In this paper an attempt is made to critically examine an ongoing research, namely, the Lancaster-Leeds Language Learning in Large Classes Research Project, in order to focus attention on its impor tance as a major research effort aimed at investigating the problems of language learning in large classes. More importantly, however, the paper highlights some major flaws in the research project, so that corrective measures which will make the entire research project worth the effort might be taken.
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