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    Diagnosis of teaching methodology when dealing with large classes San Salvado, University of El Salvador – Foreign Languages Department English Intermediate I (Groups 01, 05 and 07) semester 02/2010
    (2011-01-01) Ramos, Claudia Yanet; Guillén Landaverde, Gendry Isaí; Quintanilla Saravia, René Francisco; Franco Ramos, Rhina; Garay, José Ricardo
    Over the past 5 years people in our country, and in other countries, have become more interested in Learning English for different reasons. Many People look for suitable institutions such as academies, schools and universities to learn the language. The courses that those institutions offer have shown an increase in the number of students attending their classes, which means more students in every classroom. Having large classes represents a problem because students have fewer opportunities to participate actively in every class session. This situation seems to be affecting classrooms around the world. Therefore, there seems to be a concern among educators who teach English on how to work with large classes with the minimum effort and doing it efficiently and effectively since English has become an essential tool of communication. Based on this, and to find out how to deal with large groups, the researcher group decided to carry out a diagnosis on how professors at the Foreign Languages Department (FLD) handle large groups, the techniques they use with these kinds of groups, and to find out how effective those techniques are to help students learn the language easily and effectively. The sample used was taken from students taking the BA in English emphasis in Teaching, and the BA in Modern Languages. It is expected for this project to provide necessary information to determine how effectively teaching techniques are being used at the FLD, and also provide information to future generations of teachers on how to deal with large groups.