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The aim of the present study is to improve listening comprehension by using interactive listening activities depending on the reciprocal teaching strategies by the teacher. The researcher followed the experimental design into which she has randomly chosen a sample being selected from the fifth preparatory stage in Al-Thawra preparatory school for girls. The researcher divided the sample into two groups, experimental and control, each of which includes 30 students. The researcher pretested the two groups. Then, she applied the reciprocal listening activities on the experimental group and the prescribed way with the control group, and the researcher taught the two groups to avoid the teacher variable. After completing the second semester, the researcher post-tested the two groups to measure the difference in the progress. The results obtained from the statistical data of the present study proves that there is an improvement in the students’ listening comprehension skill for the experimental group students which means that reciprocal listening activities do have an effect on students’ listening comprehension. (Published Abstract)