اتجاهات الطلبة الناطقين بغير العربية في ماليزيا نحو استخدام برنامج تعليمي قائم على التعلم التشاركي عبر شبكة التواصل الاجتماعي

Abstract EN

This study aimed at identifying the perceptions among university students in Malaysia towards using an educational programme based on collaborative learning via social networking in improving Arabic language writing.

The participants of the study were selected purposely who consisted of 25 International Islamic University Malaysia students in the academic year 2014/2015.

To fulfill the aim of the study, the researcher developed questionnaires to gather data.

The results had shown that the perceptions of students towards the use of the proposed educational programme in improving writing skill was strong.

The mean for designing the educational programme was 4.02 with the standard deviation of 0.701.

The mean for feedback was 3.86 with the standard deviation of 0.726.

Facebook as a collaborative tool scored high with the mean, 3.83 and the standard deviation, 0.750.

The use of collaborative writing in Arabic language learning also scored high with the mean of 3.67 and the standard deviation of 0.624.

While the mean for effect of the educational programme was 3.63 with the standard deviation of 0.727.

The overall scores were high with the mean of 3.80 and the standard deviation of 0.706.

In view of the study results, the researcher recommends the necessity of activating the collaborative learning via social networking in the teaching of Arabic writing skill.