Abstract：The outline of basic education curriculum reform proposes to change the students' learning methods. The innovation of the students' learning methods is the focus of the comprehensive promotion of quality education in the school class, especially the learning methods of cooperation and inquiry, the change of the tradition status of teachers, the center of the classroom and the textbook as the center. In order to promote students' active learning and independent development, the center of the classroom and the textbook also need to be changed.

The significance of this research is to explore the possibility of implementing group cooperative teaching mode in the current middle school English class, and the research mainly adopts the method of combining theoretical analysis with experimental verification. First of all, the previous situation of middle school English teaching is summarized. The concept, significance, theoretical background and implementation strategy of cooperative learning are discussed. Then, how to carry out group cooperative learning in middle school English classroom teaching is analyzed, and the students of Grade 8 of in Hangzhou No.13 middle school are studied as the participants of research. The experiment proved that through one semester’s teaching experiment and investigation, the results showed that the class of group cooperative learning was better than the previous class. Therefore, it is feasible and effective to adopt group cooperative learning in teaching. Of course, due to the limited theoretical level and the practical level of teaching practice, this study needs further improvement and development.

Key words: Middle school; English teaching; Cooperative learning  

初中英语课堂合作学习的效果研究——以杭十三中为例

摘  要：《基础教育课程改革纲要》提出了要转变学生的学习方式，认为学生学习方式的革新是当前在学校课堂全面推进素质教育的重点，特别强调自主、合作与探究的学习方式，改变以教师为中心，课堂为中心和课本为中心的局面，促进学生的主动学习和自主发展。 

本论文的研究意义在于探索在现行初中英语课堂中推行小组合作教学模式的可行性，研究主要采取理论分析与实验验证相结合的方法。首先对之前的初中英语教学现状进行了概括，对合作学习的概念、意义、理论背景和实施策略进行了讨论，然后对如何在初中英语课堂教学中开展小组合作学习进行了具体分析，并以杭州第十三中学初中二年级学生为研究对象进行试验验证，通过一学期的教学实验和调查研究，结果表明进行小组合作学习的班级比用传统方式授课的班级在学习成绩上有较为显著的提高。由此说明，在教学中采用小组合作学习的教学策略是可行的而且效果较为明显。当然，由于理论水平和教学实际操作水平的有限和不足,本研究还有待进一步完善和发展。

关键词：初中；英语教学；合作学习

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Research background 1

1.2 Background for the application CL in Hangzhou No.13 Middle School 1

1.3 Purpose of the study 3

1.4 Significance of the study 3

2. Literature Review 5

2.1 Theoretical basis 5

2.1.1 Social Constructivism Theory 5

2.1.2 Social Interdependence Theory 5

2.1.3 Cognitive Elaboration Theory 6

2.2 Studies on CL