Students' perceptions and attitude toward Cooperative Learning at Thai Nguyen University of Sciences,Vietnam

English Language Teaching

Teachers seem to be real artist in language teaching. They should make use of a variety of methods and techniques to enhance their students’ participation in the lessons then gradually improve their communicative competence. Especially in teaching writing, it demands teachers for enthusiasm and patience in getting students actively involved in lessons. Cooperative learning emerged in the last century as a powerful teaching approach because of its widespread use as a contemporary teaching technique in English language teaching in Vietnam. This descriptive study aimed at examining the students’ perceptions and attitude toward Cooperative Learning in writing English at Thai Nguyen University of Sciences. The results revealed that students of Thai Nguyen University of Sciences hold a positive perceptions and attitude toward Cooperative learning strategies. They fully perceive the advantages of the strategies used. Cooperative Learning, therefore, should be widely applied in teaching English language.

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