DISADVANTAGES- TO SPEAK NATIVE LANGUAGE

2.2. Disadvantages- To speak native language: One of the disadvantages is that students oftenspeak in their native language. If the class is really big with too many students, itis very difficult for the teacher to listen to all pairs or groups at the same time.However, the teacher can still do something to change situation. The teachershould estabilish certain rules at the beginning of the school year and be verystrict about them.After sometime the good habit of speaking only English maybe established.- To make mistakes: An other problem is incorrectness. While students work inpairs and groups, the teacher usually do not disturb them, even if he/she noticessome mistakes they have made, but we should not forget that errors or mistakesare an indissoluble element of the process of learning. Besides, students try tocorrect each other rather than learn the mistakes. One of the main points ofhaving learners speak to each other is to help them increase their confidence andreduce the anxiety that is often found in a purely teacher-centered classroom.Pairwork and groupwork activities are usually geared to fluency enhancementrather than accuracy practice.- To eliminate shy and weak students from the practice: Some shy and weakstudents can be eliminated from the practice, because of individuals who alwaystend to dominate. It is not a problem when they work in pairs, but as far as thegroups are concerned, the teacher should assign roles to avoid one or twolearners taking over the activity and others becoming passive observers.- To make noise and indiscipline: Working in pairs and groups in a large classmakes noise and indiscline, the teacher have more troublesome than the learnershave. Participants in a pairwork or groupwork activity are normally unware ofthe noise and of what other pairs or groups are doing. The only possible herecould be solved if the classroom had particularly thin wallsII. ORGANIZING PAIR WORK AND GROUP WORK