Abstract

English Curriculum Standards requires involving students in cooperative learning to motivate their learning interests and help students cultivate the cooperative spirits,laying a solid foundation for student’s life-long learning.Rather than being passive recipients in traditional English class,students serve as dominant roles in CL,which is considered to be effective in English learning.The thesis aims to find out the application of CL,based on a case study of a junior school with 94 students involved.The hypothesis of the research is: With the application of the CL , students’ participation and interests will be enhanced and their academic achievements can be improved. Based on the results of the present research, findings, implications and suggestions about the research are made for junior English teachers. 

Keyword: junior school classroom; cooperative learning; case-study

Contents

Abstract

摘  要

I. Introduction-1

II. Literature review-1

2.1 Definition of Cooperative Learning-1

2.2 Basic elements of CL Methods-2 

2.3 Typical Methods of CL-3

  2.4 Theoretical Basis-4

  2.4.1 Social Interdependence Theory-4

  2.4.2 Motivation Theory-4

  2.4.3 Constructivist Theory-5

III A Case Study of the Application of Cooperative Learning-5

  3.1. Hypothesis-5

  3.2. Participants-5

  3.3. Instruments-6

3.3.1 Questionnaire-6

3.3.2 Interview-6

    3.3.3 Observation-6

IV. Data Analysis and Discussion-8

  4.1 Analysis of Questionnaire-8

  4.2 Analysis of Interview-11

  4.3 Analysis of Observation-13

V. Conclusion-14

References-16

Appendix 1 Questionnaire 1-17

Appendix 2 Questionnaire 2-18

Appendix 3 Test score retabulation-19

Appendix 4 Interviews-21