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Skills for Life Quality Initiative<br />
resource no.<br />
4.5.2<br />
Trainer notes<br />
Planning a <strong>differentiated</strong> lesson<br />
Stress that differentiation needs <strong>to</strong> be taken in<strong>to</strong> account at all stages of the <strong>teaching</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>learning</strong> process.<br />
1. Elicit <strong>and</strong> discuss general issues:<br />
assess learners, include outcomes of assessment in<strong>to</strong> the scheme of work, plan<br />
<strong>differentiated</strong> activities <strong>and</strong> materials, think about the management of the<br />
<strong>learning</strong>.<br />
2. Suggested stages of lesson planning:<br />
draw up group profile ➔<br />
initial assessment<br />
➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔<br />
diagnostic assessment<br />
identifying individual <strong>learning</strong> styles<br />
ILP<br />
scheme of work<br />
lesson plan: activities, materials,<br />
classroom management <strong>and</strong> so on<br />
3. Emphasise the importance for teachers <strong>to</strong> know their groups well (both as a<br />
group <strong>and</strong> the individuals within it).<br />
ESOL 4.11: Current issues in <strong>teaching</strong> ESOL in post-16 education <strong>and</strong> training /<br />
Session 4: <strong>Approaches</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>differentiated</strong> <strong>teaching</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>learning</strong><br />
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