KEMAHIRAN MENULIS JUMLAH BAHASA ARAB DALAM KALANGAN MURID SEKOLAH MENENGAH

Abstract

This study was conducted to find out the skills of form two students in writing sentences in Arabic or referred to as ‘jumlah’. This study focused on writing skills of students starting from writing of letters, words and sentences according to the method of Arabic grammar. This study involves 300 form two students in Perak who learn arabic subject. The data have been collected via a set of written tests and they were analyzed manually and by using SPSS 16.0 software. Written test results show the level of writing skills among form two students is moderately high (Mean = 30.99, SD = 6.25) and only 6.33% of the students have not reached the minimum level of proficiency based on grading scale used in the SAPS. This study shows that students need to improve their skills in several aspoects such as word spelling, proper use of ‘taṣrif fi’l’ and mastery of more vocabulary.