مدى توافر المهارات الحياتية في محتوى كتاب اللغة الإنجليزية للصف الثالث المتوسط
The study aimed at recognizing the life skills that are included within the English language syllabus at the third grade preparatory in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The life skills were represented in social skills, communication and cooperation skills, and mental skills. To achieve the aims of the study, the researcher adopted the descriptive approach that is relevant to content analysis. The population and sample of the study were represented in the English language book for third grade preparatory in the school year A.D. 2021-2022, which comprise both the student's book and the activity book in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The researcher designed a card as a tool for content analysis that included three main areas containing (36) criteria. The study concluded many results as follows: The availability of social skills in the English language book of the third grade preparatory in a moderate level, whereas the communication and cooperation skills were available to a high level, and the mental skills were available in the English language book of third grade preparatory in a low level. Moreover, the communication and cooperation skills were ranked first with a percentage of (48.7%), followed by social skills (32.6%), and finally mental skills (18.7%). In the light of what was concluded by the study, several recommendations were introduced including: The necessity of caring for including life skills within the English language book of the third grade preparatory according to the age stage, and considering balance in including (social skills, communication and cooperation skills, and mental skills) within the English language book of the third grade preparatory. (Published abstract)