Evaluation of Reading Comprehension Skills in the Reading Program of Arabic Book for First Grade Commercial Secondary in the Light of the International Standards for Measuring Reading Literacy PIRLS

Youssef Youssef Hawas, Naglaa

doi:10.21608/edusohag.2020.67486

Evaluation of Reading Comprehension Skills in the Reading Program of Arabic Book for First Grade Commercial Secondary in the Light of the International Standards for Measuring Reading Literacy PIRLS

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Naglaa Youssef Youssef Hawas

Professor of Curricula and Teaching Methods endeavors Faculty of Education, Port Said - Port Said University

10.21608/edusohag.2020.67486

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The research aimed at determining the reading comprehension skills of the reading program of Arabic textbook for first-grade commercial secondary in the light of the international standards for measuring reading literacy. The research utilized the descriptive analytical approach to develop a list of reading comprehension skills required for the secondary stage considering the standards of PIRLS. The list encompassed four main criteria for twenty-five sub-skills. The current researcher used a content analysis checklist for analyzing the reading content of the Arabic textbook for first-grade secondary students of two semesters. The results indicated that the program focused mainly on information retrieval skills, while other skills such as synthesizing ideas, interpreting information, and evaluating the content and the language were inadequately handled, in addition to completely lacking inference skills. Based on the findings, the researcher provided a proposal for incorporating the skills of reading comprehension in the reading program in light of the standards of reading literacy as an attempt to address the shortcomings

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