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igorG · Joined: 10 Aug 2010 Posts: 1473 Location: asia

Do you give lectures? How long are they? How important are they for the students?

johntpartee · Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258

Hearing the language is almost as important as speaking. In a 90-100 minute class about 1/3 is lecturing.

nickpellatt · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 1522

I dont lecture. In the environments I have worked, its not really the done thing.

Im sure there is a place for lecturing, but I dont think that is true for most or many EFL environments. In each of the places I have worked this statement "In a 90-100 minute class about 1/3 is lecturing" would be considered bad form.

To be honest, I wouldnt want to lecture either. I like the sound of my own voice on a forum Very Happy

but if I had to talk so much in class Id lose my voice!

randyj · Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:59 pm Post subject:

My ideal is 80 per cent of the time devoted to students talking. I don't always get there.

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

You don't need a teacher to hear English - TV and films can do that.
Once again it's 'what subject are you teaching?'
With oral English, 80 percent student talking is a good aim point.
If on the other hand, you are a content teacher - maths, physics for example, then you are lecturing and the percentages would be reversed at least.

frenchfrydoggy · Joined: 16 Nov 2010 Posts: 53

Lecture?
Teaching?
Student participation session?

What are you REALLY talking about?

CJD · Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Posts: 116

my uni asked me to do a few 90 minute lectures, but i only talked for about 30-40 minutes then answered questions. those lectures were basically a joke. after the first one, noone advertised them and noone came. the same thing happened for the other teachers who did lectures

and lectures are not important for the students at all. if they want to practice their listening comprehension, they can watch Tv or movies.. which will actually help them with daily conversation.

one of my lectures was about the history of south africa, and really, only a few students could understand, and they probably could've learned more just by reading a wikipedia article

bradley · Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 235 Location: China

It depends on the class. Sometimes I lecture for forty minutes or so. I teach a variety of courses.

igorG · Joined: 10 Aug 2010 Posts: 1473 Location: asia

Thank you for your replies.