TEACHING ACROSS PROFICIENCY LEVELS

Levels can be defined in three such as beginning, intermediate, and advanced. Now, teachers have some guidelines, which are useful to develop the topics and the tasks for every level because teachers have to organized what they are going to teach and evaluate. Teachers cannot teach beginners something that is for intermediate level because students are not going to understand the topic.

Basic level: in the first day students are vey dependent on the teacher for models of language, the teacher is like the center of the classroom because students are focused in what he says. The teacher has to articulate his English and very important to speak slowly for an easier comprehension. Teacher can use techniques, but those techniques should be short and simple.

Intermediate level: students have developed some of their abilities of learning the target language, so the teacher has to apply different teaching methods in the class. Teacher has to dare students ask questions; make comments during the class to their own learning. The teacher is able to use more advanced word according to the level.

Advanced level: students have developed not only their reading and listening comprehension but also their fluency in speaking. Techniques can be like group debates and argumentation, complex role-plays, scanning and skimming reading material.