Abstract

This study aimed at finding the degree of Arabic language teachers' possession in the upper basic stage in Northwest Badia district of the skills of literary appreciation and practicing it. The study sample consisted of (90) male and female teachers. It was conducted by using a questionnaire after assuring its validity and readability including (21) items distributed into four fields. The study results revealed that the degree of Arabic language teachers' possession in the upper basic stage in Northwest Badia district of the skills of literary appreciation and practicing it showed a medium degree at the tool as a whole. Where the arithmetic mean of the degree of possession was (3.6) and a percentage (72%), the arithmetic mean of the degree of practice was (3.58) and a percentage (71.6%). The results showed that there were no statistically significant differences between the averages of the estimates of the study sample in the degree of Arabic language teachers' possession in the upper basic stage in Northwest Badia district of the skills of literary appreciation due to variables of gender, educational qualification and experience in the tool as a whole. Results showed that also there were no statistically significant differences between the averages of the estimates of the study sample in the degree of Arabic language teachers' practice in the upper basic stage in Northwest Badia district of the skills of literary appreciation due to variables of gender, educational qualification and experience in the tool as a whole. There is also a positive correlation the value of the Pearson correlation which was (0.84) between the degree to which Arabic language teachers at the higher basic stage in Northwest Badia district possession of the skills of literary appreciation and their practice of it. The study recommends: Training teachers on the most important strategies and methods of developing literary appreciation skills, through holding courses and in-service training workshops.