KEYS TO SUCCESS IN COOPERATIVE LEARNING CLASSROOM

Today’s demand for proficient language teachers makes higher educational establishments look for effective ways to implement innovative techniques and methods of learning into university environment. One of the most complex innovative method of learning is cooperative learning (CL). CL not only improves knowledge of English but also affects interpersonal relationships within the group. The usage of the various CL techniques let students feel what it is like to be a part of a group and share responsibility with the others. While working in cooperative learning setting future teachers have a great chance to experience cooperative learning from within and this may help them in future career. The usage of CL in the language teacher training process is in the sphere of the main objectives for our investigation. Different cooperative learning methods and techniques have been investigated to implement into the educational process of language teacher training at the Ivan Franko Zhytomyr State University