A Study on Hidden Curriculum of Ability Grouping Instruction in College English Classes

DOI

10.2991/3ca-13.2013.34How to use a DOI?

Keywords

hidden curriculum, ability grouping, English teaching

Abstract

A lot of colleges in Taiwan apply ability grouping on English instruction owing to the poor English of vocational college students, the huge differences of their English ability, and the large classes in English instruction. Previous studies on ability grouping instruction focus on the analysis of the motivation of students in different groups and the efficiency of ability grouping instruction. This paper aims to investigate ability grouping instruction in college English classes from the perspectives of hidden curriculum. Questionnaires and interviews are used to collect the date about students’ opinions, experiences, and satisfaction about ability grouping instructions. The purposes of this study is to find out the positive and negative hidden curriculum of ability grouping, to offer the findings to teachers for a more successful practice of English teaching.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Su-Lien Liao
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TI  - A Study on Hidden Curriculum of Ability Grouping Instruction in College English Classes
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Computer, Communication, Control and Automation
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 135
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SN  - 1951-6851
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