Early techniques to manage teaching and learning of English in large classes

Abstract

Michael West (1960) approached the problem of teaching English in large school classes in the unfavourably circustanced schools within a narrow instructional framework which looks at instruction containing two patterns training and communication.  The training part is identified with the imparting of skills to the students where the instructor tells the class of learners what they have to do, demonstrates it, gives hints on difficulties and points on techniques and thereafter supervises the learners practice.  The main part of the lesson is supervised practice by the class as a group of invididuals.  In the communication pattern the instructor is dealing with the class as a whole class nearly all the time.  He imparts information, helps assimilation by question and answer, stimulates reasoning etc.