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The aim of this study was to reveal the attitudes of Arabic Language teachers and the higher elementary stage students towards the implementation of the Touchstones Discussion Project/ Mahakkat at- Tafkir Program and the obstacles to its application in Jordan. The study used descriptive method, and in order to achieve the objectives of the study the researcher used a questionnaire prepared by her to measure teachers' attitudes, and another one to measure students' attitudes, and a third to measure the obstacles of applying this program. The study was applied on (152) Arabic language teachers in the area of "Liwa' Aljama'a" and (1506) students of the upper elementary level. after verifying the validity of the tools and their stability, and to answer the questions of the study extracted the averages and standard deviations, The results showed that the Arabic language teachers and the basic stage students had positive attitudes toward the implementation of the Mahakkat at- Tafkir. The overall response to all the paragraphs (3.54) for the teachers, and (3.79) for students. The results of the study showed that the obstacles to the implementation of the program were medium, with the total response on all paragraphs (3.35), while the response to the paragraphs between high and medium. And accordingly, a set of recommendations and suggestions were presented to reinforce the attitudes of the Arabic language teachers and the students of the higher elementary stage toward applying the program and overcoming the obstacles of its application. (Published abstract)