唐舒方

【Abstract】As an advanced teaching method， cooperative learning can improve students interest in learning English and the quality of English teaching， therefore， effectively using cooperative learning in teaching activities gradually arouse wide concern of more and more teachers. This paper mainly analyzes the characteristics and the positive effect of cooperative learning， and points out its reasonable application in junior high school English teaching， hoping it will be helpful for effective English teaching.

【Key words】Cooperative learning； junior high school English teaching

1. Characteristics and Positive Role of Cooperative Learning

1.1 characteristics of cooperative learning

Through cooperative learning， students can communicate with each other， so as to enhance awareness of cooperation and to cultivate autonomous learning ability. In the process of cooperative learning， students can not only fully demonstrate themselves， but also can understand learning methods of other students， and to cultivate good habit of studying by combing with their own actual situation and effectively absorbing others study experience. In addition， cooperative learning can enhance students sense of responsibility and improve their learning ability. During the cooperative learning， students personal achievements will greatly affect the overall performance of their group， in order to win honors for their group， they will consciously and actively complete the task of learning.

1.2 positive role of cooperative learning

In the traditional teaching mode， students passively learn and master the theoretical knowledge， lacking of opportunities for English communication， which leads to a low enthusiasm and a poor English application ability. While through cooperative learning， students must use English to communicate and interact with their group members， which can enhance their learning interest， cultivate their practical English ability， and improve the effectiveness of English teaching.

2. Reasonable Application of Cooperative Learning in English Teaching

2.1 introducing cooperative learning into the teaching of reading

In the traditional reading teaching process， many teachers mainly use one-way teaching method to explain and analyze the word meaning and sentence patterns， do not give full play to students subjective initiative， which usually leads to a dull teaching atmosphere and a low learning efficiency. Therefore， we can carry out reading teaching activities by cooperative learning， let the students to understand and master the authors thoughts and feelings， to cultivate their analysis ability and understanding ability， improve their English learning. For example， in reading teaching， we can ask them to discuss concerning the title of the article， to analyze its paragraphs， writing features and its central idea， and guide them to understand and master the difficult words and sentence patterns， so as to consolidate their English knowledge and improve their learning efficiency.endprint

2.2 using cooperative learning in oral English Teaching

Under the influence of the traditional education ideas and teaching mode， there has been existing a phenomenon of “mute English” in English teaching， while by adopting cooperative learning mode to provide opportunities for students to communicate and interact， which can not only avoid above mention phenomenon， but also cultivate students practical English skills. In the oral English teaching， we can ask students to make dialogues according to specific teaching content in groups， and then to perform their works in cooperation， thus to stimulate their learning enthusiasm， cultivate their oral English ability， so as to improve the oral English Teaching quality.

2.3 using cooperative learning in the teaching of writing

Writing can reflect the students basic English level and writing ability， therefore， in the process of teaching writing， we can effectively use cooperative learning to create a good learning atmosphere for students according to their learning needs， thus to enhance their writing enthusiasm and improve their writing level. Before writing teaching activities， we can ask them to discuss and write concerning a topic in groups， and then to evaluate each others essays within the group， help to stimulate students interest for writing and improve the teaching quality.

3. Summary

In a word， cooperative learning can stimulate students learning enthusiasm， improve the teaching quality and promote the development of all students. So in the actual teaching process， we should fully consider students level of knowledge， learning ability and their characters， reasonably construct cooperative learning groups according to the demand of teaching and strive to create a good English learning environment， to improve students enthusiasm for learning English and to promote the development of students English learning ability.

References：

[1]王志建.合作學(xué)習(xí)在初中英語(yǔ)教學(xué)中的應(yīng)用研究[J].中國(guó)校外教育，2015（11）.endprint