Effect of Group Work on EFL Students’ Attitudes and Learning in Higher Education

Abstract

The use of group work in classroom activities is a method used for motivating learning and increasing the idea ofpleasure through learning. The current study investigates the advantages of group work in exams in the Englishdepartment, in the College of Basic Education. 40 students in two classes of “The Introduction of Phonetics andPhonology” participated in the study. They performed six tasks; two prior to group work, two done in groupwork (by one group only) and two after group work. The tasks were all practical, and they were based onphonetic transcription. One of the groups participated in group work while the other did not. This was doneenable to compare the results. In addition to exam results, a five-open-questions questionnaire on the students’perception of group work was distributed to the participants. Throughout the application of the study, theinstructor took notes of her observation of the formation of and participation in group work. It was found that thestudents who worked in groups did not improve. However, most students reported that they enjoyed the tasksand would like to work in a group more often. The method of forming a group also seemed to affect learning. Itwas found that social and academic variables of age and GPA affected the formation, engagement and results ofgroup work.

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