TYPES OF MIND MAPS IN TEACHING ARABIC LITERATURE COURSES IN UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS

Abstract

Literature is an arty expression of beautiful language, either in poetry or prose. Based on the examination results for Arabic literature course, which is BAS3123, found that the student's results are moderate. In addition, there is a perception of the students saying that the Arabic literature course is difficult as it focuses on the history of literature and the text of poetry and prose. Therefore, this study is conducted to examine the form of mind map that is suitable to be used in the teaching of Arabic literature courses for Malay students of the Arabic language programme in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI). In addition, this study aims to analyze the arrangement of the mind map form that is most preferred by the students in the teaching of Arabic literature courses at UPSI. The library approach is used for information gathering related to mind map and its form. The data is also obtained through a questionnaire conducted to 89 respondents comprising 3rd year Arabic Degree students with Education in UPSI. The descriptive analysis approach is used in this study with Social Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to find out the form of mind map form in the teaching of Arabic literature courses at UPSI. The study found that all forms of mind map are suitable for use in the teaching of Arabic literature courses. However, from the point of view of the students' favorable in each form of the mind map, there is a significant difference from one form to another. Map bubble gets the highest mean of favorable; which is 1.7, while the bridge map gets the lowest mean of 7.7.