Al-Azkiya : International Journal Languages and Education

This study was conducted to identify the practice of Islamic education among Muslim students in Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) and to determine the most attractive topic among them. This study also aimed to explore the factors that influence the practise of Islamic education among Muslim students in SJKC. The quantitative techniques were used in this study through the uses of a questionnaire instrument, which was then analysed using the SPSS version.The study found that syahadah is the most commonly practised component among Muslim students at SJKC. The study also reveals that the Sirah is the most popular topic and the Islamic education teacher’s encouragement is the main factor that influences the practise of Muslim students on the subject of teachers and students and raises awareness of the value of Islamic Education subjects.

The objective of this study is to explore the research trends on the use of the flipped classroom method in the field of Arabic language teaching. A number of databases including Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus and ERIC were used for acquiring a number of relevant studies. After screening the obtained studies, 7 research articles were selected and reviewed with the use of the content analysis technique. The findings indicates that the use of the flipped classroom method has a number of benefits for both educators and learners in teaching the Arabic language. In the last few years, the interest in the use of the flipped classroom method has increased to a significant extent. Still, it has been identified that there are a number of challenges associated with the technique. When these challenges are overcome, it would be possible to deliver optimal benefits to the learners.

Acquiring a second language needs several linguistic factors such as the environment and language activities. This article aims to describe the process of acquiring Arabic Language based on Skinner’s theory in Darussalam Gontor the second campus for girls. This research is qualitative research using three methods to collect data; observation, interview, and written documents. And for the data analysis used the Miles and Huberman method including data collection, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The researcher concluded (1) the language activities and the language environment in this institute stimulated and supported Skinner's language acquisition process which is held with a strict system, so then the students are accustomed to using Arabic. (2) The linguistic activities in this institute that match Skinner’s theory are many, such as the morning conversation, the evening supplementary subject, theatrical representation, and others. From here, it appeared that the acquisition of the Arabic in this institute is identical to Skinner's theory. The researcher suggests this research can give some additional thought to Arabic Teaching as the second language in other Islamic Institutions by adopting examples from several language exercises in this article that match with Skinner's theory for building the Arabic language system in each institution.

In the Renaissance period, the rise of the 17th century metaphysical poets like John Donne, John Dryden, Andrew Marvell and others had contributed to the publication of copious colourful poetry. The use of allegory and metaphysical conceit in their poetry have further revealed their inventive metaphors and agile intelligence (Bloom, 2010). Using Aldo Nemesio’s (1999) comparative method as an attempt to understand the poet and persona’s human literary behaviour, researchers have categorized and analyzed the poems in multiple contexts and stanzas so as to create interpretations from the allegory and conceit depicted. Hence, this paper shall discuss the findings on the comparative analysis of the element of allegory and metaphysical conceit depicted in the poems of the two metaphysical poets; John Donne’s A Valediction Forbidding Mourning and John Dryden’s Annus Mirrabilis.

Drawing on interviews with parents of indigenous communities, this article presents insights into indigenous parenting aspects related to inside-and-outside classroom learning, cross-cultural complexities, and literacy practices by taking perspectives of Malaysia’s indigenous parents as an example. Using Bronfenbrenner's ecological model on how individuals navigate complex interactions in a particular society, indigenous parents' authority and agency play important roles in navigating competing issues of indigenous learners' literacy, learning, and class. Implications on parenting practices, particularly on uplifting indigenous parents with sociocultural, learning, and literacy engagement within changing and challenging expectations of indigenous learners inside and outside their homes, are presented.

This study focuses on the usage of Arabic words written in Tayyib al-Ihsan. Objectives of this study are to identify Arabic medicine vocabulary found in Tayyib al-Ihsan and to calculate the percentage of disease names in the Arabic language identified in this manuscript. This paperwork applied a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. The result of this study shows that there are 61 (71.7%) types of illness written in the Arabic language. The most used word is جذام “leprosy” 6 (9.83%), followed by برص “icthyosis” and فالج “semi paralysis” 4 (6.55%), نقرس “gout” and خنازير “scrofulous” 3 (4.91%), and others

Most of the Bengali Native Speakers are not conscious about understanding the meanings of the Qur’an when reciting, even though there are many translations in their language. On the other hand, they have a strong background in Arabic language although they have not learned it. Consequently, they have a strong background in the language of the Holy Qur’an as well. There are hundreds and thousands of Arabic Nouns adopted in Bengali, and many of them are mentioned in the Qur'an as well. This article presents a contrastive analytical study between Inflected Nouns of Surah Al-Fatihah and what is used from them in Bengali language. This study also attempts to examine the possibility of using the same noun or a noun from its roots when translating its meanings. Hence, the study aims at exploring the similarities and differences between its meanings from both languages to know how easy it is to understand their meanings without referring to any dictionary or translation during their next recitation. The study used inductive method in collecting data in terms of verbal similarity symmetry and analytical method in describing them in terms of lexical similarity. This study chose several famous Bengali vocabulary dictionaries to collect data and cite their meanings. The study shows that most of the Inflected Nouns themselves are used in the Bengali language verbally and lexically, where some of them are used by another noun/s from their roots. At the end, this study brought a translation of the meaning of the surah, using those Arabic Names. It is expected that the study will be a prelude to translate the meaning of the entire Qur’an in this manner.

