... learners have chosen to attend this course based on the information they got on enrolment, which delineates what is going to be thought. This was the main guideline for writing the SOW. However, during the last few years I made the experience that the course is also attended by some learners with some prior knowledge of the language although the course is designed for absolute beginners. These learners usually have lack of confidence to attend upper levels. As the Language Centre aims to retain learners, it leaves the decision to choose whatever course they like to the learner. Therefore, differentiation is an absolute prerequisite. This needs to be considered in the SOW, as also suggested by Minton, who recommends to consider the age, background of the learner, the reasons of being in the class and their expectations from the teacher. During the course of the first few sessions I talked ...

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