Introduction

A classroom is a mixture of children having different learning competencies and interests. Each student is special and
unique, which is why some may perform well in some subjects while others may not. Each student will be different from
another and may showcase different talents and creativity. In this group of students, some may lag behind others in terms of
their academic performance. Some students take more time to comprehend learning topics, these students are slower
learners.

There will be some students who are slow learners in every class. However, with some extra care and attention, these
slow learners will be able to keep up with other students. You can modify your pedagogical methodologies to keep them on
the same page as other learners. Let us look at some characteristics of slow learners to understand them better, and it will
also help you to identify the slow learners among your students.
Characteristics of Slow Learners

1) Comprehension Difficulty
It can be challenging for slow learners to comprehend the topics being taught in class. They passively listen to the classroom
lecture as they are unable to comprehend ideas and words that are used by the lecturer. A lack of understanding of the topics
that are discussed in the class can lead to poor performance from the learners. Unless and until a learner is unable to
understand a concept, they will not be able to score well in exams. This leads us to the next point.

2) Difficulty in Expression
Slow learners won't be able to properly answer questions on an exam since they do not have a holistic understanding of the
learning concepts. They frequently have trouble making connections, which makes it harder for them to communicate their
thoughts clearly. Even in the classroom, these students might not have the skills to clearly communicate their views. This
affects their overall performance and scores.

3) Lack of Attention
It is hard for slow learners to focus on lectures being given in class as their concentration power might be low. They may
easily get distracted by their thoughts and other external factors. They find it hard to concentrate on the class for a longer
period of time and hence may miss out on important parts of the lectures. You can try to make the lectures more interesting in
order to grab the attention of such students and keep them engaged in the class for longer. One way of doing that would be to
include interactive discussions, preferably at the end of the class, in between the lectures to make sure that the students are
following the concepts.

4) Poor Memory Power

The learning retention of these students is relatively low. Hence, they forget the learned concepts easily. Moreover, it is not
easy for them to remember formulas, definitions, and other important data to apply them when required. This substantially
affects their overall performance. As teachers, you can paste chart papers inside the classroom to have regular exposure to
the concepts that they need to memorize in order to perform better in their exams.

5) Weak in Rational Thinking

Slow learners can lag behind when it comes to rational thinking capabilities. It is difficult for them to analyze a situation and
make informed decisions. They may not always evaluate the pros and cons of a problem before reaching a conclusion for the
same. They may even go out of their way to seek help from others to decide on something since they personally would not feel
confident to take decisions on their own.
 These are some of the characteristics that you can use to identify the slow learners in your class. It is important to do so
because through this, you can bring about a significant change in their performance and uplift them, bringing them to their
fullest potential. You can adopt various strategies to help them overcome their difficulties.

Teaching Strategies

Given below are 5 teaching strategies that can help improve the learning experience of slow learners :

1) Remedial Classes
You may organize remedial classes for the slow learners so that their problems can be addressed in a separate class at their
own pace. Remedial classes provide students with a comfortable learning environment. This gives you an opportunity to
closely analyze the students’ shortcomings and guide them properly to be on the right track. Ensure that you are not
cramming students with a lot of information and making it hard to follow the lectures. You can use different pedagogical
methodologies that would work for your students. Once, they realize that they can perform better, they will develop intrinsic
motivation and start showing interest in learning.

2) Prepare Different Learning Exercises

You can prepare different learning exercises to help your students get a hang of the topics that are hard for them to
comprehend. Allow them the space to go through the concepts, starting from the basics, if required. When they do eventually
comprehend the topics, it may instill confidence in them and inspire them to accommodate the complexities of those topics
and also eases the process of understanding.

3) Peer Mentors
You can assign some students to help these learners in the classroom. They may find it easier to grasp the concepts from their
peers as the choice of words and instructional methodologies may vary. As they belong to the same age groups, they might be
able to break down the complex learning topics into manageable simple bits that may facilitate the learning process of the
students who are lagging behind.

