Analyzing the difficulties faced by Iraqi EFL learners in applying cooperative learning

الملخص EN

The researcher focuses on cooperative learning in English foreign language ( EFL) classroom.

One of the difficulties in the cooperative learning is that there is no exact definition for it .So, the term is viewed as a structure of interaction designed to facilitate the accomplishment of a specific and product or goal through people working together in group.

Cooperative learning can be effective and also successful inside the classroom , but it always comes with problems .

for example the teacher have a real problem in giving each student in the group his final mark , and putting in a consideration that the students may have not the right contribution and in equal way in the group.