Abstract: This paper explores methods of cooperative and collaborative teaching and learning languages and their practical implementation in education of students at the First Faculty of Medicine at Charles University in Prague. It introduces the features of the Language Tandem as a cooperative method and Coeducation as a collaborative method, and the role of the teacher in their realization and their benefits in the educational process. It also includes research of an output of the Language Tandem made by comparison of results of Language Tandem questionnaires filled out by participating students in two academic years.
Keywords: cooperative, collaborative, language tandem, coeducation, education, learning, teaching, method
Cite this article: Jana Bílková. COOPERATIVE METHODS IN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Educational Alternatives 16, 37-47 (2018). https://www.scientific-publications.net/en/article/1001783/