Pandemik Covid-19 telah menjadi topik utama wacana segenap lapisan masyarakat. Media masa khususnya portal berita dalam talian telah memainkan peranan yang penting sebagai agen penyebaran maklumat terkait pandemik kepada umum dengan cepat dan mudah. Justeru, makalah ini bertujuan menganalisis dengan terperinci laporan beritaterkait pandemik Covid-19 yang dipaparkan oleh portal berita berbahasa Arab ‘Aswaq’ (aswaqpress.com) bermula Januari hingga Julai 2021. Aswaq yang mula beroperasi sejak 2009 berperanan sebagai jambatan berita dan maklumat antara Malaysia dan dunia Arab. Fokus kajian adalah kepada wacana autoritatif yang memuatkan naratif dari sumber-sumber pihak berwajib dan berpengaruh yang lazimnya dianggap umum sebagai sumber sahih. Kajian ini juga akan merungkai strategi-strategi yang digunakan oleh portal berita Aswaqdalam mengolah dan melaporkan wacana autoritatif dalam laporan berita mereka. Seterusnya ia akan memberi gambaran keseluruhan terhadap naratif lopran berita terkait pandemik Covid-19 yang dihidangkan kepada para pembaca khususnya di Timur Tengah berkaitanMalaysia. Metode kajian adalah kualitatif dengan menggunakan pendekatan Analisis Wacana Kritis (AWK) berasaskan teks (textual-oriented Critical Discourse Analysis) yang dianjurkan oleh Norman Fairclough (1992). Hasil analisis kualitatif akan dibantu dengan dapatan data statistik janaan perisian analisis Korpus Linguistik ‘AntConc’ bagi sistem Windows 11 versi 4.2.4 (2023). Dapatan awal menunjukkan, naratif berita pandemik Covid-19 oleh Aswaq.com padat dengan wacana autoritatif bagi meyakinkan para pembaca tentang maklumat yang mereka sajikan kepada para pembaca sasaran. Dalam pada itu, terdapat juga wacana dari sumber-sumber lain bersifat antagonis yang mencabar kewibawaan wacana autoritatif selain menawarkan wacana alternatif kepada naratif pihak berkuasa.Semua ini menjadikan wacana portal berita Aswaq kaya dengan pelbagai maklumat dari sumber yang berbeza untuk tatapan para pembaca yang semakin kritis. Di akhir makalah, cadangan dan penambahbaikan akan dikemukakan untuk kajian berkaitan pada masa hadapan.

Ilmu Balaghah is one of the main disciplines to be studied by students who study the Arabic language program at tertiary level. Although this discipline has been introduced for a long time in higher learning institutions, but the application and understanding of this discipline is still low among students who study this subject, and among lecturers whose convey the content of balaghah with traditional method and approach. This study aims to identify the existing learning strategies of Arabic rhetoric in IPTA and IPTS which has been implemented by lecturers during the teaching and learning of Arabic rhetoric. 10 lecturers representing five IPTA/IPTS being selected as respondents of the study. To identify the learning strategies and practices implemented by lecturers, a qualitative study will be used by interviewing the lecturers using interview instrument consisting of 8 open -ended questions and analyzing data by constructing themes, categories, and subcategories. The results of the study found that the teaching and learning approach of Balaghah is still has a problem as well as there is no practical module as ABM (Teaching Aids) for lecturers and students in IPTA/IPTS to be used as a standard guide in teaching and learning Balaghah.

Effective time management is crucial for students to optimize their academic performance. However, many university students struggle with inadequate time management skills, particularly in the context of the post- pandemic COVID-19 era. This study aims to address this issue by developing and validating an instrument that examines the factors influencing students' time management skills. Drawing on the Time Management Behavior (TMB) proposed by Macon et al. (1994), this research seeks to gain deeper insights into the specific factors that contribute to effective time management in the current educational landscape. The crosssectional study collected 126 responses for a pilot study, which underwent exploratory factor analysis (EFA) using SPSS. The findings of the EFA identified six (6) items for deletion. Subsequently, 269 responses were gathered during the actual data collection phase, and the data were subjected to confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using AMOS. The results confirmed that the TMB instrument met the requirements for CFA and demonstrated validity in measuring university students' time management skills in the post-pandemic COVID-19 era. The TMB instrument provides valuable insights for educational institutions to support students in improving their time management skills, enabling targeted interventions for better academic outcomes and personal growth. It empowers institutions to develop effective strategies and resources to address time management challenges, ultimately promoting student success and facilitating personal and professional development.

December 2019 marked the emergence of a deadly virus known as Covid-19. Since then, we have been battling the virus, which has infected more than 250 million people and killed 4.5 million globally. The pandemic has become the headline of almost every media outlet, local and international news agency. Hence, this article aims to examine the Arabic online news discourse of the event by focusing on the verbal processes strategically utilised in reporting the pandemic in Malaysia. This study's data consists of Modern Standard Arabic online news published by Aswaq (aswaqpress.com) news portal between January and July 2021. Aswaq provides Arabic news and information on Malaysia to the Arab world. Hence, the information provided by the portal is vital in portraying Malaysia to Arab audiences, particularly in framing the way Malaysia deals with the Covid-19. The study employs corpus linguistics analytical tools using corpus software AntConc 3.5.8 (2019). Then, the quantitative result will be analysed using a qualitative approach based on the textual-oriented Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of Fairclough (1992). It is shown that Aswaq has strategically utilised various verbal processes to report on the word said and articulated around the pandemic. The diversity of verbal processes usage indicates different connotations that hint at different strategic approaches in reporting the news. Hence, it may lead to uncovering the outlet stance of the event. Finally, the study will present suggestions for other related studies in the future.