مقرر اللغة العربية في المدارس الدينية الابتدأىية في سلطنة بروناي دار السلام: دراسة تحليلية تقويمية

Abstract

Arabic language, once offered as a school subject in primary religious schools in the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam, was then offered exclusively in Arabic schools after the first Arabic school was established in 1966. The school subject was later reintroduced in primary religious schools in 2011 and was approved as a school subject taught for the preparatory year until the sixth year in 2016. Since this reintroduction, no scientific research has yet been conducted to explore the effectiveness of teaching and learning Arabic language in those schools. Thus, the purpose of this research is to explain the effectiveness of Arabic language subject taught during the preparatory, first and second levels. To achieve the objective of the study, the researcher adopted descriptive, analytical, quantitative and qualitative approaches in the form of four (4) types of tools used for data collection, namely questionnaires and interviews with 20 specialised Arabic Language teachers working in Religious Schools in the Sultanate of Brunei as targeted respondents, test papers distributed to 300 students from a number of allocated schools, and finally, evaluation of Arabic language textbooks used in teaching and learning according to the mentioned levels. The results of the research showed that although the effectiveness of the Arabic language subject was at a good level, the subject still needed several improvements especially in terms of content and delivery methods. This is to not only make the subject more attractive to students but also to align with the ability of students of this era and the needs of the world, in addition to the national goal of achieving the status of “Negara Zikir” and “Wawasan 2035” of Brunei Darussalam.