. Topic related difficulties
• Young learners at the age of 11 and 12 may lack
interest in the topic and find grammar boring.
2. Language related
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• Students are all from different countries (Russia,
France and Italy ) with different languages hence their
first language might have different grammatical rules
to English and this may confuse the student, such as in
French it is common and acceptable to use a double
negative yet in English it is considered to be slang.
• The presence of multiple languages in the classroom
may lead to a lot of confusion among the students.
3. Cultural differences.
• Cultural differences may cause confusion and
misunderstandings as learners may have problems
communicating with each other and this may put
learning at risk during a lesson.
4. Class management difficulties
• Some of the students might be at the International
Summerschool because of the decision made by their
Suggested solutions:
1. Make the lesson interesting by incorporating a lot of fun games
and level appropriate charts that explain grammar in a clear
,highly visual way so the students can readily understand and be
engaged .
2. Incorporate learning activities that help learners to process the
correct and relevant grammatical forms and these activities
need to take into account the degree of similarity between the
target L2 and first language.
A rule should be put in place at the beginning of the lesson that
forbids the use of any other language other than the target
language during lesson. This will reduce chances of confusion
during lesson and as a bonus reinforce the use of English.
3. Create a physical environment that affirms differences, an
emotionally positive classroom climate, this type of setting
enables learners to feel worthwhile and cared for despite their
cultural differences let them relax and focus on learning.
Promote positive peer to peer interactions among students
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