Selected educational differentiation principles and Tomlinson’s model adapted to RFL teaching

Abstract

The following contribution highlights the relevance of differentiation in the educational context and provides a selection of principles and techniques which can be applied to cater for classroom diversity. Adapting Tomlinson’s model of differentiation, which is divided into seven interrelated areas, it offers concrete ideas as to how to achieve maximum learner potential realization in the Russian as a foreign language (RFL) classroom.

Keywords

• differentiation, diversity, RFL, student needs