A Study on Influence of Individual Factors on College Students'Online Cooperative Learning of English
Collaborative learning is an important component of online learning through mobile devices and exerts a positive impact on enhancing the effectiveness of online English learning.This study investigates the current situation of college students'online collab-orative learning of English,focusing on the two dimensions:attitudes towards online cooperative English learning and its implementa-tion.It aims to explore the influence of learner factors(i.e.gender and English proficiency)on college students'online collaborative learning of English through a questionnaire survey.The study involved 365 freshmen from a university in Guangdong Province.The re-sults indicate that:Students hold a positive attitude towards online collaborative learning of English and are able to engage in it effec-tively;Regarding collaborative attitudes,gender has no significant impact on positive attitudes,but significant differences are observed in negative attitudes,with females generally exhibiting a more positive attitude towards online collaborative learning;In terms of imple-mentation of cooperative learning,females perform better in terms of"personal responsibility"than males and higher proficiency students perform slightly better than lower proficiency students,particularly in terms of"interpersonal and group skills".
college studentscooperative learninggenderEnglish proficiency