4) Appreciate their Achievements

Appreciate the achievements of your students, even if they are small. It motivates them to perform better and improve their
performance. It is the lack of motivation that takes away interest in learning among students. Therefore, it would be a good
idea to reward them even if their performance is improving at a slow pace. Remember, these small rewards can have a great
impact on their outlook toward learning.

5) Make Use of Active Learning

Active learning can have a significant impact on their scores. Moreover, it improves knowledge retention among students.
Once they start relating the concepts to real-life situations, they will be able to comprehend the concepts in the best possible
way that they will never forget. Active learning can maximize their learning potential & pique their interest in learning.

Activities for Slow Learners

Here are some simple activities that you can execute to improve the performance of slow learners and uplift their skills.
1. Conduct group activities to boost interactive learning and confidence among them.
2. Organize games related to their learning topic in order to instill curiosity towards it.
3. Come up with oral activities where students are encouraged to express their ideas.
4. Rectify their mistakes and guide them properly to formulate their ideas into words.
5. Curate exercises and homework with lower difficulty levels and gradually increase the difficulty level for the students to get
acquainted with the topics at a slower pace.

Conclusion

In short, this article has detailed the characteristics of slow learners and some tips to keep them involved in the learning
process. Improving the performance of slow learners can be quite challenging, but the abovementioned methodologies can be
implemented to help them. The success of teachers lies in the collective growth of all the students in class. Hope this article
will help you help your students excel in their academic endeavors and change their outlook on learning.

Identification of slow leaner in the class

Early diagnosis of slow learner student is very necessary between the ages of 6 to 14 years.
Teachers or parents can identify that the student is a ‘slow learner’ with a careful
observation. They could easily identify some of the signs of a ‘slow learner’ as follows: [Link] defect
. Language development problem (broken sentences)
. Assessments the level of vocabulary (vocabulary limited)
. Verbal abilities
. Short sentences, grammatically incorrect
. Student Behaviour
. Spelling Mistake
. Interaction with other students
. Class room Discussion
0. Reading problem
1. Interest
2. Slow response/decision making If it is identified that a student is ‘slow learner’, proper evaluation should be done to identify
the weakness of the student and relevant strategies must be implemented to overcome it.
What are 5 causes of slow learning ?

1. responsible for slow learning such as: Low intellectual abilities such as subnormal intelligence. Low intellectual abilities such
as subnormal intelligence are responsible for slow learning among students. ...
2. Personal Factors. ...
3. Emotional Factors. ... [Link] Factors.

How do you teach slow learners the alphabet ?

Teaching children the sounds that each letter makes and how these sounds can be combined to form words. Using multiple
senses (such as seeing, hearing, touching) to engage children in learning the alphabet. Playing games that involve identifying
and matching letters to help children recognize and remember them.

Which method is best for slow learners?

Slow learners respond favorably to frequent reinforcement of small segments of learning. Therefore, programmed texts and
interactive computer instruction often are effective in remediation of basic skills of slow learners.
 How can I improve my slow learners in English?

STRATEGIES FOR ‘‘SLOW LEARNERS’’ ...

1)Compensatory Teaching. ..
1) Remedial Teaching. ...
2) Instructional Strategies for Slow Learners. ...
3) Develop Lessons that Incorporate Students' Interests, Needs, and Experiences. ...
4) Frequently Vary Your Instructional Technique. ...
5) Incorporate Individualized Learning Materials. ...
6) Incorporate Audio and Visual Materials.
7) Incorporate Audio and Visual Materials.

Oral composition
Importance of oral work
A leaving language cannot be separated from speech - so a course in teaching any living language must include at all stages
fair amount of oral work. A living language must be useful to the child to express its thoughts or feelings or needs. This is
done through speech first and throw writing later on. Our aim is to enable the pupils to speak fairly correct English and to
understand the spoken English. So progress in oral work should be as rapid as possible.
Things to be remembered in giving oral practice.
1) speaking is a habit and so it requires a great deal of practice and drilling.
2) a child needs to hear spoken language before it can start speaking. A child imitates what it hears. Hence there is the need of
good oral expression on the part of the teacher.
3) every word should be pronounced clearly in a pleasing audible voice.
4) mistake should be corrected immediately by the teacher and the correct sentence or the Word must be repeated two or three
times.
5) All children must be made to speak and the backward pupils should be made to repeat what the others say.
Oral work in standards 1 to 7th is a very important. The aim of oral work in English is to enable the pupils to carry on
conversation on familiar objects and topics in a natural easy way. Oral work thould be properly planned

