Grouping learners. Flashcards
Choosing interaction patterns.
They depend on the learners’ styles, teaching style and preferences, teaching approach, context, type of activity, aim and stage of the lesson.
Open pairs.
Two learners do a pairwork activity in front of the class.
Closed pairs.
Learners do an activity at the same time working with a partner.
Whole-class activities.
They enable all the students to practice the language at the same time and increase confindence in shy or weak learners.
Individual activities.
They give students a chance to work at their own pace and to focus and organise their thoughts.
Pair and group activities.
They provide students with opportunities for developing longer turns and fluency through interaction, also, they help with confidence.
Learners use their mother tongue, become noisy or don’t do the activity.
Reasons: groups are too big; friends are grouped with friends or talkative person with similars.
Learners are bored.
They are always in the same learner grouping.
Learners are very teacher-dependent.
Whole class work and individual work are the main learner groupings used, not encouraging learner autonomy.
One or more learners dominate the class.
The teacher allows the same learner to asnwer always. Dominated learners are paired with shy learners.
Learners don’t want to participate.
There are few pair and group activities where learners are paired with whom they feel comfortable.
Some learners have nothing to do because they finish firts.
Fast finishers are all gruped together.
Learners are frustrated because they can’t finish the activity (time).
Slower are paired with slower learners.
