Adapting to students needs

Adapting to students needsHow to teach English efficiently and with fun

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16.03.2016

Presenter: Voula Papadimitriou, Greece

Every teacher’s question…

Classrooms are more diverse nowadays than in previous years

Classroom

Various backgrounds

Learning styles

Different

abilities

Different preferences and needs

A typical classroom

• pupils bored and ready to move on

• others struggling to figure it out

• pupils who are far behind

What can teachers do to manage the complex needs of many different students?

How can we make our classrooms more flexible — and turn the diversity into an

asset?

Differentiated Instruction

Need for emotional safety

Need for appropriate challenges

Need for self-constructed meaning

Principles of Differentiated Instruction

Teachers can differentiate

Content Process Product Learning Environment

according to students’

ReadinessInterest

sLearning profile

Examples Content

Matching activities Reading & questions Reading in varied levels Auditory/visual

presentation Spelling-vocabulary lists

- Information / material

given to students

Examples Process

Varied textbooks

Audio books

Online interactive

assignments

Tiered activities

Interest centers

Varied length of time

- When students work

on the given information

Examples Product

Different learning style ->

different kind of report

Options on expression

Rubrics

Students work alone or in

groups

Students create their own

assignments

-What students create

at the end of the lesson

Examples Learning environment

Reading in groups or

individually

Give students more options

Quiet spots & co-working

spots

Multicultural materials

Clear guidelines

Develop routines

-Conditions for

optimal learning

Enough with the theory now….

Let’s move on to the more practical stuff…

Strategies for effective and fun

learning

Who said learning has to be boring…?

The key is…

Get to know as much as possible for each

student!!

• Role play

https://en.islcollective.com

• Creative teaching

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/creativity-in-classroom-trisha-riche

• Writing exercises

http://www.storybird.com

• Using songs

http://www.tuneintoenglish.comSee also:

• Technology in the classroom

Online tools for the classroom

https://onceateacher.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/20-online-tools-to-make-learning-fun/

• Real World Learning

Theory of Multiple Intelligences

You can take the test here:

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm

References and links

http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/what-is-differentiated-instruction/

http://study.com/academy/lesson/differentiated-instruction-adapting-the-learning-environment-for-students.html

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References and linkshttp://www.ascd.org/publications/books/100216/chapters/Under

standing-Differentiated-Instruction@-Building-a-Foundation-for-Leadership.aspx

http://pubs.cde.ca.gov/tcsii/documentlibrary/differentiatedinstruction.aspx

http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/teaching-strategies/examples-of-differentiated-instruction/

http://busyteacher.org/7372-teacher-tested-ways-keep-class-interesting.html

http://www.securedgenetworks.com/blog/10-Reasons-Today-s-Students-NEED-Technology-in-the-Classroom

http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-research