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|b The effective teaching of reading, writing, and grammar is essential for enhancing learners' communicative competence through furnishing a meaningful and contextualized learning environment. This research addressed the' issue of providing integrated skills teaching at the university level that bridges traditional, segregated skill instruction to integrated, communicative skills instruction. The experimental group consisted of 44 students and was taught through integrated teaching of reading, writing, and grammar, while the control group consisted of 42 students and received regular instruction. A pre-test for measuring the students' performance in reading, writing, and grammar and an equivalent post-test were given to the two groups. The results showed that the experimental group students performed significantly better on the post-test in overall performance in reading, writing, and grammar as well as in each target skill and structure than the control group students who received regular instruction. Moreover, the experimental group students achieved significant progress in their performance in the target skills and structures after the treatment when compared to their performance before the treatment. It can be concluded that integrated skills teaching means more time to select and experience appropriate combinations of techniques and tasks. Moreover, integration is more than a different method of teaching; it represents a change at the level of teaching philosophy. As such, it requires new and active roles for teachers, students, and administrators.
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