🟦 Pedagogical Module 3: Week 2 - Less teacher, more students

1. When you talk for 50% of a, for example, 90-minute lesson with 10 students, each student gets only 4.5 minutes of speaking practice. When you talk for 20%, each student gets 7.2 minutes.

2. That is 60% more practice for every student.

3. In this meeting, the facilitator teaches the same exercise twice: once the wrong way (teacher talks too much) and once the right way (teacher asks, students do).

4. You will see the difference and count the seconds.

5. Then each of you practices the "right way" with a real textbook page.

6. You leave with an Elicitation Card: a desk reference that helps you ask instead of explaining.

NOTE: We are using only official British Council (www.teachingenglish.org.uk) sources for JYS teacher professional development:

Primary source: "Pros and cons of teacher talking time" by Steve Darn, British Council TeachingEnglish (updated 2025).

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/teachers/managing-lesson/articles/pros-and-cons-teacher-talking-time

The key data points (the 30% TTT ceiling, the 10-minute continuous talking limit, elicitation as the primary TTT reduction strategy, tolerating silence) all come from this article. The "teach it twice" demonstration format and the Elicitation Card are JYS adaptations of the article's recommendations for practical use.

FULL OUTLINE (For the participants and the facilitator). Facilitator checklist