Rosa Sandoval discusses strategies for enlarging participation when teaching English. These include: allowing student-initiated topics to interrupt lessons; asking questions before calling on students to give them time to think; and letting shy students know they will be called on to encourage participation. The strategies are summarized from Principle Ten in the article "Teaching Large Multilevel Classes" by Nancy Hess, which discusses enlarging participation in large, diverse English language classrooms.

1. Enlarging the
Circle when
Teaching
English
By Rosa Sandoval
www.rvsandoval.blogspot.com

2. Non participant students
What 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…

3. 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 from
the student
who is
talking
Let shy
students
know before
the lesson we
plan to call
on them
Don´t call
students in a
predictable
order
Tips
Enlarging the Circle

4. When you enlarge the
circle, you avoid problems
connected to classroom
control and interest

5. 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

6. 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