Classification of Texts in the Textbook Named El-Qıraat-ul Muyessera Used in the Arabic Reading Skills Lesson in Terms of Text Types and Strategy Suggestions 

The ability to read-comprehension in a foreign language has been the most important target of language learners as it is the most tested skill in national and international exams. Reading skills course also has an important place in the curriculum in Arabic teaching programs. The materials used in teaching reading skills are of vital importance for successful language acquisition. In this context, in this study, a classification study has been made in terms of text types of the texts in the content of the course book "El-Qıraat-ul Muyessera", which is used as a course material for the "reading skills" course in the Arabic Language Teaching programs in the Republic of Turkey, and various reading strategies have been proposed according to the text type used. In the study conducted through document analysis, which is one of the qualitative research techniques, it was determined that 19 out of 30 texts were informative text types, and the remaining 11 texts were literary text types. In the informative text types, 7 articles, 5 biographies, 3 informative historical articles, 2 memoirs, 1 essay and 1 letter type text are included. In literary text types; A total of 6 stories, three of which are folk tales, and 4 comic reading texts are included. Different strategies are suggested according to text types. These; Preparing a story-concept map about the text, scanning the keywords that may reflect the theme of the text, making predictions about the text, taking notes including keywords, making inferences at the word and text level, benefiting from the concept maps prepared beforehand, summarizing the read text with concise sentences, related to the main lines of the text. strategies such as asking questions and seeking answers to these questions.