Cooperative Learning to Foster Reading Skills

This paper reports an action research study on cooperative learning projects for engineering students at a public university. The research study is aimed at improving reading skills through the use of four cooperative learning projects implemented during the English classes. Data gathered from a survey, four group interviews, and the teacher's journal were collected and analyzed to determine the categories after coding the data. Findings suggest that working cooperatively has a higher effect on students' reading skills. Conclusions also highlight that cooperative learning strengthens English reading skills and fosters leadership, decision making, communication and problem-solving abilities. Additionally, it increases participation, motivation and goal achievement in students' language learning process.