الفهرس 
The Problem and its significanceOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of a cooperative ESP program based on field dependence FD/ field independence FI grouping style in developing reading and writing skills of first year Arabic majors at the Faculty of Islamic and Arabic Studies in Sohag. Subjects of the study were 120 first year Arabic majors. They were selected randomly from the population of Al- Azhar female students at the department of Arabic. The researcher conducted a needs analysis questionnaire to identify the specific needs and interests of first year Arabic majors. The Group Embedded Figures Test GEFT was administered to the subjects in order to identify and classify students according to their learning styles into FI/ FD. According to their mean scores, they were divided into four equal groups (30 each): The control group was taught according to the control treatment, while the other three experimental groups received the training program. They were divided as follows: experimental group (1) consisting of FI/ FD students, experimental group (2) consisting of FI students, and experimental group (3) consisting of FD students. Tools of the study included: a needs analysis questionnaire, The Group Embedded Figures Test, the suggested ESP program based on FD/ FI grouping style, a reading test, and a writing test. The method of presentation used in teaching the experimental groups was problem solving implemented through the use of cooperative learning. One instructor taught all the groups. The treatment and non treatment groups were exposed to pre- post means of getting data. Analysis of variance and Scheffe tests were used for analyzing the data. Results revealed that there were statistically significant differences (favoring the experimental groups) between mean scores of the three experimental groups and the control group. There were no statistically significant differences between the three experimental groups. This showed that all the experimental groups benefited from the suggested program. In the light of the results of the present study, recommendations, and suggestions for further studies were presented.