Abstract: In the present day competitive world, 'cooperation' became a buzz word for the collective progress of humanity in all aspects. The advancement of science and technology on one hand changed the contours of knowledge demanding specialization in chosen field, compartmentalization in life and competition in work environs. Initially cooperation is an attribute that enables a community to live or work together. Gradually it permeated into teaching-learning process ensuring innovation, interaction and improvement in student-centric teaching approach. Endorsing the benefits of cooperative learning we experimented with cooperative learning techniques implementing them to teach English language to the undergraduate engineering students in the semi-urban locale. The observations and results impacted our teaching-learning process, increasing the scope of exploring the dynamics of Cooperative Learning.
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