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AcknowledgementsMany Acknowledgements Many people deserve my sincere thanks for their generous support during my long process of data collection and thesis writing． Im particularly grateful to my supervisor,Professor Pang Jixian．He has encouraged me all the time with constructive advice and enthusiastic support．He has spent much time reading and helping me revise this thesis．Without his inspirational ideas and helpful comments，1 would not have been able to complete this research work． 1 would like to express my appreciation to Professor Wu Huiqin who has provided materials useful in writing this thesis．Whenever I tumed to her for help，she never tumed me down． My gratitude also goes to the students of the three classes who cooperated in making the recordings and the 1 5 of them who took part in the follow—up interviews． Lastly,1 would like to acknowledge the support of my colleagues in Ningbo Institute of Technology,Zhejiang University,who spared their time doing the questionnaire． O Thesis Thesis for the M．A．Degree ofZhejiang University Abstract This thesis is intended to probe into how task types，topics and grouping affect the effectiveness of group work in the low—intermediate level college English class．It aims at providing teachers and researchers with deeper insights into the use of group work through an empirical study． The thesis consists of six chapters．The first chapter introduces objectives of college English teaching and learning and the significant role of group work in college English class．It points out the problems with the use of group work and shows the purpose，significance and scope of the present study．It also presents the organization of the thesis．Chapter two is concerned with the theoretical foundmion of group work， and presents a critical review of previous studies on group work．Chapter three reports on the empirical study which aims to unfold what occurs during group work in a real college English classroom．In chapter four,the results of the