This research investigated Arabic needs for Ugandan -Adults Muallaf (UAM ) using the first phase of ADDIE; Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate in favor of developing an Elementary Arabic Learning Module (EALM) for UAM. This research marked Step (i) out of ADDIE five steps of academic module development. It was meant to explore Arabic learning needs for UAM in order to identify the major aspects of the proposed EALM development. The study used a descriptive method with a purposive UAM sample size (n=40). The valid and reliable questionnaire of 5 Likert scales was used and the total reliability coefficient of which was ( r )=.984 for 128 items. The major results showed that UAM needed Arabic language for nine major purposes including religious, social, communication, education, business, self-satisfaction, diplomatic, security, and legal purposes. The general implication of the findings confirmed that UAM Arabic weakness was a reflection of weaknesses in their Arabic curriculum. The researchers recommended to consider thise finding in the process of building EALM for UAM with samples of lessons using elementary Arabic grammar, morphology, and Common Arabic Vocabularies (CAV)”.

This research investigatedArabicneeds for Ugandan -adults muallafUAMusing the first phase of ADDIE; (analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate)in favor of developing the elementary Arabic learning module EALM for UAM. This research marked theStep (One)out of ADDIE (Five) steps of academic module development. It was meant to explore Arabic learning needs for UAM in order toidentify the major aspects forthe proposed EALM development. The study used a descriptive method with purposive UAM sample sized (n=40). The valid and reliable quesstionnaire of 5 Likert scales was used and the total reliability coefficient of which was ( r )=.984 for 128 items. The major results showed that UAM needed Arabic language for nine basicpurposes including religious, social, communication, education, business, self satisfaction, diplomatic, security and legal purposes. The general implication of findings confirmed that UAM Arabic weakness was a reflection of weaknesses in their Arabic curriculum. The researchers recommended to consider thise finding in the processof building EALM for UAM with samples of lessons using elementary Arabic grammarEAG,morphology and common arabic vocabularies CAV.

The Ugandan adults Muallaf (UAM) faced a problem in learning Arabic for religious purposes. The elementary Arabic learning module (EALM) was developed for UAM using ADDIE procedures to mitigate the said problem. This research evaluated EALM usability for UAM. The purposive sample of UAM (n=44) and a random sample of teachers (n=5) were used. UAM student and teacher questionnaires were also used. The descriptive statistics using SPSS 20 was employed to describe EALM usability data. The finding yielded positively high teachers' and students’ ratings in favor of all EALM usability evaluation constructs. The researchers strongly recommend EALM for UAM.