“Groups are the work of the devil,” Michelle said. Michelle was an ESL teacher in China who thought that group work was impossible, especially when you’ve got 55 or more students in a high school classroom.
I shared my group work technique with her and others that taught smaller classes in private schools and university and the concept took hold.
I’ve redefined the group leader as Group Assistant, which left me with time to oversee entire group projects.
If you want to learn how Group Work can be useful in your classroom, you can find it in the book I wrote: THE LITTLE RED BOOK TEACHING ESL IN CHINA
http://www.trafford.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000131605
2010-05-29