大学英语大班教学中的group work及其组织策略

基于大学英语大班教学困境愈加突出的现状,小组合作学习作为一重要手段具有特别优势,可大量应用于大班英语教学。本文通过对小组合作学习在大班英语教学运用中存在问题的思考,对小组活动的组织策略提出一些建议,以改善学生参与小组合作学习的积极性,加大课内课外学生练习度,提高学生学习效果,弥补大班语言学习课堂之不足。

Group Work Learning In English Learning And Teaching

Group work learning is one of the hot topics in English learning and teaching today. This discourse will probe the meaning and the advantages of group work learning, as well as its implementation. Also, the discourse discusses the proper time for group work learning. In addition to that, problems of group work learning are enclosed.

A Discrepancy between An Advocacy of Group Work and the Reality of Its Poor Implementation ELT Classrooms of Junior High Schools in China's Mainland

The paper investigates how group work was implemented in English teaching classrooms in a junior high school of China's Mainland as a case study. The research data was collected by classroom observations, a survey of the students and interviews with the classroom teachers. The research finds a mismatch between an advocacy of group work and the reality of its poor implementation. It has implications on English curriculum innovation and the advocacy of group work in ELT classrooms in China's Mainland.

The Application of Group Work Method to Oral English Teaching

Group work method plays an important role in oral English teaching,and appropriate application of the group activities to oral English class can improve students'oral English effectively.This paper focus on the relationship between group work and oral English teaching,the principles,merits and the types of group works in oral English class.The aim is to improve the efficiency of oral English teaching and students'oral ability effectively.

A Critical Analysis of Group Work in Chinese University EFL Classes

In the past few years,group activities have been warmly welcomed by EFL(English as a foreign language)classes in Chi-na,but few studies have discussed it from a critical perspective.Thus,this study explores from students’experiences what and whythe strengths and weaknesses of group work in actual contexts appear.The findings reveal that Chinese learners regard group workas an effective interactive activity for language,personal,and emotional development.However,the possible pitfalls,such as pseu-dogroups,unequal participation,groupthink,L1(first language)influence may prevent learners from obtaining the benefits of CL(collaborative learning).Finally,some suggestions are given,with the purpose of creating a more suitable facilitative EFL classroomenvironment for future Chinese EFL teaching and learning.

The value of group work in developing oral skills for Chinese learners of EFL

Researchers have demonstrated that group work is an effective way to improve students' oral English and should be widely used in speaking classes because it can not only create a relaxed atmosphere with a sense of security to reduce students' anxiety,but also provide them with as many opportunities as possible to practice speaking English.In this paper,the author attempts to demonstrate the benefits of group work in enhancing oral skills for Chinese learners of EFL by relating the literature review of group work to his own language learning experiences which will be presented as a reflection,comparison and evaluation of the literature and the findings of the studies.

Effects of Introducing Ship Handling Training for Collision Avoidance in Anchoring Training-Effects of Ship Handling Training for Collision Avoidance by Group Work

In shipping,which is one of the drivers of the world’s economy,many marine accidents continue to occur,such as ship collisions and grounding.To reduce marine collision accidents,seafarers’skills must be improved through training.Therefore,the authors propose a ship handling training for collision avoidance(hereinafter referred to as“T for CA”)in which a group of several people discusses the ship handling for collision avoidance,assuming the situation of the collision avoidance.After T for CA implementation,anchoring training was done and the effect of T for CA was verified through comparison with a group where T for CA was not applied.Two instructors evaluated the anchoring training conducted with and without“T for CA”.The anchoring training experiment showed a difference of 27.5%in the achievement rate between the proposed training and previous training.T for CA maximises the effects of group work and resulted in good evaluations in the anchoring training experiments.The training was effective because the students themselves set the scenarios and devised ship handling strategies for collision avoidance.In addition,group work discussions helped deepen students’knowledge and skills.

How Can Group Work Improve Speaking Skills of Chinese EFL Students?

This paper is to explore the validity of group work in improving Chinese learners’English-speaking skills.It starts with briefly investigating the current situations concerning the teaching of conversational English in Chinese context.Then a literature review about group work is presented.Finally,a great deal of tentative advice on how to implement group work activities in a spo⁃ken class will be recommended to Chinese EFL teachers.

