Learning Qur'anic Arabic through interactive web-based software: A pragmatic approach in Language for Specific Purpose

Abdullah, Matin Saad; Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan

doi:10.1109/ict4m.2013.6518895

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“…This is because the majority of Muslims in the world, more than 80 percent, are not Arabic speakers A. Sirri, Language Academy, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. (Abdullah & Pathan, 2013). Understanding of the language of the Qur"an or Qur"anic Arabic is important for Muslims to enhance their devotional activities such as performing Salah or reciting the Qur"an (Elobaid, Hameed, & Eldow, 2014).…”

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Features and Teaching/Learning Activities Used in Educational Android Mobile Applications to Teach Quranic Arabic Vocabulary

Salam¹,

Mustaffa²,

Sharif³

et al. 2019

IJEAT

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Today, the use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets has become truly ubiquitous. This has created an opportunity for mobile learning to prosper. Mobile learning applications have become so popular that there are thousands of developers and tens of thousands of educational apps on numerous subjects, including language learning, which can be easily downloaded and installed on mobile devices. One area of interest for Muslims is Quranic Arabic vocabulary learning. This qualitative exploratory study aims to examine all Quranic Arabic vocabulary learning applications provided on the Google Play Store website through content analysis in order to determine their features and the teaching activities. Data was gathered both from the ‘product detail’ page on the Play Store and from the testing of the application by the researchers. The findings of this study indicate that most Quranic Arabic vocabulary mobile apps deliver their lessons through a textual interface though there are several apps which also include pictures, audio, and videos in their lessons. Many apps also provide exercises in the form of translation, matching items, and sentence completion. However, only four apps provide assessments. As a conclusion, this exploratory study has shed some light on the current state of Quranic Arabic vocabulary mobile apps in terms of their features and activities and it is hoped that more apps will be developed in the near future to cater to the needs of millions of Muslim adults who want to improve their devotional practices.

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Features and Teaching/Learning Activities Used in Educational Android Mobile Applications to Teach Quranic Arabic Vocabulary

Salam¹,

Mustaffa²,

Sharif³

et al. 2019

IJEAT

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“…Another concern is related to the limited number of educational mobile applications that are available in the Arabic language. There are a number of mobile applications proposed with Arabic contents [28]- [30], and the authors of [29] report on a comparison usability study for two Arabic mobile learning applications designed for children with special needs. Finally, a number of studies proposed a set of guidelines related to developing Arabic mobile applications [31], [32].…”

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Usability Aspects Related to the Use of M-Learning in Elementary Schools in Palestine

Ewais*,

Jaradat,

Rabaya

et al. 2019

IJITEE

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Learning Chemistry course is considered as a difficult task for many learners especially for elementary school students. This is related to understanding different concepts chemical reactions atoms structures, physical representations of molecules, etc. One way to facilitate the learning process of chemistry course is to use Mobile Learning (m-learning) technology. M-learning has different added values compared to classical learning materials such as text book, pictures, etc. Among the different added values of using mobile in educational contexts is the fact that smartphone has richer interaction techniques. Furthermore, smartphones and tablets PC are considered as more attractive for students. Also, there has been a rapid growth in the mobile technology concerning hardware and software. Accordingly, with the widespread use of smartphones and tablets, researchers start investigating the use of such devices in different educational contexts. The use of mobile learning is considered as a recent trend in Palestinian elementary schools and there is a minimal research attention has been directed to the student’s attitudes and satisfaction in using m-learning in their learning process. Therefore, our work aims at investigating the use of m-learning by students in elementary schools in Palestine. In particular, we focused on female students as in general female students show less interest in science and technology than male students. We were keen to investigate whether the use of m-learning could change this attitude. Therefore, an educational mobile application called ChemApp was developed to help learners to learn different concepts in chemistry course such as elements’ order in the periodic table, electronic distribution, atomic and mass numbers, chemical bonds and formula. By using the ChemApp, the students are able to interact with different components to explore the possible reactions in an interactive interface, to understand the structure and shape of atoms and molecules. The ChemApp was evaluated by a class of 13-14 years old (8th grade) students in a Palestinian primary school. The total number of participants was 30 female students. After analyzing the results, we conclude that these female students had a positive attitude toward the use of m-learning in their learning process of chemistry course. The results of this research work can be considered by policy and decision makers in educational institutions

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A Practical and Interactive Web-Based Software for Online Qur'Anic Arabic Learning

Abdullah

Rahman

Pathan

et al. 2016

2016 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M)

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Learning Qur'anic Arabic through interactive web-based software: A pragmatic approach in Language for Specific Purpose

Cited by 4 publications

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Features and Teaching/Learning Activities Used in Educational Android Mobile Applications to Teach Quranic Arabic Vocabulary

Features and Teaching/Learning Activities Used in Educational Android Mobile Applications to Teach Quranic Arabic Vocabulary

Usability Aspects Related to the Use of M-Learning in Elementary Schools in Palestine

A Practical and Interactive Web-Based Software for Online Qur'Anic Arabic Learning

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