Open AccessARABIC WRITING SKILLS: UITM MELAKA STUDENT WEAKNESS ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
Anuar Sopian
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of humanities, philosophy and language
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2600-8270
DOI - 10.35631/ijhpl.27005
Subject(s) - spelling , dictation , mathematics education , psychology , weakness , strengths and weaknesses , arabic , foreign language , pedagogy , computer science , linguistics , medicine , social psychology , philosophy , speech recognition , anatomy
Writing is an important skill in learning a foreign language. Through writing a student will be able to supplement his other skills and improve the mastery of the language. Writing is also important in any way because it can help improve student achievement in the lesson. Mastery of writing skills among students is not limited to a short period of time, even extending throughout their lifespan. This paper aims to identify the weaknesses of the students in mastering the writing skills of Arabic in order to consider the solution to this problem. This study was conducted on 30 first year diploma students who took the Arabic language (TAC151) as the third language in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Melaka. The students are also comprised of those who do not have a religious education background in primary and secondary schools. This study uses sample writing in a week without a wall (Week Without Wall) titled 'Preparation for examination' as a data finding. The findings show that the main weakness of the students in writing is involving dictation and spelling, gender adjustment, verb usage, and idhofah use. This paper also discusses the factors that contribute to the weakness of students in mastering writing skills and some suggestions on the improvement of the lecturer's teaching techniques to help students master Arabic writing skills.