Abstract:

Writing skills are one of the four branches of foreign language teaching and are often considered the fourth of these feet. These four skills are parallel to each other, and the language teaching is the condition desirable. Writing skills are a skill that is intrinsic and difficult to acquire with listening, reading and speaking skills. But it’s not as difficult to give students the ability to write with selected activities in accordance with the student’s level, age and interest, which is detailedly planned. This research is a qualitative study aimed at showing how students who learn Arabic as a foreign language gained the writing skills included in the curriculum prepared by the Ministry of National Education. At the beginning of the study, an examination prepared according to the achievements of the writing skills included in the teaching program for 70 Imam-Hatip high school students who learned Arabic as a foreign language and had no previous Arabic history was implemented and then evaluated. According to the exam, a number of conclusions were made about the students' writing skills. In the results section of the study, some recommendations were given to program developers and teachers for the development of writing skills.

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