GROUPING LEARNERS

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GROUPING LEARNERS by Mind Map: GROUPING LEARNERS

1. TYPES OF SITTING ARRANGEMENT

1.1. ORDERLY ROWS

1.1.1. The teacher has a clear view of all the students and the students can all see the teacher.

1.2. CIRCLE

1.2.1. There is a far greater feeling of equality.

1.3. HORSESHOE

1.3.1. The teacher is often located in a commanding position.

1.4. SEPARATE TABLES

1.4.1. The teacher walking around checking the students.

2. HOW TO MAKE GROUPS

2.1. THE TASK

2.1.1. Put the students in buzz groups where they have chance to discuss.

2.2. VARIETY IN A SEQUENCE

2.2.1. Depends on how the activity fits into the lesson sequences.

2.3. THE MOOD

2.3.1. Crucial to our decision about what groupings to use is the mood of our students.

3. TEACHER BEHAVIOR

3.1. BEFORE

3.1.1. Follow an engage-instruct-initiate sequence.

3.1.2. Give instructions to practice language.

3.2. DURING

3.2.1. Teacher stand at the front or the side of the class.

3.2.2. Round the class.

3.2.3. Help students.

3.3. AFTER

3.3.1. Organise feedback.

4. TROUBLESHOOTING

4.1. FINISHING FIRST

4.1.1. Stop the activity.

4.1.2. Say "ok".

4.1.3. Have series of challenging tasks.

4.2. AWKWARD GROUPS

4.2.1. Change the pairs or groups.

5. IN WHAT RELIES

5.1. FRIENDSHIP

5.1.1. Friends with friends.

5.2. STREAMING

5.2.1. Weaker and stronger students.

5.3. CHANCE

5.3.1. Students who are sitting near to each other group.

5.3.2. Wheels scenario.

5.3.3. Give to each student a letter from A to E.

5.4. THE TASK

5.4.1. Determine who works with whom.

5.5. CHANGING GROUPS

5.5.1. The group may change while an activity continues.

5.6. GENDER AND STATUS

5.6.1. It may not be appropriate to have men and women working together.

5.6.2. Bear in mind the status of the individuals in their lives.