Comprehensive Scrutiny on the Concept of Group Work for English Language Teaching

doi:10.7176/jep/11-28-01

Abstract

In this literary review the researchers presented the concept of group work, types of group work, group work activities, forming and organizing groups, advantages and disadvantages of group work, the impact of teachers’ and students’ attitude towards group work activities, the teachers and students role in group work activity, factors affecting the implementation of group work activities in English language teaching (hereinafter referred as “ELT”). And also the concept of speaking, group work activities used to teach speaking and functions of speaking in group work. The reader/learner will be benefitted from the article. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-28-01 Publication date: October 31 st 2020

Highlights

The Concept of Group Work One of the most important strategies of learning and strengthening students' interaction is the group work. Different scholars define it from different perspectives
Konopka (1963) defined group work as a method of social work that is utilized in order tohelp individuals to enhance their social functioning through purposeful group experiences, and to cope more effectively with their personal, group or community problems
It is a method of helping groups as well as helping individuals; it can enable individuals and groups to influence and change personal, group and community problems. group work has been described as a valuable instructional approach which facilitates the learning process, provides opportunities for learners to explore the new content, creates positive interaction, process information, obtain new knowledge and skills, increase motivation, confidence in ones social skills and academic achievement

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Students consider the needs of other students with in groups to encourage and participate in the learning process all the time because without the help of one member the group is not able to reach the desired goal. 5. Advantages of Group Work in Speaking Classroom According to Long and Porter (1985) the use of group work in classroom has long been supported to teachers for a number of years because of its perceived benefits to language learners.

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