The Research on Cooperative Learning in English Reading Teaching in College

There are four basic skills in English learning, namely, listening, speaking, reading and writing, while reading is the most fundamental and important skill. It is also the main and effective way to learn English, so improving the quality of reading teaching is the key to improve the quality of foreign language teaching. However, in traditional teacher-centered teaching method, students gain knowledge passively and cannot effectively show their personality and abilities. Cooperative learning is a new strategy in English teaching, which can make improvement by the application of interactive teaching dynamic factors, so cooperative learning is an effective way to solve the problems in education. Data analysis points out that cooperative learning strongly promotes the efficiency and has good prospects for development. The study also finds out the problems in the application of cooperative learning in English reading practice.