1、Cooperative Language LearningZhang Kun1Background?Cooperative Language Learning(CLL)is part of a more general instructional approach also known as Collaborative Learning(CL).?Cooperative Learning is an approach to teaching that makes maximum use of cooperative activities involving pairs and small gr
2、oups of learners in the classroom.2?Traditional models of classroom learning are teacher-fronted,foster competition rather than cooperation,and favor majority students.?CLL has been embraced as a way of promoting communicative interaction in the classroom and is seen as an extension of the principle
3、s of Communicative Language Teaching.It is learner-centered.3ApproachTheory of language?Cooperative Language Learning is founded on 5 basic premises about the interactive nature of language.?Premise 1 is that we are born to talk and communication is considered as the primary purpose of language.4?Pr
4、emise 2 is that most talk is organized as conversation.?Premise 3 is that conversation operates according to a certain agreed-upon set of cooperative rules or“maxims”(Grices Cooperative Principle).?Premise 4 is that one learns how these cooperative maxims are realized in ones native language through
5、 casual,everyday conversational interaction.5?Premise 5 is that one learns how the maxims are realized in a second language through participation in cooperatively structured interactional activities.6Theory of learning?Cooperative learning advocates draw on the theoretical work of developmental psyc
6、hologists Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky,both of whom stress the central role of social interaction in learning.?As we have indicated,a central premise of CLL is that learners develop communicative competence in a language by conversing in socially or pedagogically structured situations.7?CLL seeks to
7、 develop classrooms that foster cooperation rather than competition in learning.Within cooperative situations,individuals seek outcomes beneficial to themselves and all other group members.It is contrasted with competitive learning in which students work against each other to achieve an academic goa
8、l such as a grade of“A”.8DesignObjectives?To foster cooperation rather than competition?To develop critical thinking skills?To develop communicative competence 9The syllabus?CLL does not assume any particular form of language syllabus,since activities from a wide variety of curriculum orientations c
9、an be taught via cooperative learning.What defines CLL is the systematic and carefully planned use of group-based procedures in teaching.10Types of learning and teaching activities3 types of groups?Formal cooperative learning groups?Informal cooperative learning groups?Cooperative base groups115 key
10、 elements of successful group-based learning?Positive interdependence?Group formation?Individual accountability?Social skills?Structuring and structures123 major kinds of cooperative learning tasks?Team practice from common input-skills development and mastery of facts?Jigsaw:differentiated but pred
11、etermined input-evaluation and synthesis of facts and opinions?Cooperative projects:topic/resources selected by students-discovery learning13Learner roles?The primary role of the learner is as a member of a group who must work collaboratively on tasks with other group members.Learners have to learn
12、teamwork skills and direct their own learning.?Pair grouping is the most typical CLL format.14Teacher roles?The role of the teacher in CLL differs largely from that of teachers in traditional teacher-fronted lesson.?The teacher has to create a highly structured and well-organized learning environmen
13、t by setting goals,planning and structuring tasks,establishing the physical arrangement of the classroom,assigning students to groups and roles and selecting materials and time.15?Teachers speak less than in teacher-fronted class and they usually act as a facilitator of learning.They usually move ar
14、ound the class helping students and groups as needs arise.16Procedure?This book provides an example of how a collaborative writing lesson would be carried out.A cooperative writing and editing pair arrangement is used.17ConclusionAdvantages?Providing opportunities for learners to develop successful
15、learning and communication skills and to develop friendship with pleasure?Enhancing learner motivation and reducing learner stress18Disadvantages?Some bad habits may occur among students.For example,some students do not need to try hard equally but share others victory.?It places considerable demands on teachers,who may have difficulty adapting to the new roles required of them.?Learners having different level of proficiency may benefit from this method differently.19Thank you!20
