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Cooperative learning strategies in English academic writing courses Abstract: cooperative learning mode is an extension and development of interactive teaching mode, advocate to foster students’ ability to learn, and fully mobilize the initiative of students learning to mobilize students to mutual learning, mutual aid, peer assessment, improve together paper on cooperative learning strategies in group survey team achievement division of group games competition law, the the diced the stitching law and common-school style in the teaching of English essay writing interpretation. Paper Keywords: cooperative learning, strategies, English, essay writing A cooperative learning theory On the basis of social interdependence theory, the foreign scholars Cooper, Robinson amp; McKinney (1994, 1998), Johnson (1990 and Lyman amp; Foyle proposed cooperative learning theory. Cooperative learning under the definition of a slightly different, but the common ground is that cooperative learning is a teaching strategy, learning as a team, have the common goal of learning can improve learning outcomes. Chinese scholar Wang Tanti “cooperative learning is a designed to promote students in heterogeneous groups in mutual assistance and cooperation to achieve common learning goals, and overall performance of the team for the award based on teaching strategies system. (Wang Tan, 2002” This kinds of teaching strategies system advocated by the students learn each other mutual assistance and common progress, students learning ability differences are in the same group, they must work for the common goal of the team, actively interact in an atmosphere of positive interdependence, mutual encouragement, until goal achievement. Second, the cooperation of the significance of learning in the essay writing teaching The traditional thesis writing the teaching teacher to explain, students practice teacher and then explain the mode can improve students’ writing skills a certain