2015 at 6:32 AM
http://englishclassipati.weebly.com/homework-assigments
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UnknownDecember 9, 2015 at 1:48 PM

Task 1
1. A multi-level classroom is as varied as the students in it: it includes students who communicate in English at a variety of different levels or it may also be considered multi-level because on one hand, it includes students with different types of learning backgrounds, such as those who have learned orally and those who have learned mainly from a textbook on the orther hand, so students may also have different levels of literacy in their own native language, finally, the term multi-level can be used to refer to a group of students working together who range greatly in age.
2. The advantages of Multi-level classrooms are: students are able to learn at their own pace, to learn to work well in a group, to develop strong relationships with their peers, to become independent learners and to become partners in learning.
The challenges of Multi-level classrooms are:organizing appropriate groupings within the class, ensuring that all students are challenged and interested, building an effective self-access centre in the classroom, finding appropriate teaching resources and material, determining the individual needs of each student, enforcing English only policies when teacher is occupied and students are working in small groups or pairs.
3. I think the most challenging for me would be to cope in a large Multi-level class, nevertheless, the job of teaching the large class involves many great obstacles, the teacher can often feel out of control, because the class is so large and he/she often feels that he/she has lost authority.
Task 2
1. The 12th grade
2.The issues I am facing due to their multilevel character: a) noisy classes, b) luck of interest, c) boredom
3. Efficient approaches I could apply in order to solve these issues: a) establishing clear expectations and consequences, b) establishing clear learning goals, c) provide classroom management and managing behavior.
4. Concrete strategies and techniques to use while teaching this mixed ability group: a)providing individual work, b) providing pair work, c) working in groups according to multiple intelligences theory.
As concerning techniques I use different video aids (songs, short films, Power Point Presentations), I also organize contests between the teams, use online dictionaries.
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UnknownDecember 13, 2015 at 9:24 AM
Task 1.
1. Multilevel class includes students who communicate in English at a variety of different levels, with different types of learning backgrounds, such as those who have learned orally, and those who have learned mainly from textbook and different levels of literacy in their own native language.
2. In a large multilevel class, there are a great many opinions, a great many points of reference, perhaps many cultural backgrounds, many temperaments, many world-views and values, many different experiences and many styles of learning.
In the large class we sometimes feel trapped in the problems of management.
3. The principal interest is challenging for me as to meet the interests and need of all the students and arise their curiosity is not easy at all. Another one is enlarging the circle, because I feel worried about the students who are shy or have a worse level of English that they don’t want to participate as much as I want.
Task 2
1. The 10th grade
2.The issues I am facing are: a) indifference, b) lack of interest, c) noise.
3. Efficient approaches I could apply in order to solve these issues: a) establishing clear learning goals, c) provide various interactive activities, c) establish some classroom management rules
4. Concrete strategies and techniques to use while teaching this mixed ability group: a) providing more pair work, b) providing group work according to multiple intelligences theory, c) provide individual work
As concerning techniques I use different video aids (songs, short films, Power Point or Prezi Presentations), I organize debates between the teams.
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UnknownDecember 17, 2015 at 1:53 PM
Task 3
http://follownadia.weebly.com/home-tasks/archives/12-2015
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UnknownJanuary 6, 2016 at 8:04 AM
Task 3
http://veronicacolesniuc.weebly.com/assignments/archives/01-2016
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UnknownJanuary 7, 2016 at 1:54 PM
Task 1:
1. Pupils with different faces, different appearances, different personalities, disciplined, undisciplined, well behaved, less well behaved, shy, self-confident, hyperactive children, students with difficulty in concentrating, with learning difficulties.
2. The 6th form is a multi-level class which takes a great deal of time and energy. I have benefited from working with these pupils because I have developed my interpersonal skills. I have learnt to budget time better and more carefully, to be more patient, and more self-controlled.
3. There are many ways to deal with the challenges of large classes. Some of the principles are: variety, collaboration, individualization, setting up routines among others. As teachers of large classes, whenever students loses interest, the problems began. Generally they cause trouble or just distraction for themselves and the rest.
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UnknownJanuary 7, 2016 at 2:33 PM
Task 2:
1.The 6th grade
2.The issues :
a) undisciplined,
b)hyperactive children,
c) students with difficulty in concentrating,
d) with learning difficulties.
3. Efficient approaches to apply to address these issues:
a) ability groups
b) giving to the students individual tasks according to their level
c) involving pupils working together , helping eachother.
3. Strategies and techniques:
a) watching an interesting video on a certain topic
b) learning poems
c) reading tongue twisters
d) playing different educational games
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UnknownJanuary 7, 2016 at 3:24 PM
Task 3: http://mrsangelasstudents.weebly.com/the-6th-form
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UnknownJanuary 8, 2016 at 6:46 AM
Roibu Svetlana Assignment #8
Task 1: Multileveled class is a class where we have different learning levels, because we have students with different level of learning abilities. It is a reality of today’s life. There are some advantages and disadvantages of teaching in multilevel class:
advantages: grouping of different leveled students, reciprocal help inside the group, involving all students giving them individualized tasks that could be accomplished by each student;
disadvantages: noisy, impossibility to approach to each student from the class, is difficult to keep interested the high level students during the whole lesson;
Task 2:
1.The 6th forms/grades
2.The problems/issues :
a) undisciplined students,
b)hyperactive children,
c) students with difficulty in concentrating,
d)children with learning difficulties.
Task 3:
To manage efficiently the different leveled class I can:
- make the teaching and learning process differentiate and individualized
- divide the class into groups of 4-6 students (1-2 high leveled, 1-2 middle leveled, 1-2 low leveled students)
- involving the students into doing individual tasks according to their level
- motivating pupils working together , helping each other.
Strategies and techniques:
a) watching an interesting video on a certain topic
b) learning poems
c) reading tongue twisters
d) playing different educational games
e) motivating students through creative activities
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UnknownJanuary 8, 2016 at 6:47 AM
Roibu Svetlana Assignment #8
Task 1: Multileveled class is a class where we have different learning levels, because we have students with different level of learning abilities. It is a reality of today’s life. There are some advantages and disadvantages of teaching in multilevel class:
advantages: grouping of different leveled students, reciprocal help inside the group, involving all students giving them individualized tasks that could be accomplished by each student;
disadvantages: noisy, impossibility to approach to each student from the class, is difficult to keep interested the high level students during the whole lesson;
Task 2:
1.The 6th forms/grades
2.The problems/issues :
a) undisciplined students,
b)hyperactive children,
c) students with difficulty in concentrating,
d)children with learning difficulties.
Task 3:
To manage efficiently the different leveled class I can:
- make the teaching and learning process differentiate and individualized
- divide the class into groups of 4-6 students (1-2 high leveled, 1-2 middle leveled, 1-2 low leveled students)
- involving the students into doing individual tasks according to their level
- motivating pupils working together , helping each other.
Strategies and techniques:
a) watching an interesting video on a certain topic
b) learning poems
c) reading tongue twisters
d) playing different educational games
e) motivating students through creative activities
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sick of winterJanuary 15, 2016 at 10:46 AM
Luminita Tiuliuliuc Assignment #8
Task 1
A multi-levelled instruction is based on the way of teaching students with different abilities; competences, age, etc. It's a real challenge for a teacher to work in such classes but this is how things turn to be very often. To teach in a multi-level class is really difficult but if you use a variety of methods and try to cope with it things can go easier I think.
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sick of winterJanuary 15, 2016 at 10:52 AM
Luminita Tiuliuliuc assignment #8
Task 2

