A Cooperative Learning-Based Strategy for Developing Literary Literacy Skills Among Students of Major English at Faculty of Specific Education

Abstract

Abstract The purpose of this study was todevelop the literary literacy skills among the English major students at the Faculty of Specific Education (Zagazig University), adapting a strategy based on cooperative learning. Thus,60 English major students in the 3rd level were randomly selected and divided into an experimental group (No.30) and a control group (No.30). The present study adopted the a two-group pre-post test design.The two groups were pre-tested. Then, the experimental group was taught using the proposed strategy which was based on the tasks and activities of cooperative learning in order to improve the literary literacy skills. The treatment continued for a month (two periods per week). After that, the two groups were post tested. The findings of the study revealed that there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the pre and post application of the test for the sake of the latter. It was also found that there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of experimental group and control group in the post application of the literary literacy test as a whole and its sub skillsfavoring the experimental group.Accordingly, it was concluded that the proposed strategy proved to be effective in developing the necessary literary literacy skills among the experimental group students. Keywords: EFL at University; literary skills; literacy skills; cooperative learning; Faculty of Specific Ed.; Zagazig University; Egypt