AbstractAsweallknowinterestisthekeytolearningEnglish,andinordertoimprovestudents’interest,schoolsandteachershavetriedmanyways,includingcooperativelearning.Withregardtocooperativelearning,theauthormakesastudyonwhetherandhowcooperativelearningcanimprovestudents’interestinlearningEnglish.Theauthorfirstpresentskindsoftheoriesrelatedtocooperativelearning,theimportanceoflearninginterestandthedevelopmentofcooperativelearning.Then,basedonthetheoriesandsomeacademicworks,theauthordoesasurveyintwoclassesinWeichengMiddleSchool.Aftercontrasting,observingthetwoclassesaswellascollectingquestionnairedata,theauthorgetstheanswerthatcooperativelearningisaneffectivewaytostimulatestudents’interestinlearningEnglish,andamostwidely-usedmethodafterNewCurriculumReform.Finally,onthebasisofsomeproblemsexistinginusingcooperativelearning,theauthorgivessomerecommendationstoEnglishteachersofmiddleschools,hopingtohelpthemimprovestudents’interesteffectually.KeyWords:cooperativelearning;Englishlearninginterest;middleschoolstudents摘要总所周知，兴趣是学习英语的关键，为了提高学生学习英语的兴趣，学校和老师尝试过许多方式，包括合作学习。但合作能提高学生的英语学习兴趣吗？作者在这做了一项研究。作者首先给出了各种关于合作学习定义，学习兴趣重要性，合作学习发展的理论。然后基于这些理论和学术研究,作者在渭城中的两个班里做了一项调查，通过对比，观察和收集问卷调查的数据，作者得出了结论——合作学习是一种能提高学生英语学习兴趣的有效方式，并且是一种在新课改之后广泛使用的英语学习方法。最后根据在合作学习使用中所出现的问题，作者给中学老师了一些关于如何使用有效地使用合作学习的建议，希望他们能有效的使用这种方式。关键词：合作学习；英语学习兴趣；中学生ContentsTOC\o"1-3"\h\uHYPERLINK\l_Toc179581.Introduction12.LiteratureReview12.1TheDefinitionofCooperativeLearning22.2TheImportanceofLearningInterest32.3TheDevelopmentofCooperativeLearningatHomeandAbroad33.ProcessoftheResearch43.1ResearchQuestions43.2ResearchSubjects53.2.1TheBackgroundoftheSamplingSurvey53.2.2ReasonsforTakingTheseTwoClassesasSubjects63.3ResearchPreparationandMethods73.3.1LiteratureReadingandMaterialCollection73.3.2ObservationandQuestionnaireSurvey73.3.3ContrastBetweentheTwoClasses73.4ResearchSteps83.4.1ChoosingTwoRepresentativeClasses83.4.2ObservingandRecordingRelevantData83.4.3QuestionnaireforStudents94.DataCollectionandAnalysis94.1AnalysisofStudents’EnglishlearningInterest94.2AnalysisofStudents’GradesinDifferentPeriods114.3ResultsofObservation135.DiscussionandSuggestions135.1SettingaGoalforCooperativeLearning145.2GivingDiscussibletopicstoStimulateStudents’Interest146.Conclusion15Biography16AppendixAStudyontheUseofCooperativeLearningtoImproveMiddle-SchoolStudents’EnglishLearningInterest1.IntroductionAsisknowntoall,interestisthekeypointinlearningEnglish.InordertoimproveEnglishlearninginterest,ourcountryhastriedmanyways,ofwhich,cooperativelearningisoneofthemostwidely-usedways.Asforstudents,groupcooperationcanprovidethemwithplatformtocommunicateanddiscuss;asforteachers,itcantransformpassiveinfusionintoactivestudy,whichstronglyimprovestheteachingefficiency.Butwhenaskedwhethercooperativelearningcanimprovestudents’Englishlearninginterest,manypeoplemayfeelconfused,inordertoprobetherelationshipbetweencooperativelearningandEnglishlearninginterest,theauthordoeslotsofresearch.Thefollowingthesisattemptstogivetheanswer.Theauthorfirstpresentskindsoftheoriesrelatedtocooper...
