Cooperative Learning Makes Students Learn More.docVIP

Cooperative Learning Makes Students Learn More 　　Cooperative learning plays an important role in the course of English teaching . They can learn much more knowledge and be happy. 　　I. Learning in a variety of ways and at different rates forming groups： 　　1. We can divided the class into small groups of 2，3，4 members. Using a variety of ways to form groups. For example， some students like singing， others like dancing ，acting， playing games and telling stories and so on. The students can make their own groups. 　　2. Groupings may vary for example by interests ，skills， abilities： 　　（1）The learning pyramid： Lecture， at the top of the pyramid has a disappointingly low retention rate of just 5%. Reading has 10% . Audio ?CVisual has 20%. Demonstration is at the rate of 30%. Discussion Group at the rate of 50%. Practice by doing is at the rate of 75. On the other hand， when students participate in active learning and then teach other students retention of material maximized at 90%. 　　（2）Cooperative learning and group work： Enables each student who does not ‘fit’ the present schools and curriculum models to be supported more effectively. Encourages each student to participate as no one knows or has all the information. Encourages them to work together ，not against each other. Give more responsibility to the learner. Has students talking more . 　　（3）Total Physical Response： The children learn English by acting ，doing， writing and so on. For example ： When teaching “I am playing football.” The teacher will do it by acting. While he is playing football， saying：“look， I am playing football.” The teacher teaches them by body language， body distance ，facial expression ，eye contact， gesture， scenarios and students know the meaning of the sentences without explaining in Chinese. This Teaching method can improve the English level of children. The student must watch the teacher and listen carefully in order to predict the meaning of a word or phrase. 　　（4）The Communicative