Name Angelica

Surname Grusha

Date of birth 18.01.1969

Education Kirovohrad Teachers’ Training Institute, Faculty of Foreign Languages (1986-1991)

Qualification A Teacher of English and German

Place of work Olexandria gymnasium boarding school

Interests Intellectual games

Teaching problems in Teaching problems in multilevel groupsmultilevel groups

1. Some students do not understand instructions and questions and that is why are unable to follow and answer them, while the others are very quick to react.

2. For some students it is easy to work in a team. But there are some who cannot do that.

3. It is hard to make the whole group work in an equally effective way.

4. Students who cannot cope with tasks well, start to dislike English, show the absence of motivation and do badly in tests.

There are some strategies for managing multilevel classes. The most useful of them are:

The chart where all the students are groupedThe chart where all the students are grouped in accordance with their level in accordance with their level of English (from the highest to the lowest) is very helpful in the lessons. of English (from the highest to the lowest) is very helpful in the lessons. Students can work either in the group of the same ability (red, blue and Students can work either in the group of the same ability (red, blue and yellow lines) or in mixed ability groups (A,B,C,D).yellow lines) or in mixed ability groups (A,B,C,D).

A B C D

Red Illia P. Vlad Artem Maryna

Blue Julia Valeria

Kate Anastasia

Yellow Andriy Illia K.

Skill in focus

Low level Medium level High level

Reading

Read the statement, agree/disagree;Match the parts of the sentence;“Odd man out” (cross out a word that doesn’t fit);Answer simple “yes/no” questions with one alternative;Match the word and its definition.

Think of the title;Story scrambles;Fill in the blanks with a word (a sentence from the text);Make up the plan of the story to retell;Match the paragraphs of the story.

Make up the end of the story;Tell the story on behalf of different characters;Describe the situation as if you witnessed it;Do detailed dictionary work on vocabulary in the text.

Skills in focus Low level Medium level High level

Writing

Read the beginning of the sentence, find the end in the text, write it down;Match the parts of the phrase, write it down;Dictation;Fill in the given words;Find a specific grammar item, write it out.

Get the elements of the sentence, create and write the sentence;Write a summery of the story/paragraph they have read or heard.

Create and write

a dialogue between the characters of the story you’ve read/heard;Write a story using given words;Write a story using the given first sentence of it;Write a letter.

Skills in focus Low level Medium level High level

Speaking Acting out dialogues (with visual support);“Go and Find Out” activity;Brainstorm the words on a given topic;“Build-a-sentence” activity.

Telling and retelling a story (key words and expressions on the blackboard);“Expert Panels” activity (practicing asking questions).

Make up dialogues;Interviewing each other; Telling a story;Discussing different topics;Pictures (describe, ask questions, write dialogues).

Skills in focus Low level Medium level High level

Listening

Listen to the

dialogue and say

what the partners are;True/false activity;Multiple choice activity;Arrange pictures relating to the story or dialogue in correct order.

Listen to the dialogue and fill out the chart;Ask each other questions on the story you listened to;Fill-in-the-gap activity;Arrange pictures to the story/dialogue you listened to and make a chain story (key words and expressions on the board).

Write answers to questions on the board;Role play the dialogue;Listen to the beginning of the story/dialogue and finish it;Listen to the dialogue/story and write the summery.

“Teaching Multilevel Classes” became the theme of the teachers’ seminar in Olexandria gymnasium boarding school in November, 2010. The participants of the seminar had an opportunity to get some information concerning problems of teaching multilevel classes, discuss the solutions and share their experience in this sphere.

In Olexandria gymnasium boarding school a week of English is traditionally held in February. It usually consists of different activities, the most popular of which are:

Morning parades; Quizzes; Theme parties; Language quests.

The club began its work in 2008. At first there was only one team in it. Now there are 30 members and 5 teams in “Everest”. The club members actively participate in all the local and regional tournaments. The biggest victory is the third place in “What?Where?When?” in Kirovohrad, 2009.