Challenges in managing large ELT classes and coping strategies

Abstract

This thesis entitled Challenges in Managing Large ELT Classes and Coping Strategies has been prepared to find out the challenges in managing large ELT classes in the community schools at secondary level which is an attempt to find out the main challenges of teachers in managing large ELT classes in teaching and learning English as a second language. To meet the objectives of the study 40 (forty) English teachers from 20 (twenty) different secondary level schools were selected by using probability random sampling procedure. The collected data were analyzed by using both close-ended and open-ended questions as a set of questionnaire. In the same way, the collected data were analyzed and interpreted in descriptively with the help of the statistical tools. Finally, after analyzing the data, finding were drawn. From the analysis and interpretation of data, it was found that ELT teachers are facing many problems related to large mixed ability classes with students having different level of knowledge, students age, sitting arrangement, physical infrastructure, lack of modern teaching materials, less use of interactive instructional materials, less focus with the practical learning than theoretical learning, less focus with the student centered methods than teacher centered methods, more use of mother language rather than target language in the classroom and so on. It also found that ELT teachers have been facing several strategies to minimizethe challenges by using teaching instructional materials, using language games, using audio visual aids, like: photo, videos audio clips songs and so on. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with general background of classroom management, objective of the study, research questions, significance of the study and operational definition of the key terms. In the second chapter, deals with review of related literature, review of related empirical literature, implication of the study and conceptual framework. Similarly, the third chapter deals with the design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, study area/field data collection tools and techniques, data collection procedures and data analysis interpretation procedures. The forth chapter consist of analysis of data and interpretation of the result of the collected data and summary of the findings. Then the last five chapter, here deals with the conclusion and recommendation. It is presented in policy level, practice level and further research. It is followed by references and appendix.