The Use of Group Work in ESL Classrooms- Discourse Features and Implications

Group work has many advantages from language acquisition point of view. However, some teachers are unwilling to introduce group work in their own classroom because group work is very difficult to manage. The author of this essay explores the discourse features of successful and unsuccessful group work using discourse analysis in the hope that the results of this language classroom research can help language teachers gain some insight into the use of group work and make more informed decisions about group work management.

On the Effectiveness of Group Work in English Language Teaching

This is a case research on group work and the aim is to investigate the effectiveness of group work in English teaching in English major of Zhejiang Guangsha College of Applied Construction Technology(ZGC).By carrying out a 15-week experiment on 08 Applied English Class 1 and 2,questionnaires on 08 Business English Class 1-5(213 students),and interviews on 22 teachers of English major,the research results show and prove that group work is often performed in ZGC and group work is quite effective in English teaching.

Investigation on Roles in Group Work of College English Classroom

Group work has been being widely welcomed by scholars and college English teachers when it was introduced into Chinese college English classrooms which usually contain more than 60 students,probably because group discussions or cooperative work provide more chances for Chinese college students to involve in the class teaching and learning and get them more opportunities to practice their oral English so as to promote their English competent.However,little attention has been paid to what kind of group work arrangement is more effective on making students more engaged in the task as teachers expect in China.This investigation will help answer the question that whether students should be informed their roles in group work through longitudinal qualitative research,the class observation and interviews specifically.Comparison will be taken between two classes to figure out the better way of arranging group work in college English classes.

The Application of Group Work in Higher Vocational College English Teaching in Beibu Gulf

With the increasing demand for communicative competence in English, organizing small group activities has become important and increasingly popular in EFL classrooms in higher vocational college. But there still exist many problems such as:too silence, little enthusiasm, out of control and so on, which has made group teaching activities can’t reach the expected effect.The paper takes the higher vocational college English Teaching in Beibu Gulf as an example, basing on the reasons mention above, put forward some suggestions and hopes that there may be some help in the effective use of group work in higher vocational college English teaching.

The Analysis of an HIV and AIDS Empowering Group Work Programme for Adolescents: A Quantitative Evaluation

In this article an HIV and AIDS group work programme empowering adolescents to deal with the possible death of their parents/caregivers will be evaluated in a quantitative fashion. The data were obtained by means of the Child Functioning Inventory High School (CFI-HIGH) developed by Perspective Training College and the Generalized Contentment Scale (GCS) of Hudson (Bloom et al., 1999: 220). The guidelines for selection and inclusion of respondents in the comparison and experimental groups will be discussed, followed by information on the measuring instruments. The article will conclude with conclusions and recommendations.

Teacher's Role in Students'Group Work in College English Classroom

The implementation of group work in China is aroused by the teaching reform and proposal of the New Curriculum Standard, in order to improve the language teaching and learning. However, in many cases group work is far less effective and desirable than it should have been. The effectiveness of group work depends on many factors in real language classroom setting. This paper mainly focuses on the factor of teacher's role. The main implication of this paper is to suggest the appropriate teacher role in students'group work and put forward some skills in organizing group work in order to make group work more effective and significant.

Peers Small-sized Group Work-A Beneficial Form of Classroom Interaction

Classroom interaction plays a critical role in language teaching and learning process.It involves both the teacher-students,and students-students.This article is intended to explore the vital significance of classroom interaction in language learning process with the emphasis placed on the students' involvement in the classroom activities,furthermore,to discover whether the peers small-sized group work is a beneficial and irreplaceable form of classroom interaction.

Improving Group Member Participation of 4th Year Section A Civil Engineering extension Students in integrated Project Work at Debre Markos University

Group work is a form of voluntary association of members benefiting from cooperative learning,which enhances the total output of the activity.Therefore,group discussion is a way for active participants to explore new ideas.Based on the previously observed practices in 4th year civil engineering students at Debre Markos University,the group member participations was not pleasing.The objective of this study was to identify the core causes of low participation of group members in their project work and to take actions for improving group member participation.The data collection method used questionnaires and interviews and was analyzed using Microsoft Excels.Action research done in civil engineering 4th year Extension courses focused on continuous advising and instruction.These practices have achieved a good understanding of how to increase active participation in their group work activities.Therefore,a main conclusion of this project is that an active learning method helps the students to share skill,knowledge and attitude to each other.