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They all come from different social and academic backgrounds and their knowledge of English language varies from one another. A mixed ability group throws many challenges to an English language teacher teaching to a grown up or rather adult group of learners who always pre-define their interests and needs. The primary and the most important challenge in front of the language teacher teaching engineering students is-how to promote active learning in MAC situation? A language teacher to overcome the problems of a mixed ability classroom and promote active learning needs to adopt a number of strategies. The paper studies the MAC situation in an English language classroom of engineering students and makes an attempt to re-define methods for active learning ~~ ~~ a prerequisite for language development in an engineering classroom.  \nDefining mixed ability class  \nA mixed ability class is a teaching system in which students having different abilities are taught together. These students differ not only in their learning abilities but in motivation, background knowledge, interest and learning style too. As they come from different social, cultural and educational backgrounds their personality, attitude and exposure also vary from  \nevery individual to expedite learning. Every class is always a mixed ability class but with the  \ncup of tea. The thrust has come to the language teacher to train every individual so that he can be recruited and can carry out different written and verbal official assignments with required proficiency in English.  \nDefining active learning  \nActive learning means involving the learner actively in the process of learning. Active learning is advancement over passive learning which offers methods of engaging students in the learning process. Students do not learn simply by listening in the classroom. They have to read, understand, comprehend, reflect and interact with fellow students and teachers. Active learning provides scope for these aspects of learning in the classroom. It transforms the  Active learning  . For effective language learning, the language teacher  \nrequires curiosity, interest, attention, and motivation. Only a curious student shall be interested in the class and pay attention to what the teacher says. Attention works like a stimulus, to which the learner responds. An effective teacher knows how to create and  \nActive Learning Methodology (ALM)  \nActive Learning Methodology recognizes that the brain of a child can do wonders. It suggests that the learner should be actively engaged in the class activities and he should be given liberty to behave fearlessly. Same classrooms and same textbooks are used by the teacher to transform the brain of the child. In an English language classroom of engineering students, ALM can be adopted by using different techniques. Some of them are:  \n Tasks should be so designed so as to promote group work, pair work, and individual work to involve the students.  \n Along with the textbooks, supplementary materials should be used. For example if a  \nprovided with materials which help him/her develop the basic knowledge of the language, e.g. a storybook recommended for lower classes.  \n Students should be allowed to interview one another and talk to the teacher in the classroom.  \n Students should be guided to prepare some topics of their own.  \n Promote creativity by using a variety of tasks. Keep the relevance of the task to them. For example - extempore speeches, group discussions, presentations and mock  \ninterviews are appreciated by engineering students as they find these tasks r","cbCaicArgRqG9ujf","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicArgRqG9ujf","pdf",638890,12,"English","# Defining mixed ability class\n# Defining active learning\n# Active Learning Methodology (ALM)\n# Literature review","[{\"question\":\"Why is active learning a key challenge in a mixed ability class of engineering students?\",\"answer\":\"Engineering learners differ in motivation, background knowledge, interests, and learning styles. The teacher must therefore design strategies that promote participation despite these differences and adult learners’ pre-defined needs.\"},{\"question\":\"What does “mixed ability class” mean in this paper?\",\"answer\":\"It is a teaching system where students with different abilities are taught together. 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