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The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of the English language learners' interactions while they read the selected text in a cooperative reading group. The driving research questions were as follows: (1) How did members initiate discussion topics, take turns, and finish up their talk for their reading comprehension?, and (2) What characterized the nature of those
learners' participation in the context of cooperative reading group? A qualitative study design served the investigator's main objectives. Participants included four English learning students, two male and two female, in grade 4. The data collection method consisted of on-site observations, informal and formal interviews, and videorecordings of reading sessions. The results of this study suggested that second language learners establish a conversation floor for their own language learning community if teacher's support is available for their meaning-making of the text. Based on these results, some pedagogical suggestions are made for teachers to implement a cooperative reading group as one of the effective instructional strategies in Korean English classroom settings.