Análisis de la importancia del número de estudiantes en la enseñanza del idioma inglés como lengua extranjera

Abstract

Improving the quality of teaching has been the main objective to raise the quality of the school, unfortunately, most of the learning is not acquired as teachers expect. The objective of this research was to analyze the effects of class size on effective teaching at 2^nd grade “A” of Bachillerato General Unificado in the Unidad Educativa San Vicente de Paúl. The type of study is qualitative at the exploratory level. The research was carried out with a population of 40 students who were divided into 18 men, 22 women and a teacher. The qualitative method used is ethnographic. A spreadsheet and a survey questionnaire were applied in the academic period February-July 2016, which were developed taking into account the research objectives and the information related to the problem. Class size carries some problems to achieve effective teaching, several of these were shown in this research. It was concluded that the teacher and the students think that the class size is an important determinant in the educational process. Thus, they also agree that this influences over time on individual instruction, student engagement, class control, motivational strategies and student attention, blocking the way to obtain effective teaching and learning. Furthermore, this research can help to understand the importance of the problem already mentioned in the educational fields.