ENGAGING RELUCTANT LOW PROFICIENCY LEVEL STUDENTS IN MULTILEVEL GROUP WORK ACTIVITIES
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Mukaddam Ibrokhimova
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Increasing demand for English language and adopting modern communicative language teaching method in EFL/ESL classrooms have, in return, raised the need for good communication skills (Tanveer, 2007). As a result, the role of student engagement in speaking activities, especially, has become vital in language classroom. However, language anxiety may be a barrier from achieving the desired goal (Tanveer, 2007). Student demotivation and their reluctance, particularly, during speaking activities, have been an unpleasant challenge for many language teachers most of the time. This chapter explores some speaking related challenges such as students’ unwillingness to speak and holding back from participating and contributing during group work activities. The observed factors which keep them from speaking are language level diversity, lack of vocabulary, lack of confidence, fear of being mocked by high level learners because of their errors. This is done by analyzing teacher self and peer observations and surveys of 17 students in one of my classes at Namangan State University, Teaching English Methodology department. Through thematic analyzes and taking some actions, several effective strategies were found to overcome the mentioned challenges. This chapter concludes with the coping approaches like modelling, using name cards, praising for minor improvements and the areas which need to be discussed for further research.
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