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ERIC ED342255: Large Classes in Nigeria. Project Report No. 6.

A study of large group language instruction in Nigeria draws on experiences of 33 teachers providing remedial English second language instruction in Nigerian universities. The report presents: teacher experiences and perceptions of class size (often over 100); a questionnaire used to investigate practices in and attitudes toward large classes; classroom techniques used; difficulties encountered; and perceptions of outcomes that could be achieved in more reasonably-sized classes. Many teachers felt they were teaching intolerably large classes, but some appeared to have adjusted to large class s…