Large- sized Classes in Student-centered Learning at the University of Duhok, College of Basic Education, Department of English

Abstract

The context of higher education in the Kurdistan region has seen a growth in the acceptance rate for almost all college departments. Although this may sound glamorous to some as seen as a success in the rate of population of a literate community, many forget that teachers now have to deal with a bigger number of students with the same resources as before, which creates a big challenge for educators and the teaching staff. Therefore, the creators of this piece of work have decided, after witnessing firsthand this issue themselves, to research the topic. Their study aims to examine whether Large-sized classes negatively to the contribution and performance of students and teachers in the learning and teaching process in student-centered Learning at the University of Duhok, College of Basic Education, and Department of English. This study made use of 5 university teachers working with 26 university students at the 3^rd stage in the Reading and writing class. Two surveys were implemented, one for the teachers and one for the students. The results of this study, based on the research question’s determined that large-sized classes in student-centered learning at the University of Duhok, College of Basic Education, and Department of English does in fact affects students and teachers educational learning and teaching performance.