Enlarging the Circle

when Teaching English

By Rosa Sandovalwww.rvsandoval.blogspot.com

Non participant studentsWhat are they thinking about?

I have too much work

to do!!!

Lets go to San José

for the weekend and visit a

cinema

Pow! What's on TV tonight?

He’s dreamy!

I wonder…

Don´t call the first student whose hand goes up

Allow student initia- ted topics to interrupt our lesson plan

Ask a question before calling a name, give time to think

Walk away fromthe student who is talking

Let shy studentsknow beforethe lesson we plan to call on them

Don´t callstudents in apredictable order

Tips

Enlarging the Circle

When you enlarge the circle, you avoid problems connected to classroom

control and interest

These highlights are from the principle ten: Enlarging the

Circle

Taken from the article: “Teaching Large Multilevel

Classes”By Hess, N (2001)

Cambridge University Press