Task 3 - 7B

The techniques we use will depend to some extent on how big our classes are”

• Make a comparative chart distinguish possitive and negative aspects of one-to-one classes, and large classes.

Teaching one-to-one

Large classes

Possitive aspects	Negative aspects	Possitive aspects	Negative aspects
Teacher is focused in only one student. Student has opportunity to do all the speaking Both teacher and student can tailor the course to exactly what is suitable for a group as a whole. Both can manage the class even better than 30 students.	The intensity of the relationship makes the rapport between teacher and student vitally important. Some teachers find individual students difficult to deal with  - sometimes simply because they don't like them very much. Some private students are lacking in confidence or untalkative for other reasons. Students and teachers can often become tired and sleepy in one-to-one sessions. Some individual students can be very demanding and constantly expect more and more from their teacher.	theR are always enough students to get interaction going there is a rich variety of human resources.  Furthermore, there are many possible 'teachers' in the class, we will never get bored because the challenge is great!	How, can we give students personal attention? How can we get students interacting with each other? What can we do to make organisation smooth and effective?

•  Enumerate and explain briefly the guidelines for private classes and the key elements in successful large groups (250 words).

Private classes guidelines:

• To make a good impression: It is very important to to create the appropiate atmosphere for learning and the rapport,

• Be well-prepared: We have to prepare the class according to the different between some students and other students. We have to give them the activities in the right shape to make them feel confidence.

• Listen and watch:  Make students respond to different activities, styles and content. Teachers have to be dynamic and fluently with them, talk, watch, listen to each other, in order to achieve an interactive atmosphere.

• Give explanations and guidelines: When students feel insecure and they can't do the activities in the right way, we have to give them explanations, examples and guidelines to help them.

• Don't be afraid to say no: Teachers have to say "no" in some situations, the personality match with the student is, unfortunately, unsuccessful. We can get over this by being extremely profesional, maintaining a distance between ourselves and the student.

Key elements in successful large groups 

• Be organised: We have to be organised, specially with a large group in order to make them learn properly.

• Establish routines: Teachers have to establish daily routines to make jobs like talking the register, setting and collecting homework, getting into pairs and groups, etc, easier for the students.

• Use a different pace for different activities:  In large groups we will need to be more careful about how we organise different activities with them . If we ask students to say something in a lage class, we need to give them time to respond before charging ahead.

• Maximise individual work: When we get students to build their own portfolio of work, we are asking them to work as individual. We can get students to write individually - offering their own responses or points of view.

• Use students: Students can take the register or organise their classmates into groups. We can ask some of our students to teach the others.

• Use worksheets:  One solution is for teachers to hand out worksheets for many of the tasks which they would normally do with the whole class.

• Use pairwork and groupwork: In large classes, pairwork and groupwork play an important part since they maximise student participation.

• Use chorus reaction: The class can be devided into two halves. Each row/half can then speak a part in a dialogue, ask or answer a question or repeat sentences or words.

• Take account of vision and acoustics: We have to ensure we show or write can be seen and that what we say or play to the whole group can be heard.

• Use the size of the group to your advantages: They can talk much than little groups, and the interaction between them is much better.