THE IMPACT OF OVERFILLED CLASSES ON TEACHER-STUDENT’S INTERACTION

Abstract

Teaching conditions are prerequisite for effective teaching. Providing teachers with the appropriate means and materials makes the teaching and the learning processes more successful. In fact, class size is one of the fundamental conditions that determines the success or the failure of the teaching and the learning process. Today, overfilled classes has become a problem in the Department of English at AbouSaadEllah, Bouzereah University Algiers 2 due to a lack of teachers and classrooms combined with an increase in the number of students. This issue is the most serious barrier that affects both teachers and students in general, as well as teacher-student interactions in particular. Furthermore, in order for successful interaction to occur, teachers and students should collaborate to build an intellectually suitable environment focused on mutual respect and collaboration. This work is an investigation about the impact of overfilled classrooms on Teacher- Students interaction; more specifically, in AbouSaadEllahBouzereah university. The descriptive method has been chosen as a method to performe the survey where questionnaires have been used as tools to data collection. In fact, this work aims to examine how overcrowded classes affects on the teacher-student’s interaction. This study is based on two questionnaires that were provided to teachers and Master 2 students in the English at the department at AbouSaadEllahBouzereah University. The first questionnaire was given to three teachers to examine their behaviors in large sizes classes and how the intercation between them and their students could be affected. While the second questionnaire was provided to Master 2 students in order to learn about their perspectives on the consequences of overfilled classes on teacher- student interactions. The results of the two questionnaires revealed that class overcrowding is a major problem for both teachers and students, and it has a negative impact on teacher-student interaction