Yaakob HasanAbdul Razif ZainiMohamed Haji Ibrahim2024-05-282024-05-2820202022-1-25Hasan, Y. H., Zaini, A. R., & Haji Ibrahim, M. (2020). التدخل اللغوي لدى طلبة المدارس الثانوية الماليزية في مسابقة صناعة الأفلام القصيرة الناطقة بالعربية: Language interference effect among students of Malaysia Secondary School in Arabic short film competition. Al-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues, 5(2), 318-334. https://doi.org/10.53840/alirsyad.v5i2.722550-1992431-1910.53840/alirsyad.v5i2.72https://al-irsyad.kuis.edu.my/index.php/alirsyad/article/view/72https://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/4293Volume: 5 No: 2ISESCO Educational Centre in Malaysia (ISESCO Malaysia), in collaboration with the Islamic Education Department of Ministry of Education, Malaysia, offers various annual language activities to improve the level of Arabic language usage among secondary school students in Malaysia. One of the languages activities organised by ISESCO Malaysia annually, is an Arabic Short Film Competition. It is noticeable that there are variety of Arabic language usage errors appeared in the videos presented, including those resulting from language interference effect. Some of these errors are often repeated by students, believing that it is a sound of Arabic language. This study therefore, conducted to examine the errors of language interference effect and its causes among Arabic learners in Malaysia’s secondary school. The study has followed the descriptive approach to analyse these errors. The study found that linguistic errors among Arabic students in Malaysian secondary schools resulted from language interference effect of their mother tongue; by literally translating it, following the culture and rules, as well as lack of knowledge of the rules of the language and culture of the Arabic language. This study proposed an appropriate action to solve the problems using educational approach.otherLanguage Interference, Arabic Short Film, Secondary School, ISESCO, Mother TongueArticle31833452