REQUIREMENTS OF LEARNING ARABIC LANGUAGE AMONG ISLAMIC FINANCIAL STUDENTS ERA 4.0

Muhammad Anas Bin Al Muhsin, Ahmad Farid Fadhli Bin Mustafa

doi:10.17762/pae.v58i2.2308

Abstract

The issue of Arabic language proficiency among students of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is a concern as the majority of students are still poor at mastering and understanding Arabic terms. The Arabic language learning and teaching sce nario is based solely on the basic courses taken to qualify for the graduation process. The purpose of this study is to identify the Arabic language learning needs among Islamic Finance students in USAS era 4.0. The study was a public survey of 60 undergraduate students in Islamic Finance using a self-administered questionnaire conducted by a researcher who has been certified by an expert in the field. The research questionnaire was divided into 3 main sections: identifying the respondents’ background, students' knowledge of Arabic language and their Arabic language learning needs. This data is analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency and percentage only. The findings showed that Arabic knowledge of Islamic finance course information had the highest frequency and percentage of n = 35; 58.3%. Whereas the Arabic language learning needs show the highest frequency and percentage are related to the manual or module of learning Arabic for n = 45; 75%. In conclusion, the findings of this study are proposed as a guide to develop the development of Arabic language modules for a more robust study in Malaysian HEIs.

Highlights

Muamalat is a procedure or regulation in human relationships to meet their individual needs in accordance with the laws of Allah involving Islamic economic and social fields
The findings from the document analysis method are intended to look at the relevance of the PBA6013: Arabic Language for Muamalat courses used by Bachelor of Islamic Finance students at Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah (USAS)
This study is to look at the Arabic language requirements of Islamic Finance ISM students at USAS

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Introduction

Muamalat is a procedure or regulation in human relationships to meet their individual needs in accordance with the laws of Allah involving Islamic economic and social fields. The use of Arabic language is so widespread that there are courses or modules of Arabic language with specific purposes that were previously pioneered by English language learners (Mottan, 2019: Maniam & Vaithinathan, 2018; Ramasamy, Krishnan, & Tee , 2020) Such studies are sociolinguistic studies to study the social relations of Arabic in a particular context in which it may have an impact on customers involved in Islamic banking and finance especially when they conduct business or transactions in selecting banking products and finance. First Part: About 60 Islamic Finance ISM students at USAS were involved in responding to this Arabic language study. This study is to look at the Arabic language requirements of Islamic Finance ISM students at USAS. Selected genders need to be balanced so that the answer they receive is not in favor of only one gender

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