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Abstract
The present study aimed at developing the the seventh grade female students’ English reading and writing through the use of a proposed program based on Round House diagram and Concept maps . The study adopted the quasi-experimental pre-post test control. The study sample consisted of 60 students at Alqaser school in Alqaser District and was equally divided into three groups: tow experimental groups and a control one. Students of the experimental groupsreceived training through the proposed program based on Round House diagram and Concept maps , while students in the control group received regular instructions, Tools of the study included reading skills checklist, writing skills checklist, a pre-post-reading and writing skills test , a scoring rubric and a program satisfaction questionnaire. The study results revealed that there were statistically significant differences at 0.01 level between the mean scores of the control and the experimental groups on the post test in favour of the experimental groups in overall reading and writing skills as well as in each reading and writing sub-skills. There were also statistically significant differences at 0.01 level between the mean scores of the experimental groups in the pre-administration and post- administration of the reading and writing skills test in favour of the post- administration in overall reading and writing as well as in each reading and writing sub-skill .
Key words: Round House diagram and Concept maps , reading and writing,social constructivism .