Korean Job Discussion Forums

[sonicmatt]

I am wondering how many students you have in your university classes. Also, how long have you been teaching at a university? What was your biggest class size ever?

I am doing a presentation at work about teaching large class sizes and was wondering if our university is the exception rather than the rule with out extremely large class sizes. We average about 55+ students in a conversation class these days.

[War Eagle]

Look at your poll numbers again. You might want to redo it

[sonicmatt]

thanks for the heads up, but just trying to get a rough average of what other universities out there are doing.

[Koharski]

I think War Eagle is eluding to the fact that you seem to have left out 6-9 in each of the increments of your choices. What does one choose if he/she has 18 students in their class?

You should be able to easily edit your poll. If you can not, I can do it for you.

Koharski

[schwa]

A guy I know is teaching uni classes of a hundred this semester.

Interesting side-fact: if you talk to older Korean public school teachers, average ps class sizes were 70-80 when they were starting out.

[denverdeath]

I've had as few as 4 students and as many as, I think, 54 in a required class. Would say that 30-35 is the average at my current place when taking the years and majors into consideration. I just began my tenth year at a university.

[World Traveler]

[chrisblank]

Freshmen conversation classes usually about 15
Sophomore Academic Writing 35-45
Junior Subjects (Children's Lit/ Speech) 20-30

[transmogrifier]

English for Academic Purposes freshman classes: 27, 28, & 33 (the largest I've ever had, but some colleges have high 30s on occasions)
Advanced Writing Class: 18

[ajuma]

I am wondering how many students you have in your university classes. I start out with 32 (max) and by the end of the semester, usually have about 28.


Also, how long have you been teaching at a university? 12 years at 3 different unis. 1 for 7 years, 1 for 6 months and 1 for 5 years.

What was your biggest class size ever? 72...at my first uni. And it was a video listening class! I used to bring a water gun to keep them awake!


ETA: For me, the optimal size would be 12 to 15 students in a conversation class. Another good question would be: How many hours do you teach your students and how is that time divided. I felt that my students learned a lot more when they had 2 50-minute classes a week than they do with 1 110 minute class broken into 2 parts.

[Jimskins]

For the last 5 semesters my classes averaged about 8 per class. This semester a little higher, around 13.

[Laura_F]

My classes average about 20.
This is my first semester teaching at a uni.
I guess I'm really lucky because my largest class only has 22 students.

[ontheway]

When I taught at a Korean university, my biggest class had 96 students ... it was a conversation class.

[NYC_Gal 2.0]

The maximum size permitted in my classes is 25. I have between 23 and 25 in all four classes.

[liveinkorea316]

My class numbers range from 20 to 30 in a required undergrad English 101 course.

It is manageable if they are good students but interaction between me and individual students can be low.