Utilization of Prophetic Texts in Developing Critical and Persuasive Writing Skills Among Non-Native Arabic Language Learners/ توظيف النص النبوي في تنمية مهارات الكتابة الناقدة والإقناعية لدى متعلمي اللغة العربية الناطقين بلغات أخرى

Aboueldahab Elbadry Ali Aboueldahab, Obaidallh Abdallh Aljahni Al-Fayidi Al-Juhani

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The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a program based on the use of Prophetic texts in developing critical and persuasive writing skills among learners of Arabic as a foreign language. To achieve this objective, the researchers developed an instructional program and designed two tests: the first to assess critical writing skills, and the second to assess persuasive writing skills. The researchers employed a quasi-experimental one-group design to examine the effectiveness of the program (the independent variable) in enhancing both critical and persuasive writing skills (the dependent variables) by comparing the research group’s pre-test and post-test results on both writing skill assessments. The research sample consisted of 25 advanced-level students enrolled in the language preparation program at the Institute for Teaching Arabic at the Islamic University of Madinah. The results revealed statistically significant differences at the (0.01) level between the mean scores of the group in the pre-test and post-test of both critical and persuasive writing, in favor of the post-test. These differences are attributed to the use of Prophetic texts in the development of these skills. Based on these findings, the researchers presented a set of recommendations and suggestions for further research.


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Utilization of Prophetic Texts; Critical Writing; Persuasive Writing; Authentic Texts

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