Teaching Large Mixed-Ability Classroom: Effective Teaching Strategies and Classroom Management

This work is a proposal for effective lesson in large and mixed-ability classrooms that have been a tough concern for teachers, in terms of teaching strategy and classroom management in Angolan context. Therefore, from the question “How to deal with large and mixed ability classroom for an effective language teaching-learning”, the study is aimed to set up some useful teaching and management strategies for teachers to overcome or minimize the difficulties and challenges faced in these classrooms. By the nature of the study, it is a pure research based on qualitative approach in which different published materials were consulted. The findings suggest that although large and mixed-abilities classrooms have disadvantages, the advantages open the opportunities for teachers to lead an effective learning process by arranging learners in pair works, role-plays and oral presentations, in such a way of making them working as a team, and learning though their own experiences as well.
Keywords: large classrooms, mixed-abilities, teaching

large classrooms, mixed-abilities, teaching

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