“合作学习”教学模式理念与综合英语课堂情感焦虑的实验探索

本文是一项有关综合英语课堂上情感焦虑和合作学习的实证行研究。近年来,合作学习和外语学习焦虑在国内外受到广泛关注。但目前还很少有研究就利用合作学习减轻外语学习焦虑并最终提高学习者英语语言水平问题进行实证调查。针对这一问题,笔者采用前后测现场教学实验的方法对外语水平相同的两组(实验组采用合作学习方法而控制组采用传统的教学方法)——英语专业大二本科生进行了一项实验,调查和测试结果表明,试验组学生的外语学习焦虑得到有效减轻,其英语语言水平有明显提高。

An Experiment between Cooperative Learning and Classroom Anxiety in English Intensive Reading

This thesis is a project on foreign language classroom anxiety and cooperative learning.In recent years,cooperative learning(CL)and foreign language anxiety are gaining much attention.But relatively little empirical research that apply CL to alleviate students'anxiety and improve their language proficiency has been done.To this notion,the research consisted of two second-grade classes of English major with homogeneous English ability according to the final examination,one assigned as experimental group receiving CL instruction and the other as the control group receiving traditional instruction.The results show that learners in the experimental group manifested lower level of foreign language anxiety after the experiment.What's more,their EFL proficiency was found to be improved.