After applying my two new teaching strategies, I personally felt
that the students were actively involved in the course and there were no “passive”
listeners.
I asked the students opinions on these strategies and almost all
of the the students were quite happy with the think-pair-share technique. One
of the students said that she preferred it to the other group activities and group
discussions they had earlier been doing as this required a small group to
collaborate together. She said that having a amall group is more effective as
it allowed all the students to participate and learn keeping arguments minimum.
Also in a large group it is often that some students end up doing most of the
work while some do not bother.
When I asked the opinions of the weaker students they said that they
liked this strategy as they were better able to learn as what they didn’t understand
was explained to them by their team mates. They also said that it was sort of
like each one of us was getting individual attention which would not have been
the case if the groups were large.
Regarding the second strategy in which I asked the students to
deliver lectures, some loved the idea and said that it was a great tool for
learning as when they were preparing the lesson to be delivered they ended up
learning the whole lesson themselves….They said that when you teach others you
end up acquiring a deeper understanding of the subject matter yourself.
However, some students said that they were not comfortable with this method as
they were shy of public speaking. 
Hi Annie, I can fully understand why your students enjoyed the think-pair-share strategy and why some were uncomfortable with public speaking. It takes some getting used to! One of the roles of the teacher is to build confidence and to equip our students with the skills they will need for the workplace - confidence in public speaking will always be an asset!!
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