合作学习是一种以小组活动为主要形式的教学理论与策略体系。合作学习理论应用于高校英语专业阅读课教学可以改变传统的以教师为中心的课堂教学模式,有效提高英语阅读教学的质量,而且还有利于培养学生的合作意识及创新思维。本文探讨了如何运用这一理论提高英语阅读的质量,旨在建立一种新型的、以学生为中心的、快捷有效的高校英语专业阅读教学模式。 Cooperative learning is a group of teaching activities as the main form of teaching theory and strategy system. The application of cooperative learning theory in reading teaching of college English major can change the traditional teacher-centered classroom teaching mode, improve the quality of English reading teaching effectively, and also help to cultivate students’ sense of cooperation and innovative thinking. This paper explores how to apply this theory to improve the quality of English reading, aiming to establish a new type of student-centered, efficient and effective college English reading teaching mode.