Abstract In the age of information, people are required to communicate and cooperate with others better. Cooperation is the catalyst of success, and therefore learning to cooperate with others is the demand of the era and the inevitable requirement of their own development as well. School is the important place to cultivate students’ cooperative spirit and competence. In school, the cultivation of students’ cooperative spirit is mainly accomplished by virtue of cooperative learning. As a learning style advocated by the new curriculum, cooperative learning changes the current situations which overemphasizes reception learning, provides students with cooperative opportunities, cultivate their team spirit and sense of responsibility, mobilize students’ enthusiasm in language learning. It is conducive to stimulating students’ thirst for knowledge, giving full play to students’ potentials, and helping them form positive and efficient learning atmosphere so as to improve teaching quality in an all-round way. 55806
By means of specific experiment on cooperative learning in college English class, the thesis aims at exploring the practical application of cooperative learning in college English class, further proving that cooperative learning can arouse students’ interest in learning English, and improving students’ self-directed learning ability and communicative and cooperative competence so as to efficiently improve the quality of college English teaching.
Keywords: cooperative learning; English teaching; interaction; communicative competence
摘要当今这个信息化的社会,要求人们更好的交流与合作。合作是成功的催化剂,因此学会与他人合作是时代的呼唤,也是自身发展的必然要求。学校是培养学生合作精神和能力的重要场所。在学校中,培养学生的合作精神主要是通过合作学习来实现的。合作学习是新课程所倡导的一种学习方式,改变了过于强调接受学习的现状,给予学生合作的机会,培养团队精神和责任感,调动学生学习英语的积极性,有利于激发学生的求知欲望,充分发挥学生的潜能,形成积极有效的学习氛围,从而全面提高教学质量。
本文通过大学英语课堂合作学习方式的具体实验,旨在探究合作学习在大学英语课堂中应用的实际作用,进一步证明合作学习可以调动学生英语学习的兴趣,提高学生自主学习和交际合作能力,从而有效地提高大学英语的教学效果。
毕业论文关键词:合作学习;英语教学;互动;交际能力
Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. Literature Review 2
2.1 Introduction to Cooperative Learning 2
2.2 Theoretical Basis of the Research 4
2.3 Related Studies 5
3. The Methods of Cooperative Learning in College English Class 6
3.1 Cultivating Students’ Respect for Others’ Suggestions 7
3.2 Encouraging Students to Express Their Own Ideas 7
3.3 Leading Students to Compete Mutually and Reach a Consensus 8
3.4 Enlightening Students to Cooperate Mutually to Expand Their Thinking 8
3.5 Guiding Students to Learn about the Value of Inpidual and Collective Intelligence in Interaction 9
4. The Study on Cooperative Learning in College English Class 11
4.1 Aims and Research Question 11
4.2 Subjects