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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