Cooperative Language Learning (CLL)

Is also known as Collaborative

Learning (CL)
Is an

Approach in which the use of

cooperative activities involve pairs and
small groups of learners in the classroom

Its main features and focus are

Characteristics Design Learner Roles Teacher Roles The role of instructional

materials
Approach designed with The primary role Creates
The principles are
Plays an important role
Types of learning Alternates roles as a highly structured/
Raise the achievement of
and teaching tutors, checkers, well-organized,
all students: gifted and recorders and information Materials may
activities physical The same
academically handicapped sharers between them materials can be:
arrangement
Objectives classroom, setting be used for all commercially
The teacher builds Member of a group Director of their own goals, the members sold jigsaw and
Formal Cooperative of the group: information-gap
positive relationships in which work learning (plan, planning/structurin
cooperative base groups copy of a text activities,
among students Cooperation, collaboratively monitor, evaluate) g tasks, assigning
learning (A year – students to groups to read and modified the
Develop
groups learning and roles & refer to existing
Give students the critical groups they
(several selecting materials material or
experience in: healthy thinking support, help,
weeks – and time borrowed
social, psychological & skills, encouragemen
students
cognitive development Interaction t and
working Activity types Facilitator Teachers
activities assistance to
together to in CLL of the speak less
Enhance learner motivation: succeed
achieve share learning
reduce stress and create a academically
goals) Jigsaw:
positive classroom climate themselves)
Informal differentiated
Team practice
cooperative but
The syllabus from common
Cooperation rather than predetermine
learning input – skills
competition in learning d input –
groups (few development
In teaching evaluation and
minutes – and mastery of
content classes, synthesis of
student facts
Seeks to develop learners’ facts and
ESP the 4 skills: attention
critical thinking skills Cooperative opinions
grammar, during direct projects:
pronunciation teaching) topics/resour
and vocabulary ces selected
by students –
discovery
learning Activities: three step interview,
roundtable, think–pair–share, Solve–
pair–share and numbered heads