TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN A MIXED ABILITY CLASS

Quite often in the practice of teaching English, you can hear from colleagues: “Again on this course I got a mixed-ability group!” Is it for good or as a punishment that we are given a situation in which we are forced to work with a group of students of different levels of training? In this article, we'll examine factors that determine how to work with these classes and potential difficulties EFL teachers could encounter, benefits of instructing these students, and advice and tactics for handling these situations.