Arab Educational Information Network

The study aimed at evaluating syllabus of “Loghaty” (My Language) for the second primary year in KSA in light of emotional intelligence skills. This is done through deciding skills of emotional intelligence that must be included in the Arabic syllabus of the second primary year, then to discover the extent to which these skills of emotional intelligences in fields of personal social efficiency are included in reading texts of the “Loghaty” book of the second primary year. The descriptive approach and content analysis were used. The female researcher put the tools of the study, they are: list of personal and social emotional skills that must be includes in the “Loghaty” book of the second primary year, card of content analysis driven from the list that will be used to analyze the content of the book. After making sure of veracity and stability of tools of the study, these tools were applied on sample of the study which is the syllabus of “Loghaty” of the second primary year in KSA. The results of the study showed that reading texts of that book cover emotional skills of personal efficiency in percentages that varied from 0% to 100% of sub-skills. Analysis showed that the highest percentage of frequency is of the skill of self consciousness, while skills of self evaluation, dealing with experiences, and self-confidence are not there at all.The results also showed that reading texts of the “Loghaty” book of the second primary year include emotional of social efficiency in percentages that ranges form 0% to 66.7%. Skill of sympathy got the highest frequency rate. These texts didn’t include some of the important skills such as dealing with conflicts (conflict management). Based on these results, the study recommended revising books of educational activities that accompany the books of the first three years of the primary stage to enforce and develop skills of emotional intelligence. The study also recommended making more research in field of relation between emotional intelligence and language skills among students of all stages of education. This is to discover the relation between these skills and develop them throughout this relation. The study also suggested a self training program to develop skills of emotional intelligence for teachers inside the school environment. (Published abstract)