A Study on the Characteristics of Cooperative Groups in Project-Based Learning of Advanced English

Abstract

Advanced English is a compulsory course for undergraduates majoring in translation and interpreting, which is an extension of the course of intensive reading for junior students. It aims to cultivate students' advanced abilities of listening, speaking, reading, and writing and translating, comprehensively improve their comprehensive language knowledge level and practical application ability, and gradually enhance students' intercultural communication ability. Meanwhile it also deepens their understanding of society and life, and improves their humanistic quality. However, the wide materials, profound connotation, long sentences make students have difficulty in mastering this course, which further affects their interest in learning and frustrates their enthusiasm for learning. To a certain extent, it is not good at the teaching effect. The study has showed that cooperation study, compared with independent study, can guide students to study actively and create knowledge, this paper takes the course of “Advanced English” in Xi 'an Fanyi University as an example. Through the interview of 15 students, it analyzes the cooperation group in the process of project-based learning so as to provide some lessons for undergraduate translation teaching experience.