LEARNING COOPERATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPING FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS’ SPEAKING SKILLS

Abstract

This article examines some general aspects of cooperative learning in relation to the development of speech skills. Cooperative learning consistently proved that it improves achievement and retention, creates more positive relationships among students, and promotes students' psychological health and self-esteem. Cooperative learning is a generic term for various small group interactive instructional procedures. Students work together on academic tasks in small groups to help themselves and their teammates learn together. Cooperative learning is the instructional use of small groups so that students work together to achieve shared goals. In cooperative learning groups, students are given two responsibilities: to learn the assigned material and to make sure that all other group members do likewise. In this article, it is discussed that students’ speech skills are developed in the process of cooperative learning.