One of the ultimate goals of education is not to transmit the fixed knowledge to students, but to enhance their
capacity of acquiring knowledge actively and help them become life-long autonomous learners. Therefore,
learning how to learn is more important than learning the fixed textbooks. For the past decades, the application
of various teaching methodologies to the teaching practice by many English teachers has brought about great
developments and diverse achievements to English teaching. Nevertheless, the current college English teaching
system is still not so successful, especially for listening teaching. Many college students can neither express
themselves fluently nor can they understand what others say. On the one hand, students have to learn many new
words and grammatical rules by heart to pass various exams. On the other hand, “spoon-feeding” teaching
approach still dominates most classrooms. Under such teaching environments, many college students generally
receive what the teacher imparts to them passively rather than thinking actively while sitting in the classroom.
Therefore, the passivity of the students and the dominance of the teachers form great obstacles for students’
practice and use of the target language in class. In terms of listening class, it is quite difficult for many teachers
to figure out satisfactory and effective ways to involve students in the classroom activities actively. A systematic
approach for listening class is urgently needed. This study aims to provide a practical and useful way to help
students learn better with the help of cooperative learning (CL). That is, this research tries to find out whether
non-English majors can improve their listening skills with the help of CL.
One of the ultimate goals of education is not to transmit the fixed knowledge to students, but to enhance theircapacity of acquiring knowledge actively and help them become life-long autonomous learners. Therefore,learning how to learn is more important than learning the fixed textbooks. For the past decades, the applicationof various teaching methodologies to the teaching practice by many English teachers has brought about greatdevelopments and diverse achievements to English teaching. Nevertheless, the current college English teachingsystem is still not so successful, especially for listening teaching. Many college students can neither expressthemselves fluently nor can they understand what others say. On the one hand, students have to learn many newwords and grammatical rules by heart to pass various exams. On the other hand, “spoon-feeding” teachingapproach still dominates most classrooms. Under such teaching environments, many college students generallyreceive what the teacher imparts to them passively rather than thinking actively while sitting in the classroom.Therefore, the passivity of the students and the dominance of the teachers form great obstacles for students’practice and use of the target language in class. In terms of listening class, it is quite difficult for many teachersto figure out satisfactory and effective ways to involve students in the classroom activities actively. A systematicapproach for listening class is urgently needed. This study aims to provide a practical and useful way to helpstudents learn better with the help of cooperative learning (CL). That is, this research tries to find out whethernon-English majors can improve their listening skills with the help of CL.
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