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Download full textJacobs, George M.; Ball, Jessica – Online Submission, 1996
This article reports a study examining the use of group activities in English language coursebooks published since 1990. Ten coursebooks were randomly selected for examination. The number and percentage of group activities and of group activities rated as fostering cooperation were calculated. The results are discussed in light of theory and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Lim, Wai Lee; Jacobs, George M. – 2001
Using a Vygotskian perspective, this study investigated the possibility of secondary school second language students providing scaffolding for each other's learning during dyadic verbal interaction on a dictogloss task. Participants in the study were 19 English-as-a-Second-Language students from China, Hong Kong, and Korea, who studied at a girl's…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cooperative Learning, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
