Learning to Learn Cooperatively

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 4 showing a town

This article discusses the use of cooperative learning activities in the classroom to strengthen students’ interpersonal communication skills and increase their participation in the language-learning process. It addresses the importance of cultural and individual differences in cooperative learning. The article offers practical suggestions and useful activities to teach learners how to get involved in such activities and to complete the activity successfully.

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Anne Hammond Byrd

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Teachers Integrated Skills Teacher Training American Culture Motivation
Cover of English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 4 showing a town

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 4 showing a town

English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 4

Michigan, The Great Lakes State, is the subject of the feature article, an accompanying lesson plan, and a Poetry Corner. Topics of other articles include a description of tools for activating materials and tasks in the English language classroom, the “formeaning response” approach to teaching poetr