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From: "Ronna" <ronna at workplaceesl.com>
To: "'The Workplace Literacy Discussion List'" <workplace at dev.nifl.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:21 PM
Subject: [Workplace] Optimal number of students in a classroom
Ronna, I would not attempt planning to teach that many adults in one class. 
What happens to assessments, counseling, curriculum design, class 
preparation etc. etc. with these many adults you would have to lose too much 
that matters to the students in an ESL class.

Tonya Creasy
Regional progrram Manager
Northern Neck Adult Education Program
Lottsburg, VA



> Help me please.... I'm working with this organization that insists that 

> they

> had an ESL teacher who told them that you can effectively teach 50 people 

> at

> a time.  I've been teaching workplace ESL and regular ESL for 15 years,

> doing teacher training AND have a masters in TESOL and have never heard

> that.  She really frustrated me, so I need some facts/research about the

> optimal number of students in a low level ESL classroom.  At the 

> university,

> we never had more than 25.  In the workplace, I never allow more than 30 

> to

> sign up.

>

> Please help and THANKS!!!!

>

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