Problems we face in large classes

I have had a class of 32 this semester (The most crowded one in my teaching life), and this is the first time I pray that not all of them come to class although I like them. With a class of 32, it's really difficult to deal with students'individual needs. As Eren mentioned before we have students with different levels of English. It's difficult to keep the balance between the weak and advanced students. I strongly agree with John's idea about flexible learning.I think not only the repeat students but also the weak ones who are taking the course for the first time can be encouraged to follow the on-line version of the programme in order to be able to develep their English. Another problem is about portfolios. Because there are plenty of portfolio tasks that the students should write, we keep collecting students' written work. However, I don't think collecting around 70 portfolio tasks every week and providing beneficial feedback for the students in return is possible for a teacher in crowded classes. I think with class of 20 both teaching and learning would be more beneficial and enjoyable for both teachers and students.