The present study investigated the use of language learning strategies of 578 Libyan successful and less successful secondary school students of English as a foreign language, based on four variables; students‘ geographical area, English language preference, gender and students‘ English background (living in an English-speaking country and/or having English courses out of the school discipline). The subjects (149 boys and 429 girls) were assessed through an Arabic translation of the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) (Oxford, 1990). The methodology adopted for this study is a mixed-method design (quantitative and qualitative). The instruments employed in data collection were survey questionnaires (SILL), focus group semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. The qualitative data was analyzed using a form of content analysis research techniques. The quantitative data was analyzed using the SPSS statistics software. The major findings were that the reported f.....

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Andalusian literature is an integral part of our Arabic literature, and it is rich in its poets, writers, sermons, preachers, and asceticism. We have presented a poet, writer, and ascetic of these who is Ibn Abd Rabbu Al-Andalusi. The research included an introduction and prelude, three topics, a conclusion, and a list of sources and references. The preface dealt with the definition of Ibn Abd Rabbu in terms of birth, lineage, upbringing and its elders and the praise of the evacuees, his works and his death. The first topic talked about the book Al-A'qd Al-Farid, in which it explained the reasons for authoring the book, the method followed, and samples from the first part in books: The Pearl in Sultan and Jumana in Delegations, Al-Zabrjeddah in Al-Ajwad, and Unique in Wars. As for the second topic, it mentioned models of Ibn Abd Rabbu's poems in spinning, praise, and asceticism, and the third topic dealt with the relationship of Ibn Abd Rabbu with his contemporary poet, Yahya Al Qalfat.....

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