Kegunaan Transliterasi Dalam Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab

Arabic grafology is unique for its flexibility of each script used. As such, to acquire this grafology is time consuming. Transliteration method which translates Arabic grafology into Latin grafology can be used to reduce that period of time. There was no empirical study conducted to test its usefulness on Malay students. Hence, this study was carried out to highlight the following: first, to explore the Arabic teachers’ views toward the method of transliteration and second, to examine the extent it was used by the Arabic students as one of their learning strategies. Data was collected through two instruments; questionnaires and interviews. 344 students from UiTM were chosen to complete the questionnaires. Whereas the respondents involved in the interviews were 10 Arabic lecturers from five higher learning institutions in Terengganu and Kelantan and 10 UiTM students. The results of the study revealed that some of the lecturers supported transliteration use while others rejected with their own arguments. However, most of the students involved had shown positive attitudes toward the use of this method.