Cooperative Learning Makes Students Learn More

Chen Xiuying

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 –Visual 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 Approach： The child will choose the best friend and make a dialogue as his partner. The teacher will give them scenarios. Making the best use of the natural condition， to creative a good English communicative scenery.

Competition can improve the abilities of cooperation groups. The group wants to get the first one. They try their best to work hard to fight against the opposite. The students may be reluctant to participate in cooperative learning. Competition can make the learners be much more confident，responsible， careful， brave and happy. For example： << Hand in hand>>The children stand in a circle and clap their hands， singing this song： “Hand in Hand， hand in hand. We are happy， hand in hand. Clap your hands， stamp your feet. We are happy， you and me.”

II. Results in everyone in the group

1.Understanding the task and the answer， students should not choose their group members and change groups frequently.We know that cooperation can give more responsibilities to the learner. It also makes students feel they can do it better.

2.Cooperation is very important in Learning. English. Acting， playing， working in groups can make the students understand better. learning how to cooperative is important in interpersonal communication.

合作學習在英語學習過程中起著非常重要的作用。

一、靈活多變的教學方法與不同層次的學生

1.根據不同層次的學生組成不同的組。把班級全體學生分成幾組，每組成員3-5人，根據學生的興趣，技能，能力，進行分組。例如，有些學生喜歡唱歌，有些學生喜歡跳舞，表演，玩游戲，講故事等等，學生也可以自己分組。

2.靈活多樣的教學方法。為了使學生記住信息有很多教學方法，例如：

（1）金字塔式教學方法：老師概述部分占金字塔的5%，位于金字塔的最頂端，演示部分占金字塔的50%，練習占金字塔的75%，另一方面，學生積極地分享自己的學習成果，把知識教給其他學生占金字塔的90%。合作學習和小組活動，會使不適合現在學校教育和教學模式的學生適合學校教育，更有效地學習。鼓勵學生當沒有人回答問題或者所有人都能回答問題時，把自己的觀點，想法分享給大家。鼓勵大家互相學習，合作，彼此之間，互相支持。

（2）集中學習法：給學習者更多的責任，給學生更多的交流機會，讓老師講得少些，讓學生多練，老師站在一旁做指導。

（3）全身運動法，這是好的教學方法，孩子們非常喜歡，他們通過表演，訓練，寫作等等掌握英語，例如：在教授“我在踢足球時”，老師會邊做動作，邊說出來。看：“I am playing football”，老師會通過肢體語言（body language），面目表情（facial expression），眼神交流（ eye contact），手勢（gesture），場景（scenarios），無需用漢語解釋。這種方法可以提高學生們的英語水平，學生上課必須觀察老師的肢體語言，仔細聽，目的是理解單詞和句子的意思，我們必須記住：每組成員必須少，老師不應該過多使用教學方法。

4.交際法。例如 孩子應選擇最好的朋友作為他的合作伙伴，老師給他們提供場景，充分利用自然條件，去創造好的英語交際場景。

通過競賽的形式可以提高小組成員合作的能力，小組如果想獲得第一，他們會盡最大努力擊敗對手，愿意在合作伙伴中分享自己的想法。合作會使初學者更加有信息，有責任，細心，勇敢和快樂。例如：《手拉手》，孩子圍成一圈，拍著手掌，唱著歌：“手拉手，手拉手，拍著手，跺著腳，我們快樂你和我。”我們會使用“全身反應法”，老師會鼓勵學生大膽地表演。

三、小組合作的要求和結果

1.全體組員應該理解合作的任務，問題答案，學生不應該隨意選擇組員和頻繁調換小組，我們知道 合作會給學習者帶來更多的責任，也會使學生們感覺到，意識到他們會做得更好。

2.合作學習在英語學習中會起到很大的作用。小組成員的一起表演、玩耍、學習會使學生們之間更好的理解，在與人的交流中學會怎樣合作是十分重要的。