Helping students speak English in class: 3 Challenges

What are the top three challenges identified by Rodrigo's research?

• Teacher workload, student attendance, and large class sizes

• Lack of resources, student behavior, and students' level of English

• Student behavior, lack of resources, and teacher workload

• Large class sizes, student motivation, and students' level of English

What is the most effective strategy for managing large class sizes?

• Giving individual assignments

• Doing lots of pair and group work

• Reducing the number of students

• Using more technology in the classroom

How can teachers increase student motivation in non-English speaking countries?

• By focusing on grammar and vocabulary

• By giving more homework

• By personalizing learning and exploring topics of interest

• By using only English in the classroom

What is a key strategy for helping students with low levels of English?

• Giving them more homework

• Making tasks achievable and providing language prompts

• Using complex language tasks

• Focusing only on written tasks

Why is it important for teachers to use clear and simple English in the classroom?

• To save time

• To avoid using the first language

• To provide a model of easy-to-understand English

• To make the class more interesting