I was thinking that the scale level of the province with the use of this new engine will seem quite larger than the original. Do you think this is so?

Well, apart from /we know nothing about the new engine/, a "new engine" is a technical thing that should be almost meaningless to the end product. They can't work magic, anything that could be done in the new engine could also be done in gamebryo - just a new, bespoke engine will do it more efficiently simply because that's how it's designed. It's not magic. If bethesda want a larger province, what engine it's running on isn't going to change that.

i think that a new engine could have a factoring element in changing the size that we see the province as...i agree that an engine isn't altogether the overall determining factor in the gameplay but i do believe a new one could add more of a difference to what we expect out of it and another idea about the size of the province could also be changed with the elevation...such as the concept of inner caverns on passes that have crevasses where you could go deep beneath the mountains

I don't mind if the map a smaller. Smaller map = more detailed dungeons and unique areas with ton of lore.

Morrowind was smaller but felt bigger because of the limited view distance (and slower running speed). Cyrodiil was bowl shaped, allowing you to pretty much see everything from everywhere. Skyrim should have many more mountains obstructing the view, not allowing you to watch over half the province from every point, so I think that will make it feel bigger.

yea, from what I've played I would say they made the oblivion world so large, they added things that make it smaller (instant travel, interior cities, horses, not much between). However, I feel they made morrowind so small (compared to what they wanted to put in it) they added things to make it LARGER (fog of war, diverse terrain, slow movement, morrowind style fast travel, tons of things along the road)

I wouldn't mind it being bigger then Oblivion's map but I'd be ok if its the same size.

Oh yeah, fast travel is another big thing. If they don't give us access to all major cities on the map right from the start (Oblivion) but instead make it necessary for you to discover places yourself first (Fallout 3) then it will definitely feel bigger.

Ehm Morrowind(Vvardenfell technically) was roughly/nearly the same size as something supposed to be twice as big, yeah I do hope they make it bigger this time.

Take a look at Morrowind, the land mass seemed huge, unless you used a graphics mod to take away the fog; without the fog and the mountain hallways the world of Morrowind would not seem as big as it was. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwkEall_uoY In Oblivion, you could see nearly every town from anywhere in the game, even though the area was much larger than Morrowind.

You don't actually have to create a huge landmass, if you reduce how far the player can see and make it difficult to travel then the world will seem much bigger than it really is.

Remove the town (Separate cell) load doors with a comparable size to Oblivion, and I am good!