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What is the goal of cooperative language learning?
Objectives: To develop critical thinking skills and to develop communicative competence through socially structured interaction activities. Cooperative Language Learning is founded on some basic premises about the interactive/cooperative nature of language and language learning.
What is cooperative language learning?
Cooperative Language Learning (CLL) is part of a more general instructional approach also known as Collaborative Learning (CL). Cooperative Learning is an approach to teaching that makes maximum use of cooperative activities involving pairs and small groups of learners in the classroom.
What are the objectives of cooperative learning?
Cooperative learning requires students to engage in group activities that increase learning and adds other important dimensions. The positive outcomes include academic gains, improved race relations and increased personal and social development.
What are the main principles of cooperative language learning?
The eight principles are heterogeneous grouping, teaching collaborative skills, group autonomy, maximum peer interactions, equal opportunity to participate, individual accountability, positive interdependence and cooperation as a value.
What is role of teacher in cooperative learning?
The teacher’s task during cooperative learning involves the stimulation of constructive interactions between learners. In order to achieve this, it is essential for the teacher to organize student interactions in the context of academic tasks and simultaneously, prepare the learners for collaborative work with others.
What is the advantages of cooperative learning?
Cooperative Learning helps to: Raise achievement of students. Build positive relationships among students – important for creating a learning community that values diversity. Provide experiences that develop both good learning skills and social skills.
What are the five principles of cooperative learning?
The five basic elements of cooperative learning are:
- Positive interdependence.
- Individual and group accountability.
- Interpersonal and small group skills.
- Face-to-face promotive interaction.
- Group processing.
What is the focus of cooperative learning?
Cooperative learning, which will be the primary focus of this workshop, is a specific kind of collaborative learning. In cooperative learning, students work together in small groups on a structured activity. They are individually accountable for their work, and the work of the group as a whole is also assessed.
What do you mean by cooperative language learning?
Cooperative Language Learning (CLL) is part of a more general instructional approach also known as Collaborative Learning (CL). Cooperative Learning is an approach to teaching that makes maximum use of cooperative activities involving pairs and small groups of learners in the classroom. It has been defined as follows:
What are some examples of cooperative learning goals?
1 Defining specific collaborative goals (in addition to the academic content goals) 2 Training students in social interactions for productive collaboration 3 Monitoring and supporting student interactions
What is the role of teachers in cooperative learning?
Formal cooperative learning consists of students working together, for one class period to several weeks, to achieve shared learning goals and complete jointly specific tasks and assignments (Johnson, Johnson, & Holubec, 2008). In formal cooperative learning groups the teachers’ role includes (see Figure 4):
Why is cooperative learning more complex than competitive learning?
Cooperative learning is inherently more complex than competitive or individualistic learning because students have to engage simultaneously in taskwork and teamwork. Group members must know how to provide effective leadership, decision-making, trust-building, communication, and conflict-management, and be motivated to use the prerequisite skills.