• Dr. K. Yugandhar

  Author

Generally ESL class is an amalgam of students with different learning
styles, different paces of learning, variations in motivation and varying analyzing
capacities. Psychological orientation of students and Organizational orientation of the
class are directly related to their achievement in language acquisition. The class
needs to bring the feeling of success and appreciation to every student with everyone’s
contribution for the achievement of the class through collaborative learning. This
paper focuses to address day to day challenges of a mixed-ability class by providing a
few strategies to teachers for effective language teaching / learning as stated below:
· Creating ambiance conducive for language learning to motivate everyone to
participate in the class within a common curriculum framework
· Send a strong message to all learners that achievement and progress of every learner
is equally valuable in the class
· Plan every class based on the prior learning and attainments of the learners using
appropriate continuous evaluation.
Thus the teacher orchestrates the groups of mixed abilities with in the class
and devises materials and activities suitable for various levels of learning. The
students own the responsibility for their learning with a positive competitive spirit
among peer groups.

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