8.General conversation with non-native speakers. 2.1% 67.3% 26.6% 4%
9. Daily conversation. 4% 67.3% 24.5% 4.2%
10. I feel shy when speaking English. 12.2% 36.7% 48.8% 2.3%
11. I can’t express myself totally when speaking. 22.9% 72.9% 2% 2.2%
Reading
12.Able to read foreign materials. 4.9% 51.2% 41.5% 2.4%
13.Complex structures hard to understand. 14.6% 73.2% 9.8% 2.4%
14.Background information. 12.2% 65.9% 17.1% 9.8%
Writing
15.Able to write something in English. 2.4% 7.3% 80.5% 9.8%
16.Fail to organize language appropriately when writing. 2．4% 70.1% 22% 5．5%
17. I don’t know where to start when writing. 4．9% 43．9% 46．3% 4．9%
Table 1 shows the following findings:
Firstly, as for listening, most students were satisfied with the current situation in listening. Above average of students were able to communicate English with each other. While most of them failed to understand the listening skills and specific word when listening, this may be improved in a sense through the approach of cooperative learning.
Secondly, as for speaking, 72.9% of the students in that class failed to express themselves as well as possible. Only 4.4 %( 2.2%+2%) were able to use English freely. It indicated that the ability to use English needed to be enhanced.
Thirdly, reading also brought a series of problems according to the table1.Most students were puzzled so much so that they could not grasp the complex structures and background information and nearly half of them were able to understand the foreign materials.
Fourth, writing was a serious problem for most students could not write something in English appropriately. The language points and contents were a difficulty in stopping them forward. Their passion for progress indicated that a new approach waited to be adopted immediately.

Table 2 Students’ Reactions after Cooperative Learning
Questions SA A D SD
Listening
1.General conversation with native speakers. 5.8% 60.3% 25.9% 3.%
2.General conversation with non-native speakers. 1% 75.3% 22.7% 1%
3. Daily conversation. 8．2% 86．7% 3.1% 2.1%
4.The English speaker speaks so fast that I can’t catch what he says. 6.9% 55.7% 37.4% 0
5. I can’t catch exact word when listening to the tape. 10.5% 47.8% 30.1% 11.6%
6.I can’t understand some specific listening skills, e.g. Intonation. 5.3 % 51.7% 39.5% 3.5%
Speaking
7.General conversation with native speakers. 5.6% 57.3%. 36.6% 0.5%
8.General conversation with non-native speakers. 14.7% 72.3% 11.6% 1.4%
9.Daily conversation. 14% 80.3% 3.5% 2.2%
10. I feel shy when speaking English. 7.8% 19.6% 65.4% 7.2 %
11.I can’t express myself totally when speaking. 15.8 % 50..9% 31.8% 1.5%
Reading
12.Able to read foreign materials. 7．1% 64．6% 27.1% 1．2%
13.Complex structures hard to understand. 7.3% 50.2% 34．1% 8．4%
14.Background information. 5．4% 48．2% 35．.6% 10.8%
Writing
15.Able to write something in English. 11．2% 73．1% 12．4% 3．3%
16.Fail to organize language appropriately when writing. 1．5% 48．3% 33．7% 16．5%
17. I don’t know where to start when writing. 3．3% 28．9% 59．3% 8．5%
Analysis of table 2:
This table shows the result of cooperative learning that the half students have practiced. After a semester, these students have made rapid progress in listening, speaking, reading and writing respectively. From the data, we can see the approach of cooperative learning has indeed played a significant part in improving the interpersonal relationship between classmates, strengthening their confidence and enhancing their interests by the method as mentioned before: group investigation, jigsaw, learning together, and teams games tournament.
4. 2 Analysis of students’ comments
Comments on Statement 1: I can feel the care and love from groupmates in cooperative learning.
Student A: We are in one group, so all of us should care and love each other just like a family. (Agree)
Student C: Groupmates are ready to answer my questions about what I don’t know. (Agree)
Comments on Statement 2: Cooperative learning stimulates me to learn actively.
Student B: Cooperative learning provides an opportunity to learn independently, and puts forward individual ideas freely. (Agree)转贴于酷文网-论文下载中心 http://www.coolwen.net

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