DOMINIQUE URRUTIA

Deciding how frequent and how long language lessons

should be

Any idea?

More than an hour is too much for language lessons. Children will be too exhausted at the end of the lesson.

English lessons

English lessons

Less than half an hour the lesson will be very insubstantial and fragmented.

Answer

Combine hours or spread them through the week.

Combine hours or spread them through the week advantages:

Children do not lose sight between sessions.Children have more chance of remembering work.You can deal with a few simple things each lesson.

Combine hours or spread them through the week, disadvantages:

Frequent lessons will take more preparation than longer sessions.

Short sessions are more demanding for teachers and students.

Less space for children to do their own thing.

Longer lessons, advantages:

You do not have to spend more time recapping at the beginning of each lesson.

Longer lessons encourage us to make economic multiple use of our prepared materials.

We are more likely to leave children the space to process things for themselves.

Longer lessons disadvantages:

Kids are more likely to present behaviour problems.

They are more difficult for inexperienced language teachers.