Evaluation of learning activities in the English language book for the first grade secondary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the light of reading comprehension skills

Abstract

The objective of the research was to identify reading comprehension skills in reading text exercises and to measure the availability of these skills related to the following levels: (literal, deductive, critical, tactful and creative) in these exercises. To achieve this goal, An initial list of reading comprehension skills and a card for content analysis, and verified their reliability and consistency. The list of reading comprehension skills in its final form consisted of (25) skills. The results of the study showed that reading comprehension skills obtained an unbalanced ratio in the literal text training. The level of verbal skills attained the highest level of availability (59.7%), while the training lacked all the skills related to the level of tactile understanding. The remaining skills were taken into account (25.2%), critical level skills (11.8%), and creative level skills (3.4%). In the light of the results of the research, a proposed scenario for literacy training was presented, which contributes to the treatment of shortcomings