Abstract

Nowadays, a lot of students who have been learning English for many years and have a certain language basis cannot communicate in English in the real communication process. As an innovative teaching strategy, Cooperative learning mode not only can effectively regulate the classroom atmosphere, still can enhance the efficiency of the oral English teaching. Collaborative learning provides a powerful guarantee to enhance students' self-confidence, to promote students' individual character development, and to improve students' oral English ability. To carry out collaborative learning, the teachers should have clear understanding of their roles, make detailed analysis of the students, understand the principles of classroom activity design, layout appropriate cooperation tasks, organize class activities effectively, and make reasonable and effective evaluation system.

 This paper is based on the studies of cooperative learning and probes into the application of cooperative learning in oral English teaching. At first, it introduces the background, definitions and research of cooperative learning. Then, it analyses significance of cooperative learning. At last, it puts forwards the principles and specific procedures of the application of cooperative learning in oral English teaching.

Keywords: cooperative learning; oral English teaching; application

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1.Introduction1

2.Literature Review2

2.1Cooperative learning2

2.2 Related research3

3.The Objectives of Oral English Teaching .4

3.1Enhance students’ confidence and raise their interest in learning English5

3.2Improve students’ learning efficiency6

3.3Improve students’ communicative competence6

4.The Principles of Cooperative Learning.7

4.1Principles that the students need to follow7

4.2 Principles that the teacher needs to follow.8

5.Application of Cooperative Learning in Oral English Teaching10

5.1Dialogue11

5.2Competition.12

5.3 Role playing13

5.4Dubbing13

6. Conclusion14

Works Cited.15