A master's thesis at the University of Basra examines "The Availability of Argumentation Skills among Professors of Arabic Language Departments at the University of Basra's Colleges."

A master's thesis at the College of Education for Women at the University of Basra examined the availability of argumentation skills among professors of Arabic Language Departments at the University of Basra's colleges.

The thesis, presented by student Laila Khalil Hindi, aimed to identify argumentation skills and their availability among professors of Arabic Language Departments at the University of Basra's colleges.

The thesis includes four chapters. The first chapter addresses the research problem, its importance, research objectives, research limitations, and definition of terminology. The second chapter provides the theoretical background and covers argumentation skills, types of argumentation, ladders, argumentative links, and mechanisms of argumentative persuasion. The third chapter, the research methodology and procedures, covers the research approach, the research community and sample, the research tool (observation card), and statistical methods.
The fourth chapter presents the results, their interpretation, conclusions, recommendations, and proposals.
The thesis concludes that professors in Arabic Language Departments at the University of Basra lack argumentation skills. The letter recommended the need to train professors in argumentative skills through the use of training programs, as well as to include argumentative skills as an essential component of higher education curricula.

Department of Media and Government Communication/College of Education for Girls