Assessing problem of student’s low participation in collaborative learning in English classroom the case of second year English major students at Hawassa University

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess problems of students collaborative learning in English classroom of second year English Major students at Hawassa University. The paper contains five (5) chapters. To conduct the study, the researcher took18 students and 4 teachers with simple random sampling technique and purposive sampling technique respectively to get relevant or specific information. To find out the required information the researcher prepared interview, classroom observations , open ended and close ended questionnaire and distributed them for the desired sample. After collecting the data, the researcher organized it through quantitative and qualitative methods by using descriptive statements and table percentages respectively. Finally, according to findings, like lack of previous experience or background knowledge and low interest of the students in collaborative discussion was taken as a conclusion part, whereas providing or initiation for the learners on how the collaborative discussion benefits them, arranging tutorial programs for learners to involving as they try to speak English outside of the class and establishing English language clubs to improve the students’ communication skill were recommended by the researcher.