The Perception of Cooperative Learning Methods to Enhance Students’ Reading Comprehension Skill The Case of Second Year LMD Students in the English Department at MMUTO
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Date
2017-11
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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou
Abstract
The present work deals with the use of the cooperative learning methods to improve the
students’ reading comprehension ability. The research seeks to find out whether or not
cooperative learning improves students’ reading comprehension abilities and to investigate
students’ attitudes towards the use of cooperative learning methods in reading
comprehension sessions. It has been conducted in the department of English at Mouloud
Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou. The study has adopted a quantitative method which is
used to analyze the close-ended questions of the questionnaire that has been handed over to
thirteen (13) teachers of reading module and sixty two (62) LMD year two students. The study
has also relied on two complementary theories borrowed from Johnson & Johnson’s (1994
1999) model:The Learning Together and slavin’s (1995) model of Cooperative Learning. The
gathered data have been analyzed using one research instrument, namely a computer
program called Social Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The results of the study reveal
that cooperative learning methods increase students’ reading comprehension skills in the
classroom. They also confirm the fact that most teachers of the reading module in the
department of English at MMUTO use cooperative learning methods in order to create a
good classroom atmosphere for students when they are assigned a reading comprehension
activity.
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66p.:ill;30cm.(+cd)
Keywords
Reading, Reading Comprehension, Cooperation, learning methods.
Citation
Applied Linguistics and Social Semiotics