Results of a questionnaire to see how my YA Advanced B felt about having to actually do some thinking and teach each other.I had one half of the class read up on a grammar point, while the others looked at another one. They then prepared a flipchart as a visual aid to help them explain what they'd learned to students from the other group.
Finally, we did some book exercises to test their understanding of the two.
- From the survey results it's clear that they feel more comfortable with the grammar that they spent time preparing the flipchart for. This despite the fact that I felt that one of the grammar points was considerably less complex than the other.
- The group was divided on Peer Teaching vs traditional Teacher/Student dynamic, with the latter slightly more popular, and several commenting that both were valid, even if only for the sake of variety.
- Encouragingly, all but one wanted to do it again.
Conclusion: Need to find a way for the peer teaching itself to be more effective, or at least to give students more confidence in their peers as teachers.
Comments welcome on any experiences /advice how to manage this better.
