When one thinks of “writing”, the vision of a writer silently writing alone to complete a writing assignment comes to mind. Indeed, writing is act of communication between the writer and the reader. One difficulty of the writer is that of physiology difficulty. This difficulty arises when the writer do not feel the interaction and feedback from the readers during the writing process. Some writing activities can help prepare writers to gain interaction while they wrote (even before the intended audience of the written product reads it) is to encourage communication during the writing process. This communication can take place if the writing is not done alone. This study is done to explore the dynamics of cooperative learning in the writing process. In addition to that, this study is also done to show the relationship between writing process and cooperative learning. Learners of academic writing underwent a semester of learning academic writing through activities that support cooperative learning. At the end of the semester, the learners responded to survey to reveal their perceptions of this approach. The instrument used in this study is s survey. The survey has three sections; section A consists of items on demographic profile, section B has 16 items on writing process and section D has 13 items on cooperative learning. Findings showed that group members depend on one another to make the team work a success and this is important for positive interdependence. For a team to succeed, each team members need to be accountable for his/her part. They need to interact well through the use of appropriate interpersonal skills. Only then can the group work towards group processing to improve on the team efforts.
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