1. the 7th grades
2.the problems/issues
a.underperforming students
b. lacking motivation students
c. students with a low attendance
d. students with PEI (Plan educational individual, CES)

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sick of winterJanuary 15, 2016 at 10:57 AM
Luminita Tiuliuliuc Assignment #8

Task 3

Usually I try to differentiate the tasks according to their individual needs, like dividing text into smaller paragraphs; asking them to make up simpler sentences using the given vocabulary; suggest finding pictures which would show the relationship between the topic itself and the given task - everything possible to easify the work. Unfortunately it does not work really well all the time because the number of students is quite large while the allocated time per lessons is minimum.
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http://englishtosucceed.weebly.comJanuary 21, 2016 at 2:15 PM
Mafteuta Rodica Task 1. Multi-level classroom includes students who communicate in English at a variety of different levels. They may also be considered multi-level because they include students with different types of learning backgrounds.
The benefits of teaching Multi-level classes are: Students learn to work well in a group, because each member of the group has the specific role. Students become partners in learning
The principles: To find appropriate teaching resources and material for each student, To organize the group work, to determine the individual needs of each student.
Task 2.1.8 –th grade 2.The issues I am facing due to their multilevel character: boredom, lack of motivation, time management
3. Efficient approaches to apply to address these issues: to plan attentively the lesson, to engage students in different games, practice peer work, group work 4. Concrete strategies and techniques to use while teaching this mixed ability group: posters, personalize content, projects
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maria ionesiJanuary 31, 2016 at 10:15 AM
Task 1.

Multi-level classrooms include students who communicate in English at a variety of different levels. They may also be considered multi-level because they include students with different types of learning backgrounds, such as those who have learned orally and those who have learned mainly from a textbook.