One of the fundamental aspects during the current teaching practicum is the inclusion of innovation in the classroom, but guidance on this aspect is lacking. This paper provides a description of a proposed rubric to be used for assessing innovation teaching practicum. Three documents were reviewed and analysed by looking at the alignment between learning and innovation constructs. The outcome was a rubric that consisted of eight constructs, which aligns with the learning objectives, the national content and learning standard, and assessment, as outlined by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia. The proposed rubric was later reviewed by two inter-raters.

It is crucially important to know what strategies are used by language learners in learning the targeted language, so that teachers will have better insights to prepare classes that equally suit learners’ behaviour. This is a pilot study aiming to identify what are the most and less frequent learning strategies used by Japanese language learners at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM). A set of questionnaires adapted from the Oxford’s Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) has been distributed to 259 USIM Japanese learners at the end of semester academic year of 2021/2022. 54 students volunteered to participate and answer the questionnaire. The average frequency for each category in SILL has been identified. As for the results, Japanese language learners at USIM are moderate users of metacognitive categories as the average frequency is at the highest. In contrast, strategies from affective categories have the lowest frequency of usage. It is a hope, that in the future, learners are introduced with a set of learning strategies before or during the classes in order to help them find the best way of acquiring the target language.

The love of Rasulullah SAW means trying to emulate Rasulullah SAW from all aspects of his life. As a result, someone will form very good Islamic practice in daily life. Thus, school students should be educated to make Islam their way of life through the Love of Rasulullah SAW by knowing Islamic icon leaders and emulate him in their daily lives. For the purpose of study, 2407 students in total from various secondary schools in Malaysia have been surveyed about their love for the Prophet SAW. The measurement of their love for the Prophet SAW is made based on how often they practice the way of life of the Prophet SAW. Instruments from Bhasah et al (2011) were used to obtain data from several aspects of the Prophet's practice. The reliability of the instrument is at Cronbach Alpha 0.96. The study found that the level of love for the Prophet SAW for secondary school students was satisfactory, at a mean level of 3.00 with a standard deviation of 0.36 on a scale of 4. Participants from Religious High Schools showed a higher level of Love for the Prophet SAW compared to participants from boarding schools and daily secondary schools. This is reinforced by the mean difference between the schools in question being statistically significant with a value of F(2,2373) = 69.872, p < 0.001. As many as 8% of students were able to show the love of Rasulullah SAW very high and there are less than 10% of students who are still at the level of love of Rasulullah SAW which is less. Almost 80% of students have shown the love of Rasulullah SAW which is so satisfying. Female students (mean = 3.0077, sp = 0.365) showed a higher Love of the Prophet SAW compared to male students (mean = 2.9886, sp = 0.391), but the difference was not statistically significant with a t-value (2389) = - 1.213, p > 0.05.

School closures affect about 1.2 billion children in 186 countries as a result of the pandemic COVID 19. Many people around the world are concerned about whether online learning will continue to evolve or how it will affect the global education sector. The key benefits of Education 4.0 are related to the digital, virtual, and smart revolution for educators and other stakeholders. Some educators believe that the philosophy of personalized learning involves a lot of work, but that they can still address the specific needs of students. Using this technology, the teacher can teach the students rather than the class. Teachers have used various techniques and tools to promote personalized learning. This leads to better learning outcomes for students and better educational outcomes overall. Digital technology facilitates the work of educators and teachers by giving them the best techniques to make their job easier. Individuals prefer a customized learning methodology. In this area, the role of artificial intelligence is of great importance. AI-centric tools cater to the individual needs of students by enabling greater focus on specific topics through repetition of content and helping students learn at their own pace. In the future, the development of AI will lead to the adaptation of improved learning programs that result in greater gamification and personalization of the learning process. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of e-learning through the use of AI and Future Management Tools in learning management system in COVID 19.

