1. D O M I N I Q U E U R R U T I A
Deciding how frequent and how
long language lessons should be

2. Any idea?

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

4. English lessons
 Less than half an hour the lesson will be very
insubstantial and fragmented.

5. Answer
Combine hours or spread them through the week.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Longer lessons disadvantages:
 Kids are more likely to present behaviour
problems.
 They are more difficult for inexperienced language
teachers.