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Scenario

How to manage different proficiency levels in language learning groups

Our Spanish conversation group started strong but three months in we're fracturing along proficiency lines — the more advanced speakers dominate while beginners stay quiet, and when we try to accommodate everyone the pace frustrates people. We all want to improve but can't figure out how to create space for different learning speeds and styles.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A learning community is struggling with the inherent tension between individual progress and collective cohesion when members acquire language skills at different rates.

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Patan
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Second language acquisition theory?”

Peri

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