NOVA 藤が丘校コミュのI'm surprised.

Came to New Year...I think many students came in VOICE. Last year few people were normal. Now 7 or 8 students are normal...I don't know why. I like more less people,because I can't talk a lot. My best number is two or three...less than 5 people.
What do you think about it?
How many people is better?
Please tell us your opinion. :)

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[1] mixiユーザー 01月10日 22:09

Hi, Meg. Yeah, after the new year's VOICE was very busy. It was because NOVA was closed for more than 1 week and eveyone was excited about speaking English. Plus, most people make new year's resolutions, it's likely to be " improve their English" for NOVA students. So, many people came to VOICE, maybe.

I don't like busy VOICE. I think 3 students in VOICE is the best. One on one is exciting, but it doesn't develop speaking skills in front of people. Topics are very limited. You choose topics you are interested in. And I am busy speaking, so I can't take notes. Sometimes, I'm afraid of the silence. How about 2 students? Sometimes, we run out of topics. One student might dominate the conversation. The teacher might tell the students to talk to each other or debate. I don't like them. 3 students is the best because we can have equal time to speak and share our opinions and experiences. I can take a lot of notes. When the number of the students ismore than 3 , most people can't speak a lot of English.

[2] mixiユーザー 01月17日 07:21

as a former teacher, i felt one on one often a struggle as the conversation was all too often forced. Two to six was great. Any more than that it became a little too messy. but, i'm sure a lot of teachers would agree that a voice lesson with no students is a nice break. time to relax and do some colouring in.

[3] mixiユーザー 01月19日 23:07

Hi, Aaron. Thanks for your post. It's stressful to give one on one VOICE lessons. For students, it's the most exciting. I have a question. In what situations do you teachers want to play games in VOICE? I don't like playing games in VOICE. And what kind of students are difficult to deal with?

[4] mixiユーザー 01月20日 21:38

with a big mix of ages it's sometimes hard to keep everyone involved with just discussion. games are useful then. even if they aren't challenging for the higher level students it's generally good reinforcement of casual 'light' conversation. games also give good opportunity for the use of idioms and high levels of expression and intonation. take advantage of games in that way. try and sound like a native speaker rather than just talking about a topic.

students who say nothing are quite difficult to sit through 40 minutes with. any contribution is better than nothing.

[5] mixiユーザー 01月21日 16:59

Hi, Aaron. I didn't know the good points of playing games. Interesting! Older students are more likely to want to talk about current issues while younger students want to talk about their dairy lives. It's difficult to choose topics.

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