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The purpose of this study is to analyze students’ verbal interactions during their reading activity. Twelve college students participated and they were divided into four groups based on the achievement test: high level groups (group 1 and 2) and low level groups (group 3 and 4). Data were gathered by three different methods such as informal interview, transcripts of students’ discourse and researcher’s log. Students’ verbal interactions were tape-recorded and analyzed. It has been found that 1) during their cooperative reading activity students asked questions to get verification and for clarification of a confusing point, 2) when asked for help, they provided both direct help (translation and identification, feedback) and indirect help(procedural suggestion for the following activity steps, conceptual instruction, elaboration), and 3) they also voluntarily provided indirect help (instruction and hint), and direct help(modification and feedback) even when not asked for help. Instructional implications for the effective cooperative reading activity were discussed.