This study was aimed at identifying activities and teachers' role in inculcating Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). A total of 30 teachers among main trainers of the Arabic language (j-Qaf) in primary schools in Malacca were selected as the respondents for the study. Data was collected via a questionnaire developed based on the checklist for teaching creativity and critical thinking (Teacher Checklist for Creative and Critical Thinking Instruction-TC-C2TI) and analysed for frequency, percentage, and mean. Findings have shown that the teachers provide support for exploration activities and conduct experiments among their students. Support is often given by providing opportunities for the students to think, learn, and study.

This study was aimed to investigate the relationship between Language Learning Strategies (LLS) and the level of proficiency of students in Arabic Ab Initio language. There were also several studies done to investigate the achievement of students and their frequent usage of these Language Learning Strategies. Meanwhile, the level of student proficiency was measured by their results based on college-level exam results before they were registered in the Arabic Ab Initio classes. 162 year 1 students were selected randomly. These students were diverse in their courses ranging from Medicine, Engineering to Geology and Dentistry among others. This study used questionnaire as the main research tool to collect information on the use of language learning strategies. The questionnaire consisted of three parts, namely the demographic data, the Arabic Language Learning Strategies and motivation. The results showed that as a whole, the students had used language learning strategies at a moderate level. Metaphysics strategy was the most frequently used strategy. Also, it was found that high-achieving students used the language learning strategies more often and frequently as compared to other students of different proficiency. The Pearson test also showed that there was a significant positive correlation between Language Learning Strategies and the proficiency in the Arabic Ab Initio language.

Efficient measures on the readability of Arabic reading materials are important in ensuring quality text to be used. However, there are limited tools in assessing readability of Arabic reading materials. Thus, the lack of measuring tools to assess the suitability of textbooks amongst non-native speakers is a constraint which led to this study. In this regard, this paper discusses the efforts to develop a readability formula for Arabic reading materials in Malaysia. This study involved 313 samples of population from thirteen Arabic textbooks used in religious secondary schools in Malaysia. A linguistic analysis is performed as well as an inference analysis to see the strength of the relationship of each linguistic pattern with the level of readability. The findings show that the relationship between the linguistic features that is being analysed is not strong. But this finding can be used as the basic formula for improvement. This is because the textbooks that have been sampled do not have good writing features. Thus, a comprehensive effort is needed to ensure the preparation of Arabic language textbook is of good quality for non-native students.

ABSTRAKKajian kebolehbacaan teks bahasa Arab sedang berkembang di negara Arab, tetapi masih lagi pada peringkat awal di Malaysia. Kekurangan panduan untuk menilai kesesuaian buku teks dengan pembaca sasaran menjadi kekangan yang mendorong kajian ini dijalankan. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti tahap penggunaan ciri-ciri linguistik dalam buku teks mengikut tingkatan dan hubungan antara ciri-ciri linguistik dengan tahap kebolehbacaan teks berbahasa Arab sebagai langkah awal pembangunan kaedah pengukuran kebolehbacaan teks. 315 sampel teks yang mengandungi 100 patah perkataan dipilih secara rawak daripada 105 buah buku teks tingkatan satu hingga tingkatan lima dalam Kurikulum Dini dianalisis. Kekerapan perkataan biasa dan kerap, perkataan abstrak, ayat mudah, ayat kompleks, ayat kata nama, purata panjang ayat serta kata hubung dan penanda wacana dianalisis menggunakan analisis deskriptif dan korelasi Pearson. Kajian ini menunjukkan ayat mudah berada pada tahap rendah. Ayat kompleks dan ayat kata nama berada pada tahap sederhana. Namun, tahap ayat kompleks lebih tinggi daripada ayat mudah dan mengikut urutan tingkatan melainkan ayat kata nama tidak mengikut urutan tingkatan. Perkataan biasa dan kerap berada pada tahap yang tinggi dalam semua tingkatan satu hingga lima dan mengikut urutan tingkatan, sebaliknya perkataan abstrak berada pada tahap rendah dan tidak mengikut urutan. Kata hubung dan penanda wacana pula berada pada tahap tinggi dalam teks tingkatan satu dan berada pada tahap sederhana dalam teks tingkatan dua, tiga, empat dan lima. Purata panjang ayat berada pada tahap tinggi dalam semua tingkatan. Ujian korelasi menunjukkan perkaitan negatif yang signifikan antara ayat kompleks, perkataan biasa dan kerap serta kata hubung dan penanda wacana dengan tahap kebolehbacaan teks. Purata panjang ayat menunjukkan perkaitan positif yang signifikan dengan tahap kebolehbacaan teks. Dapatan kajian ini boleh dimanfaatkan oleh kajian selanjutnya bagi mengkaji kaedah menentukan tahap kebolehbacaan teks berbahasa Arab Kurikulum Dini, berdasarkan ciri-ciri linguistik.

Globalisation and the rapid growth of technologies call for ease and automation in different aspects, including in tourism. Tourism is an important sector in Malaysia as it generates income for the country. In recent years, Malaysia has seen a surge in the arrival of high-spending Arab tourists. This reflects the need to provide a tool, specifically a tourism mobile application in the Arabic language, that could help ease their journey in Malaysia. Thus, this study aims to determine the usability of the i-Suyyah mobile application for Arab tourists in Malaysia. The data obtained were analysed using the Fuzzy Delphi method, and twelve experts were selected to analyse the fuzziness consensus. It was found that the i-Suyyah mobile application recorded a high percentage of expert consensus, specifically on its usability. All usability items have reached unity with the threshold value of d 0.2, and the percentage of consensus among the expert group is more than 83%.