Engaging your students, especially in large classes, is not an easy goal to be achieved. A vast number of circumstances influences the students' lack of interest in a class.
First of all, the topic itself might be not exactly mind provoking for the students. They might also find the language used either too proficiency or too elementary for their level. Or finally, they might be having a bad day.
There is only one solution to all the above mentioned problems: a teacher who knows how to engage the students using techniques of interactive lessons. Pair work, group work, brainstorming, think-pair-share, minute papers, jigsaw learning, etc. are just some of those worth mentioning.
We would all like our large classes to look like this:
...wouldn't we?!
First of all, the topic itself might be not exactly mind provoking for the students. They might also find the language used either too proficiency or too elementary for their level. Or finally, they might be having a bad day.
There is only one solution to all the above mentioned problems: a teacher who knows how to engage the students using techniques of interactive lessons. Pair work, group work, brainstorming, think-pair-share, minute papers, jigsaw learning, etc. are just some of those worth mentioning.
We would all like our large classes to look like this:
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