Application of cooperative learning approach.

Abstract

This paper makes a study of the feasibility of CL application and the teachers and student’s attitudes towards it in the foreign language classroom in China. The study adopted a mixed-methods design- an online questionnaire for the students regarding their attitudes of CL, and individual interviews of 7 English teachers toward the use of CL. Her participants were 166 students and 7 of their English language teacher of English class in Wenzhou, China. By doing this research, the researcher hopes that CL can receive more attention and enjoy more popularity among EFL teachers at all grade levels, so that English education in China can be actually improved. Along with the results that the researcher found from this research, she puts forward her suggestions about application of CL in foreign language classroom in china. What's more, the findings of this study will have a potential to alert Chinese policy-makers to improve the current college English learning instructions through better understanding of students’ and teachers’ attitudes.