Hints to the teacher

Suggestions to the Teachers for improving his speech.
1) To read a prose passage loudly everyday.
2) to recite easy poems ( to get the tongue used to pronounce English words )
3) To tell a story.
4) To describe some experience.

Our 7 Golden Rules for Reading Success

1) Keep reading lessons short and regular.
2) Offer lots of help and affirmation !
1)3):Focus on decoding practice.
3)Reread every phrase until it's fluent. 4)Always focus on the letters first.
5) Fix any eye tracking difficulty.
6) Look for the Little Voice.
7)

What is the first rule of reading ?

First Rule of Reading: Keep Your Eyes on the Words.

How to Teach English Pronunciation

1) Introducing Basic Sounds.
2) Practicing Rhythm and Stress.
3) Teaching Proper Intonation.
4) Explaining Linked and Reduced Sounds.
5) Tongue twisters are a great way to introduce your child to the different consonant sounds. ...
6) Songs have a way of making your child learn correct pronunciation unconsciously. ...
7) Rhymes are all about similar words and sounds
Five Best Ways to Make Learning Fun and Exciting for your...
1) Give the students choices and break up the lessons.
2) Create fun group learning activities.
3) Schedule field trips.
4) Utilize technology for lessons.

The Most Powerful Strategies to Improve Weaker Students

1) Analyze Why and Where Are They Lacking In Studies?
2) Concise Lessons With Demonstrated Examples.
3) Focus On Encouragement And Motivation.
4) Small Group Discussions And Learning.
5) Effective Learning - Flowcharts. 6)Healthy Feedback.

Instruction For Teachers :

1. Lets organize different activities according to our classroom situation
2. Lets organize activities according to student. learning level and their home
3. Lets include attractive learning materials in different activities
4. Let’s use ICT in learning situation
5. At the beginning stay lets organize games to attract children.
6. Don't organize writing activities at the beginning stage

7. Lets organize different activities according to our classroom situation

8. Lets organize activities according to student. learning level and their home
9. Lets include attractive learning materials in different activities
10. Let’s use ICT in learning situation
11. At the beginning stay lets organize games to attract children. [Link]'t organize writing activities at the
beginning stage
 Months Learning Levels / Competencies Activities TLM

*Preparing students for writing

1 Strokes alphabet by giving Practicing
Sheet of Strokes

*To enable students to read and * Learning

2 Capital & Small Letters write Capital and Small letters Sheets of
Jun-2024 & with the help of learning sheet. "English Basic" -
July-24
activity book-

*Teacher prepare studnets

identify consonants & their
3 Consonants and Vowels
sounds and vowels of alphabet
with the help of learning sheet.

4 COAPT
* Enabling the studnets to
Agust2024
identify five level letters and 1 Learning
5 & ESBIN
form differt words from these Cards
Sept-2024
letters
6 UDGRM

7 FLHWY

8 JKQVXZ
‘C’ as in sound vowel ‘‘u’’- words * Enabling the studnets to identify
the short and long vowel sounds
by giving prepared learning
sheets of "Basic English" activity
9 *Learning sheets
book & ask the students to write
the words in learning sheet and of "Basic
make more practice in notebook English" activity
book
@ home.
‘D’ as in sound vowel ‘‘a’’- words
10

11
‘D’ as in sound vowel ‘‘o’’- words
12
‘E’ as in sound vowel ‘‘i’’- words

‘F’ as in sound vowel ‘‘ee’’-

13
words
‘F’as in sound vowel ‘‘ea’’-
14
words
‘ಉ’ as in sound vowel ‘‘u’’- * Enabling the studnets to read
the word with the help of short
words
and long vowel sounds words
table & ask the students to write
15 Oct-2024
the words in learning sheets and
make more practice in notebook
@ home to improve reading and
writing skill
‘H’ as in sound vowel ‘‘oo’’-
16
words
‘J’ as in sound vowel ‘‘e’’- words *Learning sheets
17 of "Basic
English" activity
book
18 ‘K’ as in sound vowel ‘‘a’’- words

