The Effectiveness of a Program Based on Thinking Activities in Developing Extensive Reading Skills Among Arabic Language Learners Who Speak Other Languages

Abstract

The aim of this research is to build a program based on thinking activities to develop the extended reading skills of learners of Arabic speaking other languages. For the purpose of the research, a list of the appropriate extended reading skills for fourth-level students, a program based on thinking activities, and a test of extended reading skills were prepared. The research experiment was applied to (30) fourth-level students who are learners of Arabic speaking other languages at the Institute of Arabic Linguistics at King Saud University. The results of the research showed that there were statistically significant differences between the average scores of students (members of the research group) in the pre and post measurements in the skills of each of the three levels of extended reading; And that was in favor of the dimensional measurement, and by revealing the level of significance, it was found that it is statistically significant at the level (05.0), as it became clear from the statistical treatment that the proposed program is characterized by a high degree of effectiveness in developing the expanded reading skills of the students of the research group, where the average gain percentage is (12,1) which is greater than the correct one. Accordingly, the research presented a variety of recommendations and research proposals.