Adapting to students needs

1. Adapting to
students needs
How to teach English
efficiently and with fun
16.03.2016
Presenter: Voula Papadimitriou,
Greece

2. Every teacher’s question…

3. Classrooms are more diverse
nowadays than in previous years
Classroom
Various
backgrounds
Learning
styles
Different
abilities
Different
preferences
and needs

4. A typical classroom
• pupils bored and ready
to move on
• others struggling to
figure it out
• pupils who are far
behind

5. What can teachers do to manage the complex
needs of many different students?
How can we make our classrooms more flexible
— and turn the diversity into an asset?

9. Need for emotional safety
Need for appropriate
challenges
Need for self-constructed
meaning
Principles of Differentiated Instruction

10. Teachers can differentiate
Content Process Product
Learning
Environment
according to students’
Readiness Interests
Learning
profile

11. Examples
 Content
 Matching activities
 Reading & questions
 Reading in varied levels
 Auditory/visual presentation
 Spelling-vocabulary lists
-Information / material
given to students

12. Examples
 Process
 Varied textbooks
 Audio books
 Online interactive assignments
 Tiered activities
 Interest centers
 Varied length of time
- When students work
on the given information

13. Examples
 Product
 Different learning style ->
different kind of report
 Options on expression
 Rubrics
 Students work alone or in groups
 Students create their own
assignments
-What students create
at the end of the lesson

14. Examples Learning
environment  Reading in groups or
individually
 Give students more options
 Quiet spots & co-working spots
 Multicultural materials
 Clear guidelines
 Develop routines
-Conditions for
optimal learning

15. Enough with the theory now….
Let’s move on to the more practical stuff…

16. Strategies for
effective and fun
learning
Who said learning has to be
boring…?

17. The key is…
Get to know as much as
possible for each
student!!

18. • Role play
https://en.islcollective.com

19. • Creative teaching
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/creativity-in-classroom-trisha-riche

20. • Writing exercises
http://www.storybird.com

21. • Using songs
http://www.tuneintoenglish.comSee also:

22. • Technology in the classroom

23. Online tools for the classroom
https://onceateacher.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/20-online-tools-to-make-learning-fun/

24. • Real World Learning

25. Theory of Multiple Intelligences

26. You can take the test here:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm

27. References and links
http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/what-is-differentiated-
instruction/
http://study.com/academy/lesson/differentiated-instruction-adapting-
the-learning-environment-for-students.html
https://www.google.gr/imgres?imgurl=https://s-media-cache-
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http://ht.ly/ZhjUT

28. References and links
http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/100216/chapters/Under
standing-Differentiated-Instruction@-Building-a-Foundation-for-
Leadership.aspx
http://pubs.cde.ca.gov/tcsii/documentlibrary/differentiatedinstru
ction.aspx
http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/teaching-
strategies/examples-of-differentiated-instruction/
http://busyteacher.org/7372-teacher-tested-ways-keep-class-
interesting.html
http://www.securedgenetworks.com/blog/10-Reasons-Today-s-
Students-NEED-Technology-in-the-Classroom
 http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-research