Cooperative Learning In High School English Reading Class Under The New Curriculum

During the process of the teaching and studying in English, the reading comprehension is becoming more and more important. Therefore, the students should know more about the relevant knowledge about the reading materials. Also, a higher reading ability is necessary for the students. However, in the traditional teaching class, the teacher-directed single direction model can't meet the linguistic need and enhance the efficiency of the class. In recent years, cooperation learning has aroused the teacher and students'attentions.Cooperative learning is able to promote students'self-development.Students can educate their consciousness of self learning by cooperative teaching and learning.They are more active in practicing in speaking English and doing varieties of activities in and outside the classroom.But in the past they were used to simply listening to their teachers without thinking and reciting what they had learned.Teachers also turn from the disseminators of knowledge into instructors in reading activities.They are encouraging students and becoming participants in English reading class.Students are not confined in what task to finish but demonstrate the processes of finishing tasks,thinking and researching.Because of students'participating in the whole teaching and learning process,they take active part in the learning, thus their functions can be fully developed.Cooperative learning is an advanced theory,which is available to be applied in English reading class in high school.By cooperative learning,students can share in their experience,turn positive learning into active learning and improve their English reading abilities. Meanwhile, teachers'potential will be sufficiently developed. This method also has the disadvantage of promoting the efficiency in a reading class where too many students are involved. Furthermore , it gradually educates and trains students'cooperative spirits and makes preparation for students'entering society and further study.Based on the theory of cooperative learning this paper explores how to put the theory into the practice of promoting the teaching quality of high school English reading class and aims at establishing a new type of fast and effective student—centered teaching model for this course.