Most higher education institutions have been conducting all classes online during the COVID-19 pandemic and thus assessments have to be conducted online too. It is a very new thing for some students as all these while they have been taking test or exam in a conventional way. Various feedbacks regarding online assessment have been received from students, some are positive and some are negative. Although online assessment increase in use, not many research has been conducted on students’ perceptions of online assessment. It is important to investigate the students’ perceptions of this mode to get their feedback and thus, enable the administrators to improve what is lacking in the future. This paper will share some of the perceptions of students in a Malaysian public university regarding online assessment during the pandemic. Online assessment has become a common thing for most students as they have gone through this for two semesters ever since the pandemic started. However, many respondents hope that the online assessment system improve as time goes by in order to lessen problems especially among new students in the future.

This research aims to identify the importance of using machine translation in developing the writing skill, and to identify the extent to which university students studying in the Arabic language department can rely on the use of machine translation in writing. The researcher used the quantitative and qualitative analytical method to obtain information and data that would answer the research questions. The questionnaire was distributed electronically through Google Form, and 100 responses were obtained from the sample, who are students of the International Islamic University Malaysia from three departments of Arabic language and multiple colleges; It is the Department of Arabic Language for Global Communication from the College of Languages ​​and Administration, the Department of Arabic Language and Literature from the College of Knowledge of Revelation, and the Department of Teaching Arabic as a Second Language from the College of Education. In collecting data related to the research objectives, the researcher used the questionnaire that was distributed to the respondents. In the process of analyzing the questionnaire, the researcher used the statistical analysis package for social sciences (SPSS) program in order to obtain the arithmetic mean and standard deviation for all items of the questionnaire. One of the most important results of the research was that machine translation is useful in the lives of students, and there is no doubt that it has effectively helped in developing the writing skill of university students studying in the Department of Arabic Language, but it should have human intervention so that the translated sentences do not deviate from their true meanings. It is hoped that the research will be a reference for future researchers who are doing research on machine translation in the development of the four skills.

Attitude plays a fundamental role in the learning process of foreign languages. It has recently gotten much attention from first and second-language researchers. Previous studies have indicated that learners showed a positive attitude towards learning Mandarin. Limited studies investigated the correlations between language learning attitude and course achievement among Mandarin foreign language learners. Therefore, this study tends to fill this gap. 614 non-native Malay learners of Mandarin from 5 different public universities in Malaysian participated in this study. The study used a quantitative design, and data was collected through questionnaires and the end-of-semester course grade. Descriptive statistics analysis, correlation and linear regression using SPSS. 25 were run to analyse the collected data. This study revealed a statistically positive correlation between attitude and Mandarin foreign language course achievement. The linear regression result revealed that learning attitude statistically predicted Mandarin foreign language learners' course achievement (β = .20, .001). This study has concluded limitations and recommendations to help institutions and interested researchers shed light on these further research studies.

Education is a basic human need in lifelong learning to develop physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual and social. The philosophy of education is to penetrate elements of knowledge and wisdom, skills, attitudes, abilities and values ​​towards individuals. The application of these elements should go through the educational process of teaching and learning with various approaches, methods, techniques and strategies. However, the approach in the ecosystem of teaching and learning is the reinforcement approach. Therefore, this paper examines the reinforcement approach in children's education from the perspective of Islamic psychology and the Quranic rhetoric. This study is a qualitative study by analyzing the text of the Qur'an, the Hadith and resources from Islamic psychology. As a result of the study, the reinforcement approach either positive or negative taught by al-Quran, al-Hadith, and Islamic psychology is important in shaping individual identity, self-development and quality learning process in children's education.

Gamifikasi Ana Sibawayh adalah model permainan tatabahasa Arab yang menggunakan papan permainan yang interaktif .Permainan ini mempunyai 4 peringkat kemahiran tatabahasa Arab mengikut sarjana ulung nahu Bahasa Arab, iaitu: Ibnu Hisyam, Ibnu Jinny dan Sibawayh. Setiap peringkat akan mewakili soalan mudah-sederhana dan susah iaitu soalan klasifikasi kedudukan perkataan dalam ayat Bahasa Arab. Kertas kerja ini akan membincangkan mengenai keberkesanan gamifikasi melalui tinjaun terhadap pelajar tahun tiga dari Fakulti Pengajian Bahasa Utama (FPBU) terhadap aktiviti PdP yang menggunakan papan permaianan Ana Sibawayh dalam kursus Bahasa Arab. Kajian deskriptif analisis digunakan untuk menganalisis data yang dikumpul dari 41 responden yang telah mengambil bahagian dalam permaianan tatabahasa Bahasa Arab dan telah menjawab soalan berkaitan persepsi keberkesanan. Kajian merumuskan bahawa 100% pelajar amat bersetuju bahawa permaianan ana sibawayh ini menarik dan dapat membantu mereka memahirkan tatabahasa Arab secara bermain. Mereka juga telah mengesyorkan untuk menggunakan Gamifikasi Ana Sibawayh dalam PdP Nahu Bahasa Arab. Ana Sibawayh Gamification is an Arabic grammar game model that using an interactive game board. This game has 4 levels of Arabic grammar rules according to the famous scholars of the Arabic, such as: Ibnu Hisyam, Ibnu Jinny and Sibawayh. Each level will represent easy-moderate and difficult questions which are classification questions of word position in Arabic sentences. This paper will discuss the effectiveness of gamification through a survey of third-year students from the Faculty of Major Language Studies (FPBU) on teaching and learning activities that use the game board “Ana Sibawayh” in the Arabic language subject. A descriptive analysis study was used to analyze the data collected from 41 respondents who had participated in the Arabic grammar game and had answered questions related to the perception of effectiveness. The study concludes that 100% of students strongly agree that this game “ana sibawayh” is interesting and can help them master Arabic grammar through play. They have also recommended to use Ana Sibawayh Gamification in PdP Arabic syntax.

