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20. TTT
TTT stands for Teacher
Talking Time, Excessive
TTT limits the amount of
STT (student talking time).
If the teacher talks for half
the time in a 60 minute
lesson with 15 students,
each student gets only 2
minutes to speak.
A large amount of TTT
results in long stretches of
time in teacher-to-class
(T/class) mode and a
monotonous pace. Student
under-involvement
inevitably leads to loss of
concentration,
boredom
and
reduced
learning.
Reflection:
A TTT it’s important
during a class, because this
is also relevant at the
moment of teaching; we
have
to
take
into
consideration the opinion
that students have, how
they feel and what they it
should be improved in the
class. An example of this
could be the class after the
exam; imagine a scenary
where 60% of students
failed the exam and the
other 40% pass the exam.
The teacher has to take
time and talk with his
students about what they
find more difficult in the
class or what they need to
improve, of course not all
the time this can be done
because of the lack of time,
for this is important to take
the time, and don’t over do
it.