The Effectiveness of the Use of Animation in Arabic Language Learning

Norhayati Che Hat,Shaferul Hafes Sha'Ari,Mohd Fauzi Abdul Hamid,Safawati Basirah Zaid

doi:10.5539/ass.v13n10p124

Abstract

Implementation of animation as an Arabic language teaching aid is an innovation in creating an atmosphere that can influence student achievement. This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of the use of animation in Arabic language teaching and learning among diploma students at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Terengganu, Malaysia. A total of 66 diploma students were randomly selected and divided into experimental group (n = 33) and control group (n = 33). The results obtained from the data collected from pre-and post-test for each group were analyzed using t-test in SPSS version 17.0. The results showed a significant difference of (t = 8789, df = 64, p <0.05) between the achievement of the experimental group and the control group in the post test. The difference in mean score of the experimental group and the control group was 33.03. This shows that there is significant improvement in Arabic language according to the groups. The difference prove that the use of animation in learning sessions contribute to the achievement of students in the Arabic language. This study advocate the idea that animation applications can be integrated as part of language teaching aid to positively improve student achievement, classroom learning environment and student motivation.

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The digital animation has been in spotlight in today’s societies especially children and teenagers
Paired t-test results were not significant (t = -1.246, df = 32, p> 0.05). These results indicated that there is no significant difference between pre and post-test performance in Arabic language for the control group
The results showed that there was a definite increase in achievement in Arabic language of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) students after adopting animation in the learning session

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The digital animation has been in spotlight in today’s societies especially children and teenagers. In the world of education, the animation plays an important role as the interest grabber of the students to learn and can help teachers to motivate students towards a more enjoyable learning. Digital animations are capable of motivating and stimulate students' thinking in order to reduce cognitive load in receiving lesson. This is parallel with studies done by Baharuddin et al (2003) stating that interactive multimedia teaching materials can increase the rate of acceptance of a material that is taught by 30% more than students using traditional learning methods. This allows the students to utilize more senses to collect information, indirectly accelerate and improve the process of understanding (Ko & Rossen, 2008) and maintain that information in a longer period of time in memory (Paivio, 1986)

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