The advantages of English group’s cooperative learning.docVIP

The advantages of English group’s cooperative learning Cooperative Learning advocated and implemented at first by a famous educationist called David Koonts in U.S.A. in the seventies of the 20th century， is a kind of teaching theory and tactics system in fact with the interpersonal cooperation and interaction as the essential features in teaching. Group’s cooperative learning advocates dividing the whole class into a studying collective with group as its unit， confirming group leader and recorder of each group， finishing tasks together the teacher assigned before spoken practice classes and doing the records， showing their achievements in different ways in oral classes in order that every student can participate in spoken activities and have an opportunity to open his mouth to improve his language expression. Ⅰ. Group’s cooperative learning breaks the limitations of class schooling. Nowadays， most of existing classes are generally all made up of more than 40 students. In one class are too many students so that the teacher has difficulty in making each student have enough chances to speak more within 45 minutes， which will cause only a few activists participating in the classroom activities and most students are only the onlookers. Group’s cooperative learning breaks such a routine teaching situation， simulates small class schooling， has changed the mode of taking teachers as the core and meets the demands of students in different levels. Each study group is one basic unit and each student will have an opportunity to represent himself in the group. Students can help each other. This will create chances to use English for them and reduce embarrassments and pressures at letting them participate in the class. Ⅱ. Group’s cooperative learning makes each student have a chance to study and innovate voluntarily. In the past spoken practice lessons the teacher often provides a topic in the class and lets students discuss together. Though these activities may give each student