Cultural Analysis of Cooperative Learning Problems in Chinese College English Teaching

Cooperative learning in the ESL classroom has been advocated a lot in China for its advantages of reducing anxiety and maximum opportunities for meaningful input and output. However, most Chinese college English classrooms cannot realize these advantages as expected. This paper firstly identifies the specific problems in Chinese college English cooperative learning, like inactive attitude, unequal participation opportunities, lack of effective organization and guidance, and cultural differences. Special attention is paid to problems induced by cultural reasons because it’s particular to Chinese college English cooperative learning. Then the paper analyses the cultural reasons and aims to find solutions for them