2013
DOI: 10.5539/elt.v6n11p49
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The Effect of Large Classes on English Teaching and Learning in Saudi Secondary Schools

Abstract: The effect of class size on teaching and learning English as a foreign language (EFL) has been through a contentious debate among researchers for a long time. Before the 1950's the concern about the effect of class size and the learning outcomes of students in such classes waned for some time. Yet, researchers have reconsidered the case once again and up to now it is a field of investigation. Therefore, through reviewing the existing literature on this area and examples culled from the teachers' experience, th… Show more

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“…Overcrowded classes have been found to be a barrier that limits contact between teachers and students, minimizes students' exposure to the language and negatively impacts learning outcomes (see Al-Mohanna, 2010;Bahanshal, 2013). Bahanshal (2013) clarified that classes in Saudi government schools vary in size.…”
Section: Faults Of the Educational Systemmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Overcrowded classes have been found to be a barrier that limits contact between teachers and students, minimizes students' exposure to the language and negatively impacts learning outcomes (see Al-Mohanna, 2010;Bahanshal, 2013). Bahanshal (2013) clarified that classes in Saudi government schools vary in size.…”
Section: Faults Of the Educational Systemmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Overcrowded classes have been found to be a barrier that limits contact between teachers and students, minimizes students' exposure to the language and negatively impacts learning outcomes (see Al-Mohanna, 2010;Bahanshal, 2013). Bahanshal (2013) clarified that classes in Saudi government schools vary in size. While the average number of students is between 30 and 45 in Dammam in the east or Jeddah in the west of Saudi Arabia, for example, this number easily rises above 50 in most schools in southern Saudi Arabia.…”
Section: Faults Of the Educational Systemmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These findings tended to suggest that the teachers may believe that chorus learning can help support their low ability students (cf. Bahanshal, 2013;Loima & Vibulphol, 2014). Another explanation concerns the classroom culture, as the findings in this study suggest that a certain level of teacher control and authority seems to be expected and accepted in Thai classrooms (see also Bernaus & Gardner, 2008;Bruner, Sinwongsuwat, & Radić-Bojanić, 2015;Cheng & Dörnyei, 2007;Cho, 2013;Wang & Vibulphol, 2015).…”
Section: Teachers' Motivational Strategies In English Classroomsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is almost practically impossible to know every student by name and give each personal attention (Thaher, 2005), students are significantly multi-level as regards readiness to master learning tasks (Roberts, 2007), grading of assignments is extremely cumbersome to the teacher (Nevara & Greisamer, 2010), noise may be inevitable (Hayes, 1997) and the teacher may become wearied while unconsciously shouting louder and walking more often than necessitated in moderate classes (Hansen & Hasan, 2015). Students' chance to effectively participate in language learning tasks is greatly reduced and they are consequently disenfranchised, space for easy movement of teacher and students is likely to have been reduced (Bahanshal, 2013), and physical resources become inadequate (Imitaz, 2014). Consequently, Education, 2017, 12(2), pp.…”
Section: Journal Of Contemporary Issues Inmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The attention given to research on the effects and solutions to the problems posed by large classes in developing countries is much less than what obtains in developed nations (Bahanshal, 2013). This is rather paradoxical because the developing countries are the ones most affected by the issue of large classes and inadequate educational resources.…”
Section: Journal Of Contemporary Issues Inmentioning
confidence: 99%