“…Besides, a number of studies such as the studies of Abdelrasoul (2014), El-Garawany (2018), Dorra, Dadour, and El-bashbishy (2020), El-Bassuony, Mohaseb, and Moussa (2020), and Mohamed, Ismail, and Abdel Aziz (2022) stressed the fact that EFL critical reading skills are ignored in preparatory level despite their great importance in learning English and their relevance to other language skills. So, there was a necessity for using new strategies to develop EFL critical reading skills.…”