Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Graduate Studies for Education - Department of Curriculum methods of teaching

The present study aimed at developing Experimental Prep Stage students{u2019} literacy skills of reading comprehension and writing skills. To achieve this aim, a proposed teaching model of English poetry based on the constructivism theory was developed. The teaching model integrated various cooperative learning structures. The study used: 1- a questionnaire of English poetry teaching to identify the reality of teaching poetry in experimental prep stage; 2- a list of poetry literacy reading and writing skills required to be achieved by the 2nd year experimental prep stage students; 3- a pre-post poetry literacy skills test for assessing students{u2019} reading and writing skills; 4- an attitude scale to determine students{u2019} attitudes before and after using the proposed teaching model. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design using two groups: the experimental group and the control group. Results of the study indicated that the proposed teaching model proved to be effective in developing students{u2019} poetry literacy skills of reading and writing, and their attitudes towards studying English poetry

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