MANAGING STRATEGIES IN TEACHING ENGLISH IN LARGE CLASSES AT HUE UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF ECONOMICS
Abstract
The current study examines the strategies the English teachers at Hue University, College of Economics used in managing large classes. The participants comprised of 58 teachers who had experience in teaching English in large classes at the college. Data collection tools included questionnaire and interview. The results indicate that the majority of the teachers reported to adopt group work and pair work in their classes. Over half of them considered combining the roles of a controller, an assessor and a facilitator in teaching. Besides, they claimed to give responsibility to students by asking them to elect group leaders and assigning them different tasks. They also preferred to use games (100%) to attract students’ attention. The teachers reported to use only written tests in assessing large classes. Based on the findings, suggestions are put forward to teachers in managing large classes.
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