Challenges in teaching big and small groups by Dariia Gerasimova https://padlet.com/danayarem1998/iri3do5o5rwoym1o Share the challenges you faced while teaching your big/small groups. en-us 2025-04-08 15:39:49 UTC 2025-04-12 11:23:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4ac.png https://padlet.com/danayarem1998/iri3do5o5rwoym1o/wish/3407025540 Big groups: keep everyone engaged and interested

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]]> 2025-04-12 11:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/danayarem1998/iri3do5o5rwoym1o/wish/3407025788 https://padlet.com/danayarem1998/iri3do5o5rwoym1o/wish/3407025866 It is difficult to pay enough attention to every student if we're talking about managing big groups.

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In really small groups you can`t put them in break-out rooms

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]]> 2025-04-12 11:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/danayarem1998/iri3do5o5rwoym1o/wish/3407026008 kitti04232015 https://padlet.com/danayarem1998/iri3do5o5rwoym1o/wish/3407026021 Small groups - mostly OC interaction

Big groups - keep everyone included and not being able to pay attention to everyone

]]> 2025-04-12 11:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/danayarem1998/iri3do5o5rwoym1o/wish/3407026021 https://padlet.com/danayarem1998/iri3do5o5rwoym1o/wish/3407026042 The greeting stage can be time-consuming while working with big groups

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-noisy

- super active

- students’ attention

Small group:

- quite

-shy

-grouping

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big group: could be difficult to keep discipline and catch their attention all the time


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Older groups: to keep students interested in learning English

]]> 2025-04-12 11:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/danayarem1998/iri3do5o5rwoym1o/wish/3407026621 https://padlet.com/danayarem1998/iri3do5o5rwoym1o/wish/3407026723 In small groups, tasks end very quickly and there is always a lot of time left to fill with something (usually I cant really come up with it). In large groups, on the contrary, there may not be enough time for everything and sometimes tasks have to be sacrificed. Also, in large groups, when there are many different people, it is difficult to group them differently every time because they may not like it and the work will not be very successful.

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You get to finish tasks quickly with small groups and need to think of an extra activity to do

Not everyone in big groups will get the sane attentions

Shy ones in small group might make the lesson less interesting

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