The Application Of Cooperative Learning Strategies In Senior High School English Writing

Now, how to build efficient classroom has become a hot topic in the school education, and for Englishteaching, how to get the students interested in learning English and learn it actively and positively hasbecome a concern for most of English teachers. However, in china, we always do not attach greatimportance to English writing teaching, therefore, many serious problems exist in the present teaching ofEnglish writing. Currently, cooperative learning is used in many subjects and considered to be effective,based on this, this paper attempts to use cooperative learning theory to guide high school English writingso as to improve the students’ English writing ability.The paper reviews the constructive theory, the cognitive development theory and the motivationtheory as the foundation and theoretical considerations for the efficiency of applying cooperative learningto English writing in Senior High School. It also reviews the research on cooperative learning at home andabroad in order to discuss the five basic elements of cooperative learning: grouping; positiveinterdependence; individual accountability; interaction and group processing. The paper also discussesthe value of the application of cooperative learning into English writing in Senior High School.The thesis consists of five parts. Chapter One is Introduction. From the current situation of Englishteaching and English writing teaching, the author analyzes the existed problems and the significant effectcooperative learning has on English writing. Chapter Two is Literature Review. This chapter brieflyintroduces what is cooperative learning and the relevant theories. Chapter three is Research Design,including the research objects, the research instruments and the research processes. Chapter Four isResults and Discussion. The author analyzes the result of pre-test, mid-test and post-test and threequestionnaires, the results show that experimental class makes obvious progress than control class.Chapter Five is Conclusion. This study finally concludes that cooperative learning can not only help toimprove the students’ academic performance, but also can attribute to the cultivation of the students’innovation and positive emotion factors. Owing to the limitations of the study, there still remains manypractical problems, which call for teachers and researchers’attention and endeavor for further researchso that more effective methods can be found out for the teach of English writing in the future.