The TEACHING MULTILEVEL CLASSROOMS IN MOROCCO: THE CASE STUDY OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN MEKNES

  • Dr. JIHANE BENMASSOUD
  • Mr. EL MEHDI El Madani
Keywords: Mmultilevel Classrooms, Teaching Strategies, Differentiated Instruction, Grouping, and Lesson Planning.

Abstract

The aim of the present research paper is to explore some of the teaching strategies that high school English language teachers in Morocco use to teach heterogeneous classrooms and to investigate whether teachers manage to fulfil students’ needs through different levels. Teaching mixed ability classrooms is a huge area of research which needs a lot of research as the diversity of students, especially in terms of language proficiency levels, in English language classrooms is increasing. The problem with teaching mixed ability classrooms is that teachers find it very difficult to serve every single student’s needs. And even if they serve some students’ needs, they would never manage to satisfy the needs of the rest of students. Therefore, high school English teachers from Meknes were assigned to fill out questionnaires. As the results showed, although high school English teachers know and use some effective strategies to teach mixed ability classrooms, they do not manage to successfully meet the needs of such classrooms due to many obstacles that hinder the teaching process.

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Author Biographies

Dr. JIHANE BENMASSOUD


University of Moulay Ismail Meknes MOROCCO

Mr. EL MEHDI El Madani

University of Moulay Ismail Meknes MOROCCO

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Published
2019-04-02
How to Cite
BENMASSOUD, D. J., & Madani, M. E. M. (2019). The TEACHING MULTILEVEL CLASSROOMS IN MOROCCO: THE CASE STUDY OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN MEKNES. GPH-International Journal of Educational Research, 2(03), 01-14. Retrieved from https://gphjournal.org/index.php/er/article/view/185