Students Collaborative Composition Teaching And Research

As one of the most effective teaching strategies, various kinds of cooperation study methods have been widely adopted in many countries ; one of the specific examples is the so-called student-student cooperation in composition teaching. As we can see from its name , when adapting student-student cooperation , students will be divided into separate groups, and they will learn the fundamental skills of writing by inspiring , motivating ,correcting each other , collecting information independently , sharing with classmates and handling information . During this process they will acquire new knowledge and creativity . The basic elements of this kind of strategy consist of cooperation team , its members , instructors and a cooperative environment . The outstanding features of this method are educating all and educating actively . It is good for students to develop the team spirit in student , the consciousness of cooperation and the ability of creativity . It is also benefitial to their self-improvement , perfect motivation and positive competition view . And it can help students to develop their habit of composition modification and increase their ability of it.Student-student cooperation method could be traced to the perception study theories , society depending on each other theories and constructivism theories.And practically , the application of this method will require a well-conceived structure , a reasonably planned study unit and a cooperation team. When adapting this method for their classes, teachers should follow the principles of motivation , participation , suitability , gradual learning , and instruction . Its operation mode is as following : topic discussion ( during which teachers inspire motivation in students and make sure the students know their tasks ) ; layout discussion (during which teachers will take the responsibility of monitoring the whole class and students will discuss, among themselves, a plan about how to finish the task ; draft discussion (during this period , teachers will take questions from students , and students will finish their draft ; modification (during which teachers will tell students to modify each other's drafts and students will work together to make necessary modifications ; final evaluation (teachers will make final evaluation about students' works so as to present students with a better idea about their work.