Cooperative Learning Method

This book is designed with the purpose of boosting learners' performance in EFL in Cote d'Ivoire and elsewhere in non-native settings of francophone Africa. The cooperative learning model (CLM) as deeply explained here has a threefold dimension (understanding, implementation and experimentation) with regard to a specific language. The five principles of the method (positive interdependence, individual accountability, face-to-face interaction, collaborative skills, and group possessing) coupled with goals (among which students' motivation, self-esteem, social and learning skills development, critical thinking promotion) are in accordance with field results arrived at in Cote d'Ivoire by the author of this precious volume. The cooperative learning model is thus a powerful and inspiring approach for both 
EFL teachers and language education authorities. 

Prof Gabriel MBA 
Professor of Linguistics 
Head of Cameroonian Languages and Culture Higher Teacher Training College 
University of Yaounde I, Cameroon

In this book(let), Edgarde Mouhon Ahounou establishes that success in language learning is rooted in the teaching method. On the basis of such articulation, she argues that the methods so far used in the teaching of the English language in Cote d'Ivoire have failed to produce the desired results as evident in the poor performance of learners in official examinations over the years. To her, the solution lies in Cooperative Leaming Method (CLM), a new learning method that encourages group work among learners, which has been tested, and its effectiveness as well as efficiency proven. Indeed, Mouhon succeeds to lay a foundation for a new vision, dimension and perspective in the teaching of the English language in particular and other subjects in general, in Cote d'Ivoire and elsewhere applicable. 

Dr. Jude Berinyuy 
Lecturer, English Language and Linguistics ENS Bertoua, Cameroon