Abstract
The effectiveness of teaching practice is closely related to the teachers’ proficiency on the contents of the subject taught. For Jawi subject, the contents refer to the teachers’ proficiency on the Complete Jawi Spelling System (CJSS). The teachers’ proficiency of CJSS will highly affect the students' proficiency in Jawi reading and writing and their knowledge in Islamic Studies subject indirectly. However, the study found that the students’ proficiency in Jawi is still low and moderate. The shortcomings were found to be stemmed from poor proficiency in the contents of CJSS among Islamic Studies teachers. Thus, this study aims to examine the level of knowledge and skill acquisition of CJSS of Islamic Studies teachers in Malacca. This quantitative research used descriptive statistics, which were percentage and mean value to report the finding. The questionnaire used a five-point Likert scale conducted on 217 respondents. The results showed that the proficiency level of CJSS of Islamic Studies teachers was high (mean = 4.074, sd = 0.350). In general, it can be concluded that the Islamic Studies teachers in Malacca have mastered the contents of Jawi lessons, which was CJSS.
Highlights
Jawi lesson was one of the components contained in Islamic Studies subject
The Ministry of Education has decided that all Islamic Studies teachers across the country should use the Complete Jawi Spelling System (CJSS) that have been outlined by the Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka (DBP) during Jawi lessons in classroom
The analysis showed that the total score for the 'poor' grade was categorised as ‘mastering minimum level’ and ‘very poor’ grade was categorised as 'not proficient' for changing the words into Jawi according to CJSS
Summary
Jawi lesson was one of the components contained in Islamic Studies subject. Jawi lesson was included in the Integrated Curriculum for Primary Schools (ICPS) in 2003 with a special emphasis on Jawi reading and writing skills (Abd Hamid & Abdullah, 2009; The Ministry of Education, 2003; Mohamad @ Mohd Nor, 2013). The Ministry of Education has decided that all Islamic Studies teachers across the country should use the Complete Jawi Spelling System (CJSS) that have been outlined by the Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka (DBP) during Jawi lessons in classroom. This indirectly indicated that the Islamic Studies teachers must have in-depth knowledge and skills to master the CJSS system well because without mastering the contents of the subjects taught, the delivery of knowledge could not occur optimally. Teachers who did not have deep knowledge on the other hand, would have difficulties in delivering lessons comprehensively and were unable to produce students who could master the skills taught
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