CLASS SIZE IN ESP TEACHING
CLASS SIZE IN ESP TEACHING

Summary/Abstract: Class size is a perennial question in education. Numerous studies have investigated the impact of class size on student achievement. The conventional wisdom among teachers, parents, students and policy makers is that smaller classes guarantee significant improvements in student learning. A number of studies support the importance of class size for student achievement; others strongly object this conclusion, showing that class size has little to no influence on student outcomes. There is a tendency to think that having fewer students in a class will allow a teacher to provide more one-to-one attention. Teachers, indeed, adapt their teaching to address the individual needs of the students. As the class becomes larger and more diverse, this task becomes increasingly challenging. In reality, there are no clear definitions of the ideal class size. Both large and small classes have advantages and disadvantages.

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