Chapter Two Literature Review 文学评论
Cooperative learning is one of the most influential teaching strategies in theworld. This chapter first introduces business negotiation, including its definition,process and general procedures, followed by a review of different definitions, thetheoretical basis, characteristics and general principles of CL. Recent domestic andforeign studies are described in the final section of this chapter.
2.1 Business negotiation 商务谈判
Negotiation is the process people use to exchange opinions and discuss with theircounterparts for agreement. It is one of the most common forms of social interaction.Business negotiation concerns business affairs, which is an important link in theinternational business activities.
Chapter Three Methodology................................ 27-39
3.1 Research questions................................ 27
3.2 Subjects ................................27-28
3.3 Instruments ................................28-32
3.3.1 Questionnaires ................................28-29
3.3.2 Tests ................................29-30
3.3.3 Classroom Observations ................................30-31
3.3.4 Interview................................ 31-32
3.4 Treatment................................ 32-36
3.5 Data collection and analysis procedures ................................36-39
Chapter Four Results and Discussion ................................39-53
4.1 Students' attitudes towards cooperative learning ................................39-44
4.1.1 Learning motivations ................................39-40
4.1.2 Classroom participations ................................40-41
4.2 English achievements ................................44-47
4.3 students' negotiation abilities................................ 47-53
Chapter Five Conclusion ................................53-56
5.1 Major findings of the study................................ 53
5.2 Implications of the study................................ 53-54
5.3 Limitations of the study & suggestions ................................54-56
Conclusion 结论
This study generates practical results of CL. Though it contributes toinvestigating the effect of CL in higher vocational technical colleges, it is not perfect.We have to say that the research domain is not fully explored and flirther research isneeded.
First, there are only 81 participants. The small sample size to some extentrestricts the persuasiveness of the result. And all participants come from the samecollege. The result of the study simply denotes the comparison. The questionnaire on the students' negotiation abilities has been tested twice, the students may feel dull.Thus there are other features which remain unknown and the representative of thisstudy may not comprehend. Due to its limitations, the same study can be simulatedwith a larger sample size, which would generate a more typical result. In order toavoid the monotonousness of the same questionn
