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The present study aimed to determine the degree to which the activities of Arabic language courses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia include the intermediate stage of the habits of the mind according to the classification of Costa and Calik, which is composed of (16) (6) books for the student and (6) books for the activity. To achieve the objective of the study, a content analysis card was used. It consisted of (16) mental habits and included in each mental habit a number of indicators. After verifying the validity of the instrument, study the study community as a whole and analyze the contents of the card the use of a number of statistical methods, including frequencies and percentages, the study reached a number of results, the most important of which is the existence of habits of mind varying proportions in the decisions of the eternal language between weak and medium except to find the humor that was neglected in the decisions, in light of the results of the research recommended a number of recommendations and suggestions which is hoped to benefit in the field of education, the most important of which is to introduce the habits of the mind deliberately in the decisions of the Arabic language in the middle stage, and to conduct a study on the availability of habits in Arabic language courses at the primary and secondary levels. (Published abstract)