The Effect of Cooperative Learning on EFL Students’ Acquisition of the Writing Skill

Abstract

Cooperative learning is a relatively recent teaching strategy in the field of foreign language teaching. It is applicable and can be implemented with different measures. The present study, hence, attempts to examine the effect of cooperative learning represented in the learning together model on EFL students’ opportunities for acquiring the writing skill. The research methodology used in this study is experimental. It is carried out through an experiment in which a pre-test and a post-test are used. The participants in this study are two groups of third year students at the teachers’ training school of Constantine. The groups have been randomly assigned; one served as the experimental group and the other served as the control group. The findings demonstrate that EFL students are able to develop their writing skills through the integration of cooperative learning strategy. The results also demonstrate that the experimental group performs better than the control group in the post-test assignment. Accordingly, the results of this study may serve as a foundation for further research on the effect of cooperative learning on the other language skills – speaking, listening and writing.

Keywords

• cooperative learning strategy
• writing skill
• efl students
• learning together model