TEACHING ACROSS PROFICIENCY LEVELS

Defining proficiency levels

Proficiency levels range from 0 (unable to function in the spoken language) to 5 (speaking proficiency is functionally equivalent that to that of a highly articulate, well-educated native speaker). The teacher has to be able to teach whatever level beginning levels, intermediate levels, and advanced levels.

Teaching beginning levels

Teaching beginners is considered by many to be the most challenging level of a language instruction, for in this level the majority of students do not know anything about the target language. Therefore, the teachers have to be patient with them. Moreover, there are ten factors that can help to teachers to approach to the students, for example one of them is teacher talk. It refers to speak clearly and slowly, but not too slow, use simple vocabulary, and not need to talk louder.

Teaching intermediate levels

The students have progressed beyond novice stages to an ability to sustain basic communicative tasks, to establish some minimal fluency. In this stage, they are able to establish a conversation with vocabulary according to their level. Intermediate levels consider the same 10 factors of beginning levels, but   they are more complex that in the past for example: student's cognitive learning processes consists in the mental processes of communication are starting to automatize.   

Teaching advanced levels

The students are able to talk with fluency along with a greater degree of accuracy. When the students are in this level, they are nearer to fulfill their objectives because they are in the top of their English levels. Moreover, this level has the same ten factors that help to develop their English. One of the ten factors is techniques; some techniques that teachers can use in this level are group debates, argumentation, and complex role-plays; moreover, they are able to write essays, summarize, responses, and critiques.