Teach english new edition r

B The class is very big (pages 177-178)
1 Complete the chart. In the first column write things you can do with small classes (ten or 
under) but you can’t do with big classes (of forty plus). In the second column write things you 
can do with big classes which you can’t do with small classes.
Chapter 14: What if?
Sm all classes
Big classes
2 In big classes, what special considerations need to be taken into account for the following?
a the teacher’s voice 
b the teacher’s place in the class 
c the teacher’s board work/overhead projector use 
d using the tape recorder
Jeremy Harmer 
How to Teach English
© Pearson Education Limited 2007
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Task File
C Students keep u sin g their own language 
(pages 178-179)
1 What action can teachers take if students use their own language in class all the time? List as 
many things as you can think of.
2 In which of the following situations, if any, would you be happy (or at least not unhappy) for 
students to use their own language?
a Students are working in pairs to practise a dialogue.
b Students are debating the issue of whether birth control should be imposed on the world to 
prevent overpopulation, 
c Students are working in pairs to solve a reading puzzle, 
d Students are checking that they understand the instructions for an activity, 
e Students are doing a group writing task, 
f Students are taking part in a business meeting simulation.
D Students don*t do homework 
(pages 179-180)
Write 1 (= most favourite) to 9 (= least favourite) in Column A: Me as the teacher.
A
B
Homework task
Students do a fill-in exercise, choosing between ‘going to’ and ‘will*.
Students interview residents/tourists in the street and bring the results 
to the next lesson.
Students learn a list of words by heart to be tested by the teacher in the 
next lesson.
Students prepare a presentation which they will give (individually) in the 
next lesson.
Students prepare roles for next week’s role-play.
Students read a text and answ er m ultiple-choice questions.
Students write six sentences using the past continuous.
Students write a com position about the environm ent.
Students write a publicity leaflet based on som ething in the coursebook.
Now write 1 (= most favourite) to 9 (least favourite) in Column B: Me as a student.