Understanding the Teachers' Stake in Learners’ Individual Differences: How Teachers Manouever to Assist a Poor Reader in the English Language Classroom

Abstract

The paper describes the nature of diverse features of learners in school that is usually regarded as individual differences. It explains the importance of the concept in pupils’ learning as well as how it can be used to learners’ advantage to promote learning especially among pupils who are poor readers. The paper also provides information on the arguments for and against the adoption of mixed ability grouping in the classroom to provide for improved learning among learners.