تحديات التعليم الرقمي للغة العربية بالجامعات الماليزية في زمن جائحة فيروس كورونا

The goal of the study was to determine the challenges that Arabic language lecturers in Malaysian universities face when teaching Arabic to non-native speakers using digital education during the Coronavirus pandemic, as well as the extent of the effectiveness of digital education in teaching Arabic to non-Arabic-speaking students, and what challenges they face.  In order to suit the nature of the research and its objectives, the researchers resorted to employing the descriptive approach based on the identified problem of the study. The current study aims to define and analyze the digital education situations for teaching Arabic in Malaysian universities. The data was obtained utilizing an interview method to access the intended metadata, and it was conducted with (6) lecturers from various Malaysian universities that used digital education to teach Arabic to non-native speakers during their home isolation. The NVIVO program was also used to evaluate the interview data in order to determine the issues they confront. According to the findings of the study, the use of digital education in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers has encountered numerous challenges in asynchronous education, educational platforms, fees and costs, updating information, cooperative learning, scalability, awareness, low adoption rate, communication problem, digital illiteracy, electronic content, participation and interaction during the lesson. According to the findings, it is critical to keep up with the changes and use technology and digital in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers. The challenges of digital education that the Arabic language faces today in terms of teaching the language to non-Arabic speakers is a reality that everyone faces in all modern and emerging aspects that leave an effective imprint in the future.