The challenge of a multi-level classroom mean that many teachers fear that the preparation will take much longer, and that the students will be more demanding. Schools that have multi-level classes often have limited budgets, and teachers may fear that they will not be paid for what they are worth. However, it is only by looking at the advantages of the multi-level classroom and employing strategies to overcome the challenges, that teachers can achieve success.
Advantages of Multi-level classrooms
• Students are able to learn at their own pace
• Students learn to work well in a group
• Students become independent learners
• Students develop strong relationships with their peers
• Students become partners in learning
Challenges of Multi-level classrooms
• 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.
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maria ionesiJanuary 31, 2016 at 10:26 AM
Task 2.

there are some strategies and instructions for working with multilevel classes:
1. Break things down.
2. Explain the activity.
3. Create a step by step outline.
4. Let students see what the activity looks like.
5. Experiment with a student.
6. Assess their understanding.
7. Repair misunderstandings.

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maria ionesiJanuary 31, 2016 at 10:30 AM
I have a multilevel class. It is the sixth.
The problems I meet there are:
a) weak students
b) the lack of pupils' motivation
c) there are pupils with very low Knowledge in English and in their native language.
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maria ionesiJanuary 31, 2016 at 10:38 AM
Task 3. to make the lessons more adapted for multilevel classes I use the platform elaborated for the 5th and 6th forms. they are very easy in implementing and are very practic for all the pupils.
Here are the links of these platformas (elaborated by a team of English teachers form Moldova)
moldovawebsupportgrade5.weebly.com
moldovawebsupportgrade6.weebly.com
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UnknownFebruary 4, 2016 at 10:35 AM
task 3:http://educationforpupils.weebly.com/12-th-form-s-assignments
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UnknownFebruary 4, 2016 at 10:41 AM
task 3:http://educationforpupils.weebly.com/12-th-form-s-assignments
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UnknownFebruary 5, 2016 at 8:04 AM
Task1.
A multilevel class means a group of students whose levels of mastering English are different .This class requires a special personal approach towards every child whose needs and interests ,age,type of intelligence are taken into account.These students need motivation and encouragement.Multi-level classes require a lot of time and ingenuity while preparing for the lessons.
Benefits:
--students are involved in group-work, thus developing healthy relationships;-students learn from each other;-students get help when needed;-task are distributed according to each student level;-teacher is interested in everyone’s progress;
Challenges:
-it is difficult to work with a great number of various students;-it is difficult for teachers to select and apply the best strategies so as to manage to motivate all students;-it requires a lot of time to prepare individualized worksheets /tasks for each level;
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UnknownFebruary 5, 2016 at 8:23 AM
Task2. My Personal Methodological Strategy in teaching a multilevel group of students
1. The 5th grade
2.The issues I am facing are: -hyperactive students, thus, sometimes, noisy lessons;-a gropu of students who require special educational services;
3.Efficient approaches .
First of all I must set clear ,measurable objectives, estimate my students needs and interests,involve each student in the activity.After that I can:-invent /make up different individualized worksheets;-I can involve students in creating short interesting Power Point Presentations on simple topics;- I can help them design posters;-we can watch short videos on some familiar topics for them;- I can use icebreakers for their motivation; -we can learn together jazz chants, nursery rhymes, tongue twisters;- we can play together competing(ex:“race skiing”) and thus learning etc.
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UnknownFebruary 6, 2016 at 6:31 AM
Task 3
the task was given on November, 29
http://galinamadam.weebly.com/homework
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Aurelia PlamadealaFebruary 11, 2016 at 11:23 PM
The blog is an appropriate teaching resource which helps to deal with Multi-level classrooms. It helps students to become independent learners.
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Aurelia PlamadealaFebruary 11, 2016 at 11:27 PM
The blog is an appropriate teaching resource which helps to deal with Multi-level classrooms. It helps students to become independent learners.
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Iordache XeniaFebruary 15, 2016 at 6:54 AM
http://englifemoldova.weebly.com/efl-blogging-school-for-moldovan-teachers---edition-2-project/assignment-8-bridging-the-skills-gap-in-multilevel-and-mixed-ability-classes-integrating-web-20-tools
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UnknownFebruary 19, 2016 at 2:04 AM
One of the greatest challenge that teachers face is working with classes of mixed ability levels. It is important to consider learners’ various
ability levels while planning the lesson and to adapt the activities to appropriate levels of difficulty. Often the best way to approach this is to use the same basic material as a source and adapt the related activities to several levels so that each student is doing an assignment
appropriate to his or her level. This practice is also known as “differentiated instruction”. We can use a variety of techniques and grouping strategies and a selection of self-access materials to help all learners be successful, comfortable,and productive for at least a portion of each class time.
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