The Effectiveness of a Suggested Unit Based on Enrichment Activities on Developing Achievement in English Language of Secondary Stage Students

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English is acknowledged as the dominant language of communication in the age of globalization and technology.  Therefore, teaching English as a foreign or second language becomes vital in order to help the new generation cope with the vast changes and challenges of this age, Al-Yami (2008).
Teaching may start from a study of what teachers do, but it cannot end there. For it is not the case that teaching is simply what teachers do. Of all the activities of education, teaching may well be the most comprehensive and the one we most readily associate with education. It cannot be ignored in any philosophy of education, Green (1971).
Communication is a two-side process; a message cannot be communicated unless there is someone to receive it. That’s indicating the relation between the reading and writing which are English language skills.
Serafini (2004) said that reading is one of the four language skills that require special attentions, as a receptive language process. Reading isn't congenital thing that is born with person but it is a skill or an ability that can be acquired by learning or training. Also, reading is an interaction between a reader and a text. Reading doesn't occur in a vacuum but it is done for a purpose to achieve some goals. The goal of all readers is to understand what they read.
Writing is not a simple process but it is a complex one, and that can lead to learners frustration, Jarvis (2000) asserts that many students do not enjoy writing because they feel that if they cannot do it correctly the first time they will never get it right. Al-Ghamdi (2012) found that it is necessary to provide a supportive environment for the EFL learners.
These skills need activities to practice. Students need that rich and relax environment to learn the materials which they like to read and write and whenever they prefer to do that activities. This type of freedom given to students gives them the opportunity to learn without fair of errors and practice to perfection.

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