PENGGUNAAN STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN NAHU BAHASA ARAB DALAM KALANGAN PELAJAR SEKOLAH MENENGAH AGAMA DI NEGERI PERAK

The purpose of this study is to identify the use of Arabic grammar (Nahu) learning strategies (SPNBA) among religious secondary school students in Perak in terms of strategy type and frequency. It is also to investigate the strategy use pattern between excellent, good and weak students. The sample of this study consisted of 154 form-five students from religious secondary schools in Perak selected by stratified random sampling. The research instrument was a self-reported questionnaire for collecting information on student background and nahu learning strategies based on six Arabic language learning strategies namely memory, cognitive, metacognitive, affective, social and metaphysical. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. The results show that the students used Nahu learning strategies in medium frequency (M = 2.96) and the pattern of using the strategies among the three groups of students is also in medium frequency, Excellent students (PCN) (M = 3.04, SD = 1.32), Good students (PSN)(M = 2.89, SD = 1.32) and Weak students (PLN) (M = 2.76, SD = 1.27). Therefore, in order to help the students succeed in Arabic language acquisition especially of Arabic Grammar, some recommendations were proposed in this study.