Collaborative learning in english language classrooms

Abstract

Learning is a continuous process in one's life. Humans start learning from childhood age and they will be learning until they die. It may be a language, a subject, a course or skills (life skills and professional skills). Language learning is also such a process where people learn languages with constant effort and determination. Teachers follow techniques and strategies in language classrooms and learners follow them in order to learn a language successfully. They follow different techniques such as team work, group work, pair work, collaborative learning and so on. Collaborative learning is one of the techniques that learners follow to learn new things and the same is followed while learning the languages. In learning English also, learners adopt this collaborative learning technique and learn the things fast and in a systematic way. The present paper focuses on the advantages of collaborative learning and how it is useful in English language classrooms. Moreover, the importance of collaborative learning and the role of teachers and learners in collaborative learning are clearly expounded. This paper mainly focuses on collaborative learning in English language classrooms and it elaborates how it is useful for the learners in doing the given tasks. Finally, some useful suggestions are given to the teachers as well as learners to implement this technique in the English classrooms.