Scientific Publications of the State University of Novi Pazar, Series B: Social Sciences and Humanities 3(2) https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:29211 doi:10.5937/NPDUNP2002080G Grubor, Jelena V. All rights reserved application/pdf 552667 bytes info:eu-repo/semantics/article eng Beyond teaching English: EFL students’ accounts of learning outcomes in a cooperative class Abstract: Since student learning outcomes (SLOs) have assumed the central role in present-day teaching, and cooperative learning has been shown to bring many benefits to students, our main aim is to explore how students perceive SLOs in order to determine their key dimensions. The sample included 24 third-year female students attending a philological course. The participants‟ evaluation of the acquired knowledge/skills and their implementation was explored via content analysis. The results show that SLOs include: (1) knowledge, (2) capabilities, and (3) application-of-the-acquired dimension (prompted by volition and affect). The main conclusion is that the participants appear to view learning English not as a primary means to learn the language per se, but as a means to learn different subject content through English. Other variables may have additionally contributed to such results: L2 as the language of instruction and positive attitudes to the learning environment. Keywords: cooperative learning (CL), English as a foreign language (EFL), student learning outcomes (SLOs) 2020