the exploration of group work in college english teaching

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1、TheExplorationofGroupWorkinCollegeEnglishTeaching　　Abstract：Groupwork，asagoodmethodofproducingmoreeffectivelearningoutcome，hasbeenwidelyappliedinEnglishclass.Basedontheadvantagesofgroupwork，thispapermainlyfocusesontheorientationofteachers’rolesinstudents’groupworkandstructuregroupsheterogen

2、eouslyinordertopromotelanguageproductioningrouplearningandmakegroupworkmoreeffectiveandsignificantincollegeEnglishteaching.　　Keywords：Groupwork；groupactivities；grouplearning；teachers’roles；structuregroupsheterogeneously.　　1.AdvantagesofGroupWork　　AsSwainsaid，“Inteacher-centeredclassesonlyon

3、estudentisallowedtospeakatatime，andformostoftheremainingtime，studentsusuallykeepsilentwithfeweropportunitiestoproducecomprehensibleoutput.Bycomparison，therewillbemorechancesforstudentstointeractinthetargetlanguagewhentheyworkingroups”.Therefore，itisobviousthatgroupworkisanusefulwayforsimula

4、tingeffectivecommunicationintheclass，whichhavebeenrecognizedbymanyresearchers，andmaybesummed5upinthefollowing.　　1.1CommunicationandCooperationareStrengthened　　Inthegroupsituation，whichstudentsallsitincloserandface-to-faceview，theyarewillingtospeakbecausetheyfeelmorereassuredandeased.Thus，th

5、eygetmorechancestosharetheirideas，organizeormodifytheirlanguagestomakesurethatotherscanunderstandwhattheyaresayingortryingtosay，bymeansofquestioning，checkingandclarifying.What’smore，thestudents’speakingtimeisgreatlyincreased，whichresultsinotherstudents’listeningtime，theabilityofspeakingandl

6、isteningarebothpracticed.　　1.2IncreasedNumberofSkillsandStrategiesareEnhanced　　Studentscanlearnandobtainsomesocialparticipationskillsingroupactivitiesbecausegroupworkprovidesstudentswithcommunicativeskillstheyareprobabletouseoutsidetheclassroom.Informationandideasareexchangedamongthreeorfou

7、rpeopleinsmallgroupactivities.Studentsmayhavemoreopportunitiestolearnhowtostructuretheirsentencesandexpressionsinordertoconnectthemlogicallyandexpandonpreviousideasthaninwholeclassactivities.Groupactivitiesalsoprovidestudentswithopportunitiestolearnmores