Hi, I'm hoping you can help me. I have a class of 7 year olds who have completed 2 years doing a pre junior course. They are about to start a Junior A course involving reading, writing and grammar. I also have a new student who is 10 years old. She has never had a private English lesson before and has only studied English for 1 year at her regular Greek school, which is not of the standard as a private school. I am going to give her a test taken from my Junior A grammar book. My question is if she doesn't pass the test can she be put in a class of children that are 3 years younger than her? Is this acceptable?
Thank you in advance.
Teaching children of different ages.
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Teaching children of different ages.
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Re: Teaching children of different ages.
I wouldn't advise it. She will be at a different stage of cognitive development and have different interests to the 7 year olds. With children, I think it's best to group by age. If this ten-year old is a different age and a different level, I don't see it working. I hope you have some say in this!
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Re: Teaching children of different ages.
Thank you for getting back to me so quickly. Thanks for the advice. I will put the older pupil in question in a seperate class. However is it ok that she studies at the same level as the younger children if she doesn't perform well in the test that I give her? Should she start a a higher level due to her being older?
Re: Teaching children of different ages.
That may work. But it's much better to group children by age where possible. There can be a big difference in skills between children of these ages (e.g. ability to use scissors or to colour in). They also have different interests.
Lucy is the author of Lucy Pollard's Guide to Teaching English