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) has gained more prominence in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT) since its initiation in the 1980s. In Malaysia, a country where English is its second language, EAP is widely taught in many tertiary institutions. This is due to its main aim which is to focus on the communicative skills needed for academic purposes in formal educational settings to accomplish academic tasks such as delivering presentations, participating in academic discussions as well as writing academic and research essays. At USIM, EAP BIA3012 is a compulsory course introduced with the aim to develop students’ English proficiency and provide students with appropriate skills demanded in completing academic tasks at the tertiary level. The EAP course conducted at USIM employs the project-based learning (PBL) method, coupled with the process writing approach. This paper describes the application of both approaches in the implementation of EAP. The research project assigned to students will be explicated through its anatomy or structure according to PBL. Additionally, process writing, an approach to teaching writing that allows the students to undergo a journey of co-constructing texts under the guidance of the teachers, will also be clearly explained. In particular, this paper will outline the complicated and non-linear nature of writing shown through these elements—generating ideas, focusing, reviewing, evaluating, structuring, drafting—which are taught and completed through a project assigned to students.

In 2020 the world was shaken by COVID-19 pandemic that technically changed the way the world works in almost all domains from business, governance, education, and lifestyles. As the pandemic spreads globally, with little signs for improvement, the world has made adjustments to live with the virus. The education sector suddenly shifted from face-to-face and blended learning classes to full online class. This paper explores the experiences of several tertiary students’ online learning experiences with two objectives: discovering their initial expectations towards online learning as well as investigating the challenges encountered by the students in online learning. The research design of the current study is a case study involving seven tertiary students who were enrolled in English language degree in a public university in Malaysia. Data were collected through essay and semi-structured interviews. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, all interviews were conducted using several online platforms. Data was then analysed using a thematic analysis using qualitative data analysis software; Atlas-ti. The findings show that the students had a positive presumption about online learning initially but was struck with the harsh realities of online learning afterwards. Among the challenges they faced were lack of physical touch, solitary learning, and issues with technological aspects. The findings are crucial to understand the obstacles faced by our learners in grasping with online learning, and with this understanding several practical steps can be taken to overcome the said issues.

This paper discusses the requirements for designing Arabic language modulefor specificpurposes (Tourism). The emergence of the Arabic for specific language has manifested in the late period of this century, and it contains manyissues that can be remedied through continuous study in this field, and the problems such as: the lack of experts in ASP and the lack of materialsand references has beenconsidered a major problem in this field, and no clear curriculum of ASP as wellcontributedon it. This study benefited from the problems and weaknesesin this field to develop and designthe curriculum ofASP(Tourism).This research takes a scientific approach to developthe fundamentalson which it de-pends in the module design requirements byinductive and exploratory study in the design of English for specificpurposes; because this language has preceded the Arabic in this field for more than40 years. Accordingly, the research attempted to design Arabic for specificpurposesmodule, dealt withthe ab-soluteand variblecharacteristics. The students' needs are importance in designing these module, taking into account originality in the specificlanguage field. This research is a pioneer in the development of special Arabiccurricula.

This paper reviews literature on the use of Cooperative Learning (CL) approach in language classrooms. Specifically, the paper aims to identify CL activities used in language classrooms in promoting learners’ oral skills. Past studies using both quantitative as well as qualitative research approaches were reviewed, and ten CL activities explored by researchers to facilitate learners’ oral skills were identified. Findings from the studies reviewed show promising results. Following that, this paper further presents how these ten CL activities can be used by language practitioners in their language classrooms to promote their learners’ oral skills.