A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...

Cheng Chih conveyed, when doing a chemistry experiment in a lab, that he perceived
the advantages of cooperation. When doing an experiment in a group of 5 to 7, some
people observed the target objects under the microscope; some people reported the
result in writing, and some people orally presented the findings in the class. Cheng
Shih further explained his perceptions:
In the situation of communication, the cooperation strategy contributed to
learning new words he did not know. Similarly, in the situation of doing an
experiment, the cooperation strategy made everyone gain a chance to
acknowledge information deeply from the experiment.
Jiun Sheng Chang
In the second interview, Jiun Sheng expressed that he encountered the face
problem during his experiences of learning cooperation strategies. Jiun Sheng
perceived a loss of face when “appealing for assistance” from the others. Jiun Sheng
believed that his male classmates should have similar problems. In the first interview,
Jiun Sheng expressed that he had to resort to a sense of humor in order to use
cooperation strategy.
When using cooperation strategy, I sometimes worried that my partners
would think that my English was in a low level, so I could not directly appeal
for assistance from them. I used some sense of humor when I asked them how
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to say a word. For example, I said, “Let me test you! Tell me how I should