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    An Analysis of The Structure of Group Writing Activities in Grade 11 English Textbook
    (Addis Ababa University, 2009-06) Yibre, Mohammed; Hailu, Alemu (PhD)
    The main purpose of the present study was to analyze to what extent the pair/ group work writing activities in the currently in use grade 11 English textbook were well structured or organized in a way that they could promote CLL. To this end, the pair/group work writing activities were identified and analyzed based on the six basic elements of the CLL. In addition, interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with teachers and students. Classroom observations were also conducted to see the actual implementation of the pair/ group work writing activities suggested in the textbook. Findings of the study show that less weight is given to the pair/group work writing activities compared to that of the non-group work writing activities in the textbook. The promotion of most of the basic elements of CLL in the designed pair/ group work writing activities is limited to only the pre-writing stage. It has been found that only few of the pair/group work writing activities require and encourage learners to work cooperatively at drafting and revising stages of writing. It is also noted that no pair/group work writing activities in the textbook promotes processing group interaction. Further more, the results of the study show that learners are mostly engaged in interactions at the pre-writing stage, and pair/group work writing activities are usually given as home take assignment because of time constraints. There is no practice of evaluating the group relationships after CLL. It is, therefore, recommended that textbook developers should consider incorporating the six basic elements of CLL in each stage of writing to structure or organize pair/group work writing activities in preparing materials.