This study investigates the impact of teaching applied Arabic syntax on the improvement of the reading skills of the non-native Arabic learners. The research is on the practicality of syntactic focusing on syntactic understanding in terms of teaching learners how to better learn, improve their running fluency and ultimately their reading proficiency. This study, with a sample group of non-native Arabic speakers, studied how applied syntax lessons can help improve reading skills using pre and post assessments. These results show significant gains in learners’ reading ability, structure and meaning of sentence. Consequently, language training for second language speakers can profit from teaching strategies which focus on syntax, which are important for reading comprehension by advanced readers as well as the general language learning.
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