Abstract

One of the basic purposes of language and literary education is to maintain a target population and the use of proper attitude, method and technique in proper learning environments. Therefore, proper attitudes and methods are to be resorted for students to become active elements of the environment throughout the learning-teaching process. One of the methods to attain this aim is the cooperative learning and jigsaw technique. Having this method and technique utilized interlockingly, they maintain a significant parallelism in terms of structural aspects and functionality, and thereby operate decisively in the development of language skills. In this study, having focused on the use of cooperative method and jigsaw technique in teaching literary genres, an attempt was made to assess their effectivity. Making use of both quantitative and qualitative research, this study was preceded over a work group, which comprised 60 students. In accordance with the qualitative and quantitative findings attained, therefore, cooperative learning and jigsaw technique were found to be more effective than conventional teaching methods.

Key words: Language and literary education, teaching of literary genres, cooperative learning and jigsaw technique.