1、AStudyofStrategiesforImplementingEffectiveCooperativeLearninginSmallSizedEnglishClassesinHigherVocationalCollege———ACaseStudyofEnglishTeachingofSinoAustraliaCooperatively—RunProjectinZhejiangBusinessTechnologyInstituteAT

2、hesisPresentedtoTheCollegeofForeignLanguagesZhejiangNormalUniversityInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsFortheDegreeofMasterofEducationinCurriculumandPedagogy(EnglishEducation)ByXuJingxueUndertheSupervisionofProfessorZh

3、angShengxiangAssociateProfessorXiaJianxinZhejiangNormalUniversityDecember2013ABSTRACTWiththeinternationalizationofeducation，manydomestichighervocationalcollegesarecurrentlytryingtoexplorenewmodelsoftalenttrainingandnewme

4、thodstoenhancethequalityoftalenttrainingthroughrunningjointeducationalprojeetswithforeignvocationalcollegesBecauseChinese—Foreigncooperatively—runprojectsintroducehigh—qualityforeigneducationalresources，theEnglishlevelof

5、studentswillaffectthedigestionandabsorptionoftheseresourcesandtheirunderstandingandmasteringofprofessionalknowledgeInaddition，developingtheapplicationorientedtalentswithinterculturalcompetencehasbeensetasanimportantgoalb

6、ymanyChinese—Foreigncooperativelylq／nprojectsTherefore，enhancingtheEnglishlevelofstudentsanddevelopingtheirabilitiestouseEnglishtocommunicatearethemajortasksofEnglishteachinginChineseForeigncooperativelynlnprojectsofhigh

7、ervocationalcollegesToacertainextentthesuccessorfailureofcooperatively—rllnprojectsisdeterminedbythequalityofEnglishteachingWhileintroducinghigh—qualityforeigneducationalresources，foreignadvancededucationalphilosophyandm

8、ethodsareaffectingandchangingEnglishclasseswithinthecooperatively—runprojectsinhighervocationalcollegesEnglishcoursesofmanycooperativelyFUnprojectsareconductedinsmallsizedclasseswithEnglishastheprimarymediumofinstruction

9、ManyEnglishteachersaretryingtofindeffectiveinstructionalstrategieswhicharesuitedtosmall—sizedclassesandcanfacilitatetheaccomplis№entofthegoaloftalentstrainingInthiscase，cooperativelearningquietlyentersintotheEnglishclass

10、roomofcooperatively—runprojectsHowever，indailyteachingpracticeandobservation，theauthorhasfoundthattherearemanyproblemsexistingintheprocessofimplementingcooperativelearningItseemsthatthecooperativelearningconductedinsmall

11、—sizedEnglishclassesinhi【ghervocationalcollegeoftenfailstoachievethedesiredeffectAgreatdealofexperimentaldatahasprovedthatcooperativelearningisfeasibleandeffectiveinhelpingstudentstodevelopcooperativesenseandskillsandinc

12、reasetheiracademicachievementsHowever，thecriteriaforeffectivecooperativelearningvaryfromsubjecttosubjectInaccordancewiththeessenceofeffectiveteaching，thebasicelementsofcooperativelearningandthefeaturesofEnglishteaching，t