Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate students’ opinions towards the reading comprehension through cooperative learning activities. The subjects were 25 students in grade 5 at Bannonnoischool, UbonRatchathani, Thailand. The studied was operated in an English course in second semester of 2014 academic year. The experiment took two days a week for five weeks. There are two instruments which were used in this study; lesson plans which were used for teaching over 10 periods, consisting of five lesson plans from New Express English Activities Book 5, and the questionnaire for checking the students' opinions towards cooperative learning. The research findings were as follows: The mean score of all determination is 3.82 which reflect that the subjects improved their reading skill due to the cooperative-learning activities in the class. The opinions were taken from each item indicated that the students have a positive attitude in cooperative learning in all items. Furthermore the cooperative learning activities can motivate in reading comprehension to a maximum of 4.56. The results of the study helped the teacher to improve teaching English by using cooperative learning strategy, promote reading comprehension, encourage and support students in reading English by using cooperative learning.
Highlights
English is used in the daily life such as newspapers, televisions, Internet and in other sources because English is an international language which is used all over the world
The two instruments used in this study were 1) lesson plans which were used for teaching over 10 periods of the students in grade 5, consisting of five lesson plans from New Express English Activities Book 5, and 2) the questionnaire for checking the students' opinions towards Cooperative learning
The subjects were the students in grade 5. They studied in an English course in the second semester of the 2014 academic year
Summary
English is used in the daily life such as newspapers, televisions, Internet and in other sources because English is an international language which is used all over the world. As the world becomes more complex, reading is increasingly more important for students trying to find their place in it. This is reason why reading skills are important. Group learning has traditionally been a part of educational practice. Cooperative learning is widely recognized as one of the most promising practices in the field of education. It is the instructional use of small groups so that students work together to maximize their own and each other's learning. Class members are organized into small groups after receiving instruction from the teacher. In cooperative learning situations there is a positive interdependence among students' goal attainments; students perceive that they can reach their learning goals if and only if the other students in the learning group reach their goals ( Johnson & Johnson, 1986)
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