This dissertation deals with the attitudes and self-concept of students learning Arabic at university in Indonesia connected to their ability in Arabic speaking and writing. / Islam and the Arabic language have had a profound influence on Indonesian life and culture. As the language of Islam, Indonesian Muslims begin learning Arabic at an early age. A compulsory subject in madrasas, pesantrens, and Islamic universities, the Arabic language is also offered in public schools and universities. Despite its accessibility as a subject, learners' competency in Arabic remains generally poor, even after many years of language instruction. This is particularly true of the productive skills domain. While results in grammar tend to be very good, students' skills in spoken and written Arabic are generally weak. In order to identify ways Arabic language learning in Indonesia might be strengthened, it would be helpful to explore factors that may lie behind the specific discrepancies observed in the skills of Indonesian learners of Arabic.
As such, this study aims to investigate if there is a relationship between students'
attitudes and self-concept the Arabic language and their skills in written and spoken Arabic. Do attitudes and self-concept significantly affect students' Arabic writing and speaking skills? Beyond this initial question, this study also explores whether students' language abilities might be differentiated by demographic factors and social variables. In this way, one could gain a deeper understanding of how attitudes and self-concept might affect students’ Arabic writing and speaking skills.
The results of the study revealed that a positive attitudes towards Arabic does
not correlate positively to their writing ability; however, a positive attitudes towards Arabic does correlate positively to their speaking ability. Furthermore, the study demonstrates that the students have a neutral self-concept. Self-concept does not show any significant correlation with their Arabic writing and speaking ability. Regarding their language abilities, the students demonstrated moderate ability in Arabic writing, and in speaking they exhibited good ability. Demographic factors such as gender, ethnicity, years of studying Arabic and learning institution did not demonstrate an effect on their speaking ability. Finally, this study could not find any correlation between students’ attitudes and self-concept with their abilities in Arabic speaking and writing.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:17053 |
| Date | 22 January 2018 |
| Creators | Yusuf, Kamal |
| Contributors | Universität Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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