The aim of this innovation project is toconduct a pilot by employing cooperative learning strategies, peer assessment and self-assessment in the process of teaching cultural background in College English Integrated Course to change teachers' role as a dominator as that to explore a feasible yet effective way which will help students to learn the cultural background and obtained some cognitive progress in performance and achievements. According to the findings obtained from the survey, we can see that by employing of the cooperative learning strategy, students' enthusiasm, participation and learning effectiveness have been greatly enhanced. What's more, the application of cooperative learning strategy in teaching cultural background not only motivated students, enhanced students' critical thinking but also reduced teachers' heavy workload. It is a win-win situation both for teacher and the students.
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