Date:
May 1991
Page No.:
57
Writer(s):
Keiko Hirose and lIiroe Kobayashi
Although small group discussion is a familiar activity used in
ESUEFL classrooms, it has limitations resulting from its
control-free nature. This activity has been made more structured
by incorporating the three basic principles of Cooperative
Learning, a teaching methodology based on the belief that
learning increases as cooperation among learners develops.
This article first provides theoretical background for the use
of group work and then describes how those three principles
can be applied to the activity. Finally students' reactions to
Cooperative Small Group Discussion are discussed, and suggestions
as to the use of this activity are offered.
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