‘L’ as in sound vowel ‘‘i’’- words * Enabling the studnets to read

the word with the help of short
November2
19 and long vowel sounds words
4 *Learning sheets
table & ask the students to write
the of "Basic
English" activity
20
‘K’ as in sound vowel ‘‘ai’’- words book

21
‘N’ as in sound vowel ‘‘o’’- words
‘N’ as in sound vowel ‘‘oa’’- words in learning sheets and
22 make more practice in notebook
words
‘O’ as in sound vowel ‘‘ou’’- @ home to improve reading and
23 writing skill
words
‘AiÀiÁå’ as in sound vowel ‘‘a’’-
24
words

Consonants
*To enable students to read and blends-
Consonants blends -bl, cl, fl, gl,
25 write consonants blends words Learning
pl, sc, sk, sm,
table from learning sheets.
Sheets
Dec-24
 Consonants
*To enable students to read and blends words
Consonants blends - sp, st, sw, table-
26 write consonants blends words
sk, ch, sh, th, wh Learning
table from learning sheets.
Sheets

27 Digraphs *To enable students to read and Digraphs words

write digraphs words table from table-
learning sheets. Learning
Sheets

Silent words
*To enable students to read and table-
28 Silent Letter- words write Silent words table from Learning
learning sheets.
Sheets

*To enable students to read and Sight words table-

29 Sight Words write sight words table from Learning
learning sheets. Sheets

*To enable students to read and

"Basic English"
30 Simple Sentences write simple sentences given in
activity book
English Basic activity book.

*To enable the students to read

Simple Story Reading and Simple story
31 and write independently simple
Writing book.
stories from story book.
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Learning Levels /
No Months Activities TLM
Competencies
.

Pupils tell the

1 Familiar Things names of Familiar Indiviual pictures, charts
things around them

Jun-2024
Pronounce simple Pupils pronounce Group activity flash cards, picture cards,
2 & July-
words simple words simple things available
2024

Students sing group activity Rhymes, Tape recorder,

3 Rhymes
Rhymes cassette

group activity prepare the list of four

Pupils build words starting word list
4 Build Words with the last letter
of a given word

Agu-
Pupils Learn use of
2024 Singular and
5 singular and plural chart of pronouns and flash cards
& Sept- plural
pronoun forms
2024

Pupils give one

word for some
6 Simple Sentence pictures, group individuals activity
groups of words to
a sentense

Pupils learnto
frame questions
Frame "Wh"
7 'Wh' questions pictures of animals and cards
questions
Yes/No type
questios

Pupils Demonstrate the Group aword cards &

8 Synonyms & antonyms learning of Synonyms & list of synonyms &
antonyms antonyms
 Black board, note
books, pencils, group
activity, drawing
9 Enrich word Power
crossword table either
Pupils enrich their word on the table black board
power or on a chart

pieces of paper list of

10 Compound words
compound words
Listen to the compound
Words and learn to
November23 indentify them
short stories, short
11 Short Stories
charts story cards
Listen to the compresed
short short stories collection of many
12 Proverbs
proverbs
Listen to Proverbs &
1 learn them say some Drawing sheets, colour
Simple Slogans
3 pencils & slogans
simple slogans

Dec-24
14 Express their feelings in some kots
their own words
Learn simple Teacher prepare the
15 Simple Conversations
Conversation clock model

paper ball made of slips

Familiar events & Express Ideas related to
containing different
16 things in simple familiar events & things
words (ex: pen, table,
sentence in simple sentence
Chalk, school tree)
Jan-25
Students greet each other collect different forms
17 Greeting
of greeting

Recognise words in a
18 Word grid & read A word grid Text book
word grid and read them