Working with Large Classes

One problem with large groups or classes, specially in language learning is that students don’t receive individual attention,  feedback and perhaps also an individual chance to practice, so we have learned that:

1.       The “old trick” of making groups is still useful

2.       The use of technology through online tests, videos, interactive presentations, helps the teacher save time in class, and students have the chance to practice and learn individually at their own pace

3.       Team or Group work in the class require a random selection of the groups to control their work, if possible all groups should participate in the control process

4.       If you have a large group, creating an application that saves students answers in the form of a spreadsheet, it will save you a lot of time of the correction process, and you may give individual feedback to the students. Using the results to drive the in-class  discussion is possible too.

5.       From my point of view, although technology helps the teacher to work with large groups Speaking is the skill that need special  attention, so the time saved using the web could be used in the class to practice Speaking