Webinars for Teachers. - Supporting mixed ability learners at A2 & B1 levels – reading/writing skills

Chapter 1: Outline of the webinar 0:00 Chapter 2: What abilities do students have? 3:50 Chapter 3: Differentiation in reading classes 11:13 Chapter 4: Writing: what abilities do students have? 30:10 Chapter 5: Differentiation in writing classes 34:15 Chapter 6: Summary – strategies for differentiation 44:03 Chapter 7: Q & A 45:29 Following the webinar on teaching speaking and listening skills in a mixed ability class, we now consider the challenge of teaching mixed ability (A2 – B1) students in the context of reading and writing skills. We will look at the different skills sets that the students have, with reference to the CEFR, and reinforce the concept of differentiation, analysing how the teacher can manage such classes at different stages of a lesson and adapt activities to cater for different levels and learning styles. Classroom activities will look at the individual skills of reading and writing, as well as an integrated skills approach. The focus of activities will be aimed at raising the overall ability of A2 students, at the same time as challenging the B1 level members of the class, with reference made to task types/skills required for KET/ PET for Schools Reading and Writing Papers where relevant. Presenters: Rachel Harding and Coreen Docherty Link to the slides: http://assets.cambridgeenglish.org/webinars/session-slides-mixed-ability-a2-b1-reading-writing.pdf Link to the handout: http://assets.cambridgeenglish.org/webinars/webinar-mixed-ability-a2-b1-reading-writing.pdf