Abstract:

The paper aims at the application of Cooperative Learning to primary school English dialogue teaching. It discusses the application models of Cooperative Learning, the core theory and basic approaches, and research methods, etc.. in the process of the application, By the teaching cases, the paper combines the Cooperative Learning theory with the primary school English dialogue teaching effectively, and finds some concrete measures to use it reasonably. According to the application, it summarizes the experience, lessons, and corresponding countermeasures in the process of Cooperative Learning applied in primary school English dialogue teaching. Finally, it points out that those countermeasures might promote the effects of application models guided by Cooperative Learning, and improve the teaching quality of primary school English dialogue teaching.

Key words: Cooperative Learning; application; primary school; English dialogue teaching

摘要：

本文以合作学习理论在小学英语对话教学中的应用作为研究对象，讨论合作学习理论应用的模式，应用过程中的思想核心，基本途径以及研究方式等问题。并且通过教学案例，将合作学习理论的教学模式与小学对话教学的课堂进行有机结合，并从中找到应用的具体措施。根据运用，总结出合作学习理论在小学英语对话教学中运用过程中的经验，教训并提出相应的对策，最后指出那些对策可以提高合作学习理论教学模式应用的效果，提高小学英语对话教学的质量。

关键词: 合作学习;应用;小学英语;英语对话教学

1. Introduction
The cooperative learning as an educational theory applied in teaching practice can be tracked back from ancient Greece which is both old and new way of learning. The concept of group cooperation was brought from England to America in 1806 and it was accepted and applied widely by famous educator Parker(1894) and Dewey（1916）. Finally in early 1970s, the cooperative learning theory was popular in America. The cooperative learning theory was studied deeply by china scholar in late 1980s. Over the recent decades, the study and application of cooperative learning has developed at an amazing speed. A lot of researches have been done by scholars at home and abroad on the use of cooperative learning. Nowadays many primary school English teachers have used cooperative learning in their teaching in china and a lot of researches have been done by scholars at home and aboard on the use of cooperative learning theory. However there are still many problems in the application of cooperative learning in primary English class in china.