A Program on Religion and Contemporary Issues Based on the ‎Negotiation Approach to Develop Some Critical Dialogue and ‎Persuasive Writing Skills for Second-Year Students, Basic Education at ‎Arabic Department, ‎Faculty of Education, Minia University

The current research aimed to identify the effectiveness of a program on religion and contemporary issues based on the negotiation approach to develop some critical dialogue and persuasive writing skills for second-year students, Basic Education at Arabic Department, Faculty of Education, Minia University. The research problem was identified as the weakness among students in some critical dialogue and persuasive writing skills, which was confirmed by some studies and educational literature, as well as the results of an exploratory test of persuasive writing skills conducted on a sample of students. Additionally, the researcher observed the students while administering a dialogue on certain issues and noticed that some students were biased toward their own points of view and did not accept other perspectives. Furthermore, some students participating in the dialogue showed clear weakness in their ability to manage the dialogue effectively. The research instruments included an observation checklist for critical dialogue skills, a test for persuasive writing skills, and the experimental treatment material, which was represented by the preparation of the program based on the negotiation approach. This program was classified into student worksheets and the university professor's guide. The research sample consisted of 38 male and female students. The research instruments were applied to the students as a pre-test, then the students studied the program, and the measurement instruments were applied as a post-test.
The current research has concluded the following results:

The effectiveness of the program based on the negotiation approach in developing some critical dialogue skills, as there was a statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level between the mean scores of students in the pre- and post-tests of the critical dialogue skills test as a whole and some of its sub-skills, in favor of the post-test.
The effectiveness of the program based on the negotiation approach in developing some persuasive writing skills, as there was a statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level between the mean scores of students in the pre-and post-tests of the persuasive writing skills test as a whole and its sub-skills, in favor of the post-test.