Journal of English Language Teaching

Identifying and uplifting slow learners in the English classroom

Dr. P. Bhaskaran Nair

Department of English, Hindustan University, Chennai

Binu, P.M.

Researcher, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

Keywords: Slow learners

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Abstract

Slow learners are students with borderline intellectual functioning and their education causes a great challenge to teachers and academic administrators. As they do not clearly belong to the category requiring special education services, they are often neglected in schools and their learning problems are not seriously discussed or debated. There are no intervention or accommodation plans for slow learners in most schools. Hence, this group does not receive any specialized education services by the governments or academic institutions as they are considered normal students. In most situations, it becomes the sole responsibility of the teachers to handle such struggling students in their classrooms

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