الفهرس 
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Abstract
The present study aimed at investigating the effect of using collaborative dictogloss strategy (CDS) on improving Al-Azhar first year preparatory stage students’ EFL writing skills. Three instruments were used; a checklist to determine the writing skills appropriate for the participants, a pre-post writing test to measure students’ improvement in writing, and an analytic scoring rubric to score students’ writing. The quasi-experimental design was adopted; where a pre-post, two- group sampling was applied. The participants consisted of 64 students at Nekeita Preparatory &Secondary Institute for Boys in Dakahlia governorate. Two intact classes were assigned to an experimental group and a control group; each group consisted of 32 students. Results of the study revealed that the experimental group students outperformed their counterparts of the control group in their post EFL writing level. Accordingly, it was concluded that CDS improved Al-Azhar first year preparatory stage students’ EFL writing skills.