A survey of 113 college and university second language teachers in Japan, Nigeria, and other African countries gathered information on attitudes toward and concerns about teaching large classes. Responses to one question, "Large classes make it difficult to do what I would like to because...," were categorized into three groups: affective factors, effectiveness, and effort required. After problems with coding were overcome, analysis indicated that about 24% referred to affective factors concerning both teachers and students, 33% to effort required to teach, and 43% to instructional effectiveness. This suggests that while teachers find large classes unpleasant to work with and hard work, the most compelling reason for disliking the situation is the feeling that their teaching is not effective. Many responses acknowledged the differences among learners but also suggest that teachers do not recognize that students can take some responsibility for their own learning. Further research using the same question in other countries is under way. The entire questionnaire used is appended. (MSE)