合作学习：改变高职高专英语教学模式.pdfVIP

Cooperative Learning：Chhnging Paradigms ofEnghsh Teaching in Vocational and Techmcal College Abstract With more and mo‘％communication between China and the world outside， English，as an international language，plays an increasingly important role．English becomes one of the most important courses in the college curriculums．HoweverI not all college students involved in English learning could be fruitfully rewarded．Because ofthe poor teaching result and the criticisms from all sides．many educatorS have begun to reevaluate me old teaching model and try new paradigms in order to improve students’English proficiency more efficiently．Cooperative Learning is one of the choices and is gaining favor among teachers． The aim of this action research is to find out whether cooperative learning suits for vocational and technical college English classroom，whether cooperative leaming call improve classroom atmosphere and what changes will happen in students’ behavior when cooperative learning is employed．What the paper focuses on is students’psychological change and classroom behaviors in cooperative learning，and students’aRitude toward cooperative learning as well．The paper also puts forward some issues of conunonconcem，strategies and tips on cooperative learning which are summarized in my practical implementation — Two natural parallel classes are chosen for the experiment．Of the two classes， one is an Experimental Class；the other iS a Control Class．The participants are 71 sophomores，who major in Technology of Electric Power Supply and Application in Fqian Vocational and Technical College of Water Conservancy and Electric Power． The traditional method is used in the Con打ol Class while coopemtiVe learning iS employed in the Experimental Class．The methods the author of the paper use in cooperative learning consists of classroom behavior observation,interview, questionnaire and data analysis．The inspiring outcomes from the study prove that cooperative learning Call also work well in vo