Abstract
This research investigates students’ ability in writing skill in the intermediate stage during the academic year 2018/2019. The research followed the analytical descriptive approach in which a test was given to a sample of (300) students in the middle stage in Arar city in Saudi Arabia. The results showed there were no statistically significant differences in students’ ability level in writing skills according to gender variable. The results revealed that there were statistically significant differences in the students’ ability level in writing skills according to the grade variable in favor of the third-grade average. The researchers recommended the need to increase the Arabic language teachers’ awareness of the importance to develop some writing skills such as writing Hamza (a glottal stop) and writing Nunation.
Highlights
School students in general suffer from weakness in the writing skill
The results showed there were no statistically significant differences in students’ ability level in writing skills according to gender variable
The results revealed that there were statistically significant differences in the students’ ability level in writing skills according to the grade variable in favor of the third-grade average
Summary
School students in general suffer from weakness in the writing skill. Regarding the importance of the basic stage and the first middle class in particular, students’ cognitive abilities are formed, and they are assumed to have established the basic educational skills, including their proficiency in writing skill. Writing skill is not taught in isolation; it requires proficiency in reading, that provides students with information, knowledge, facts, and experiences that help them express their thoughts, opinions, and feelings. Writing skill is a productive skill as well as the speaking skill, and it is no less important than speaking and reading skills. Arabic language has two basic functions, namely communication and facilitating the process of thinking and expression: writing help fulfill these functions and learn Arabic Language as well (Al-Shanti, 2003)
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