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CooperativeLearning

1.Introduction

Steppingintoexpandedinformationtimes,Englishasatoolofcommunicationhasbeenplayingamoresignificantroleforcollectingworldwideinformationandcarryingoutinternationalexchangesandcooperation,whichhasbeensethighrequirementsonone’sEnglishabilityinparticularreadingability.ReadingisoneofthefourthbasicskillsofEnglish.However,inseniorhighschools,thesituationofstudents’readingabilityisfarfrombeingsatisfactory.

Formanystudents,theyareafraidofreadingandmostofthemshowlittleinterestsinreadingfortheEnglishreadingistooboringandtedioustoattracttheirattentions.Intraditionalreadingclass,thestudentsarejustpassivetolisten,takenotesandthenrecitewhattheyhavewrittendown.Theylackautonomiclearningfornotimewasleftforthemselvestothinkwhattheyhavelearnedinteacher—dominantclass.Inordertosearchforarightwaytosolvetheproblem,numerousteachershavebeendevotedthemselvestosearchforaneffectiveteachingmethodtoimprovestudents’readingabilities.Oneofthefavorablemethodsiscooperativelearning.

Cooperativelearningisanoldeducationalviewandpractice.InChina,itbeganasearlyas2000yearsagowhenthefamouseducationalmasterpieceXueji（2007:

227）says:

“Studyingaloneleadstoignoranceandbeingill—informed.”ButitwasinitiatedbyAmericanscholarsin1970s,andmadeconcreteprogressandcreatedaseriesofteachingtheoryandstudystrategy,whichwaswidelyusedbyothercountriesincludingChinain1990s.Actually,thenatureofcooperativelearningisgroupworkandmutualhelpamonggroupmates.

Astheincreasingimportantroleofreading,numbersofeducatorsresortedtocooperativelearningtoimprovestudentsreadingabilityandmadegreatachievements.

Incooperativelearning,studentsdonotscareofteacher’sauthority,norfeelanxiousaboutfailure.Theycanlearnthetexteasilyandkeeplongermemoryfromtalkingaboutasubject,explaininganideatootherstudentsingroups,whichmakeEnglishlearningmoreactiveandeffective.Theycangetmutualhelpfromeachother,developgreatcommunicativeskills,produceself—respectandself—worth,whichispositivelyrelatedtoindividuals’gradesandevenpromotethemtostudyharder.

2.Thenewrequirementsonhighschoolstudents’readingabilities

2.1Theimportanceofreading

ReadingisareceptivelanguageprocessandisoftenthechiefgoaloflearnersincountrieswhereEnglishaslearnerasasecondlanguage.InChina,ithasbeenamuch—emphasizedcourseinhighschoollearningforitplaysavitalpartincollegeentranceexamination.AsEnglishisthemostwidelyusedlanguage,throughreadingstudentscanobtainhugeworldwideinformationarrangingfrompolitymilitarytoeconomy.Besides,readingprovidesthemostefficientandthemostimportantchanneloflinguisticinputthroughwhichstudentsimprovetheirlinguisticcompetence.

Inaddition,readingtextsprovidechancestostudyalanguage:

vocabulary,grammarandthewayweconstructsentences,paragraphsandtextsprovidegoodmodelsforEnglishwritingaswell.Lastly,goodreadingtextscanintroduceinterestingtopics,stimulatediscussion,exciteimaginativeresponseandbethespringboardforinterestinglessons.

2.2ThecurrentsituationofhighschoolEnglishteaching

2.2.1TheexistingproblemsinEnglishteaching

Eventhough,newEnglishteachingmethodswasconstantlyadapted,butgotfeweffectonreadingteaching.ThetraditionalEnglishteachingapproachhavebeendominatedfordecades,mostteachersoveremphasizedonlearninggrammars,languagepoints,likeaspoon—feedertoinstillknowledgeintostudents.,whichmadetheteachingmonotonous,lackvividatmosphere.Meanwhile,studentslacklearningautonomy.Besides,moststudentsaretheonlychildoftheirfamilies.Theexcessivecaringandlovefromtheirfamilieshavemadethembeegocentric.Theirawarenessofgivingandcooperationisveryweak,whilethepersonnelwithgivingadcooperativequalityarebadlyneededinmodernsociety.Asteachers,theyshouldcreatemoreopportunitiesofcooperationforstudentstoraisestudents’teamworkspirits.TeachingEnglishneedsanatmosphereofcooperation.Inthisatmosphere,studentslearnedhowtodealwithpeople,howtohelpeachotherandsolveproblemsthroughcooperation.Inthisregard,schooleducationshouldersmostoftheresponsibility.

2.2.2Thechangesofteachingapproachesandteachers’roles

Thereformmovementsofforeignlanguageteachinghavebeenkeepingonsincethe20thcenturyforthegrowingawarenessofhowtolearnisfamiliartoeducators.Beginninginthemid-1960s,therehasbeenagreatnumberoftheoristsseekingforinnovative