Cooperative learning

Cooperative learning is a teaching method where students of mixed levels of ability are arranged into groups and rewarded according to the group's success, rather than the success of an individual member. Cooperative learning structures was created in the early 1900s, when they were introduced by the American education reformer John Dewey.

Richards and Rodgers (2001: 193) premise 5 principles that underlie the interactive and cooperative nature of language and language learning:

"Humans are born to talk and communication is generally considered to be the primary purpose of language."

“Most talk/speech is organized as conversation."

"Conversation operates according to a certain agreed upon set of cooperative rules or 'maxims'."

“One learns how these cooperative maxims are realized in one's native language through casual, everyday conversational interaction."

"One learns how the maxims are realized in a second language through participation in cooperatively structured interactional activities."

Face-to-Face Interaction:

Students are promoting each other’s' learning through face-to-face activities where they discuss and explain assignment topics with each other’s.

Cooperation is working together to accomplish shared goals. Within cooperative situations, individuals seek outcomes beneficial to themselves and all other group members. Cooperative learning is the instructional use of small groups through which students work together to maximize their own and each other’s learning.

Advantages for students:

• Increasing their auto esteem
• Facilities when you work with other people
• Tolerance
• Respect
• Equality

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