This document provides information on working with groups and managing group work in large classes. It discusses the benefits of group work, including producing better presentations and reports by combining group members' talents. Effective group work requires addressing aims and objectives, roles and tasks, conflict, criticism, and responsibilities. For large classes, teachers can have students work in smaller groups of 5-7 and establish rules to control noise and ensure English is used. Monitoring groups, providing feedback, and training students to lead and help each other can help manage effective group work in large classes.

1. WORKING WITH GROUPS

2. TOPİCS
• GROUP WORK
• GROUP WORK IN LARGE CLASSES
• TIPS HOW TO MANAGE GROUP WORK IN
LARGE CLASSES

3. The aim of group work is
• to produce better (more effective, more
detailed, more comprehensive) presentations
and reports. This is achieved through the
combined talents of group members,
contributing knowledge and ideas.

4. GROUP WORK
Groups vary depending on how they deal with
the following:
• Task in hand
• Organisation of the group
• The purpose of this site is to make you aware
of why you are doing work in groups and also
to help group processes run more effectively

5. Why do group work?
• Graduates with good team working skills are valued
highly by employers
• Group work promotes critical thinking by discussion
• Information is retained for longer than it would be if
working alone
• Group work enhances and develops the ability to
learn
• Many subjects are mastered trough dialogue and
discussion

6. How does it work?
• The informal setting facilities discussion and
interaction
• Critical thinking is promoted by the discussion,
clarification and evaluation of your own and
others ideas
• Good team-working skills such as the
production and sharing of ideas are stimulated
through real-world problems

7. How do we make sure our group
functions effectively?
Some issues that must be addressed in order for
a group to function effectively:
1. Aims and objectives
2. Allocation of Roles and Tasks
3. Conflict
4. Criticism
5. Responsibilities

8. Group Work in Large Classes

9. Why are teachers worried about using small
group activities in large classes?

10. The reasons:
• Noisy classes and crowd control
• Students using the first language instead of
English
• Assesing students’ performance in the second
language
• Time constraints

11. Managing Large Classes

12. There are many problems with large
classes (40-75), including:
• Managing large classes requires good
planning, but teachers often don’t have time
for the kind of planning needed.
• Ts find it difficult to establish rapport with
students
• Ts find it difficult to monitor st work, so
learners may get little individual attention or
feedback to help them improve

13. and
• Proficiency and ability level vary a good deal
within the class. Weaker sts often get left
behind
• Maintaining control and providing effective
dicipline may be difficult
• Sts may get little opportunity for actual
language production and practice

14. Tips how to manage large classes
• Teach the class in groups of 15 to 20 instead of
trying to teach the whole class all at once
• Small groups of 5 to 7
• Establishing simple rules of acceptable
behavior
• Train all the pupils how to lead a group
• Have them sit aroun a circle

15. And also
• Sit the pupils who have more help closer to
you
• Group response to yes-no types of questions
• Train your pupils how to routinise classroom
chores

16. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION
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