Opinions on English Teaching Large Classes as Perceived by English Teachers at Burapha University Budsabong Saejew Burapha University, Thailand 0137 The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2013 Official Conference Proceedings 2013 Abstract English is not official language for Thailand, but Thai must use it as global language. Thai students need to improve their weak English proficiency for communication in the global context. The significant weakness of improvement is that there are not enough English teachers for overwhelming students who are increasing continually due to the Thai population growth. The way to solve this problem is conducting the class with large group of students, containing more than 60. Therefore, the objective of the study is to study English teachers’ perception of teaching large classes in Burapha University to improve English teaching in Burapha University. The subjects were 35 English teachers teaching English with more than 60 students in the class. The research was conducted using a questionnaire. The data was analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results of the research could be divided into five aspects. The first aspect was that English teacher teaching in large classes didn’t worry about teaching preparation. The second aspect was it was difficult for teachers to get to know their students well in large classes. The next aspect was that teaching large classes causes difficulty in class management. The fourth one was teaching large classes affected teaching techniques because of limited time and a large number of students in each class. And the last aspect was teaching large classes caused difficulty in assessment. iafor The International Academic Forum www.iafor.org The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2013 Official Conference Proceedings Osaka, Japan 255