Abstract

• The purpose of this study was to investigate the development of the reading skill of EFL students design through cooperative language learning. The quasi-experimental design, viz, non-equivalent control group was used to develop the reading skill of EFL students. The students from the experimental group received the cooperative learning methods (Jigsaw method and Think-Pair-Share method) but the control group was not taught by these methods. The subjects, (106) students from No.(1) Basic Education High School, Kyaukse and (125) students from No.(2) Basic Education High School, Kyaukse, Kyaukse Township, were chosen by using a random sampling method. The instruments used in this research were a pretest and a posttest. The independent samples t test was used to analyze whether there was a significant difference between the two groups. Examination of the means and t test for the posttest were (t=4.176, df=104, MD=5.151, p<.001) at No. (1) BEHS, Kyaukse (t=3.415, df=123, MD=3.433, p<.001) at N0. (2) BEHS, Kyaukse. The results showed that the students who received a treatment by using cooperative learning method were significantly better than those who did not receive it. Thus, it can be interpreted that the cooperative learning methods (Jigsaw method and Think-Pair-Share method) can develop the reading skill of EFL students and a suggestion was made for teachers to use the cooperative learning methods in teaching reading in English.