PERSEPSI PELAJAR TERHADAP KEPENTINGAN TATABAHASA ARAB DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEMAHIRAN MEMBACA DI UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS
[STUDENT’S PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ARABIC GRAMMAR TO INCREASE READING SKILLS AT SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY]
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37231/mjis.2025.9.2.295Abstract
Tatabahasa Arab adalah salah satu cabang linguistik bahasa Arab yang perlu dipelajari oleh pelajar khususnya yang mengambil bidang pengkhususan bahasa Arab di peringkat pengajian tinggi. Ia merupakan aspek yang penting yang perlu dikuasai oleh pelajar dalam menguasai kemahiran-kemahiran berbahasa terutamanya bagi kemahiran membaca. Melalui penguasaan tatabahasa Arab, pelajar mampu untuk mengenal pasti bentuk ayat yang terdapat di dalam teks bahasa Arab sekali gus membantu pelajar untuk menentukan kaedah bacaan yang betul bagi bentuk ayat tersebut. Terdapat isu berkaitan penguasaan tatabahasa Arab dalam kalangan pelajar yang mendorong kepada permasalahan dalam kemahiran membaca teks bahasa Arab. Oleh itu, kajian ini dijalankan bagi mengenal pasti persepsi pelajar tentang kepentingan tatabahasa Arab dalam meningkatkan kemahiran membaca. Kajian ini berbentuk kuantitatif menggunakan instrumen soal selidik bagi memperoleh persepsi pelajar berkaitan isu kajian ini. Seramai 140 orang mahasiswa dan mahasiswi daripada program pengajian Ijazah Sarjana Muda bahasa Arab dengan Pendidikan dari Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris telah dipilih sebagai responden kajian ini. Berdasarkan analisis deskriptif, nilai min tertinggi iaitu 4.69 pada item pertama iaitu “Tatabahasa Arab membantu saya mengenal pasti fungsi perkataan di dalam teks yang dibaca” menunjukkan peranan tatabahasa adalah signifikan dalam meningkatkan kemahiran membaca teks Bahasa Arab.
Arabic grammar is one branch of Arabic linguistics that needs to be studied by students, especially those specializing in Arabic at the higher education level. It is an important aspect that students need to master to acquire language skills, especially reading skills. Through the mastery of Arabic grammar, students can identify the sentence structures found in Arabic texts, thereby helping them determine the correct reading methods for those sentence structures. Issues related to the mastery of Arabic grammar among students have emerged, leading to problems in reading skills of Arabic texts. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify students’ perceptions of the importance of Arabic grammar in reading skills. This study is quantitative in nature, using a questionnaire instrument to obtain student’s perceptions regarding this research issue. A total of 140 students from the Bachelor of Arabic Language with Education program at Sultan Idris Education University were selected as respondents for this study. Based on the descriptive analysis, the highest mean value of 4.69 on the first item which is “Arabic grammar helps me identify the function of words in the text being read” indicates the significant role of grammar in increasing reading skills for Arabic texts.
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