The efects of cooperative learning strategies to develop fluency in 9th grade students at Guillermo Cano National institute in the first school term, 2019

Abstract

This study is focused on the importance of implementing cooperative learning strategies for developing fluency of the English language on 9th grade students at Guillermo Cano National Institute. Therefore researchers formulated two main questions based on research objectives to guide it: What type of cooperative learning strategies should be applied for students to develop fluency in the English class? How do cooperative learning strategies contribute to develop the students´ fluency? This research follows a qualitative design and aims at presenting new strategies that will be useful for English teachers and productive for students. We identified which strategies are the most effective in the English class and can be applied by English teacher in Nicaraguan classrooms. Firstly, students of 9th grade can develop better communication through fluency with the implementation of cooperative learning in the learning process. Secondly, students' performance improved significantly and they developed good attitude toward learning English via cooperative learning. Thirdly, when using cooperative learning students are motivated and less reluctant. Therefore, this study recommends the adoption of cooperative learning as a strategy fluency development in English Learning speaking in particular