Which strategies and tools can help the English

teachers meet their students’ needs in a

heterogeneous class?

Class 7
Which strategies and tools can help the English teachers
meet their students’ needs in a heterogeneous class?

Mention a strategy or tool that may foster inclusion in your

heterogeneous class

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TYPES OF LEARNING
DIFFICULTIES
❖A difficulty with reading and writing often including a
person’s inability to see the difference between some letter
shapes

❖An ongoing pattern of inattention and/or constant activity

that interferes with working in class and learning.

❖A broad range of conditions characterized by challenges

with social skills, repetitive behaviours, speech and
nonverbal communication

❖A condition held by those students whose abilities, talents,

and potential for accomplishment are exceptional or
developmentally advanced

* MENTION A STRATEGY OR A TOOL WHICH YOU THINK THAT CAN HELP TACKLE
ANY OF THESE DIFFICULTIES
Useful strategies and tools to apply in a class
with students with learning difficulties

A. Learners with a difficulty with reading and writing often including

a person’s inability to see the difference between some letter shapes
(Delaney, 2016)
*Text anticipation
*Typoscopes
*Print layout
*Background colour
B. Learners with an ongoing pattern of inattention and/or
constant activity that interferes with working in class and
learning
*Managing feelings
*Managing inattention
*Managing constant activity
C. Learners with a broad range of conditions
characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive
behaviours, inadequate speech and nonverbal
communication

*Social and emotional

*Social interaction
*Language and communication
D. Students whose abilities, talents, and potential for
accomplishment are exceptional or developmentally
advanced

*Words I like/don’t like

*Codes and spies
*My first English book
*Hot seating
*The editor
*Reading activities
How can we use differentiation in our mixed-
ability classes?
SOME STRATEGIES FOR AN INCLUSIVE CLASS

*USING PAIR AND GROUPWORK

*DIFFERENTIATING THE CONTENT/CLASS MATERIAL
*DIFFERENTIATING THE TASK PROCESS
*DIFFERENTIATING THE TASK OUTPUT/STUDENT RESPONSE
*DIFFERENTIATING SELF-ACCESS ACTIVITIES
Which of these digital tools did you find
most useful?

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ASSESSMENT
FORMATIVE SUMMATIVE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

Mariana & Marina