Group Work Effectiveness in English Language Teaching 1

2.1.1 Providing the Chances of Input and Output
In a study on the input and output of group work, it is said that students placed in a group get a larger chance to speak than they could when they are isolated in a class environment. In a recent study it shows that students do not speak less grammatically when placed in a group than they are in a regular classroom setting. It also shows that each student will also pronounce words differently and talk in different pace, than they did in a regular class environment. The concept of cooperative language learning also creates interaction between students, by forcing the student to listen to the other students around, by also having the student ask questions, and also clarify information that are not clear. This very effective technique serves as a negotiation between students which increases the input and output of information. In a group setting, it is clear that students will use longer sentences than they did when they were alone (Zhang, 2010; Haynes, 2011).