DISCOVERING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CONTENT OF COMMUNICATIVE ARABIC LANGUAGE TEACHING AT SULTAN SHARIF ALI ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY: THE FACULTY OF ARABIC LANGUAGE AS A MODEL
Authors: IMAM SUBARI ACHMAD YANI BIN , AHMAD SITI SARA BINTI HAJI , ABDULLAH RAFIDAH BINTI , HAJI JAILI HAMBALI BIN , ABDULLAH RAFIZAH BINTI , HAJI ROSMIN NUR BASIRAH BINTI 
Published: August 2024

This research aims to identify the effectiveness of the content (courses) of the communicative Arabic language teaching curriculum at the Faculty of Arabic Language at Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University in the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam. The researchers distributed the questionnaire to 14 first-year students of the Faculty of Arabic Language Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University who are studying Arabic communication in 2024 (As the number of all firstyear students of the Faculty of Arabic Language at Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University who study Arabic communication in 2024 is 21 students, and this sample represents 66% of the total number). After obtaining the data needed for this research, they analysed it quantitatively and evaluatively to obtain the required results. This research has found that the positive aspects of the content of the communicative Arabic language teaching curriculum (courses) at the Faculty of Arabic Language and Translation at Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University, appears 87.1% proportional to the objectives of the curriculum, that it is 88.6% commensurate with the students' language level, and that it is 84.3% commensurate with the students' age level. It contains exercises to develop the listening skill for daily communication by 82.9%, exercises to develop the reading skill for daily communication by 88.6%, exercises to develop speaking skill for daily communication by 92.9%, exercises to develop the writing skill for daily communication by 88.6%, and that it contains exercises to develop the four language skills with a balanced degree of 91.4%. It is 75.7% commensurate with the cultural background of the learners, 78.6% takes into account the individual differences between students, and progressively presents at 78.6% from the easiest to the most difficult. It contains the topics that students need for daily communication by 85.7%, it contains 87.1% of the grammatical rules that students need for daily communication, and contains 82.9% of the morphological rules that students need for daily communication. As for the negative aspect, the content of teaching communicative Arabic language at Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University appears incompatible with the objectives of the curriculum by 12.9%, incompatible with the level of language students by 11.4%, and incompatible with the age level of students by 15.7%. It does not contain exercises to develop the listening skill for daily communication, by 15.7%, it does not contain exercises to develop the reading skill for daily communication by 11.4%, it does not contain exercises to develop the speaking skill for daily communication by 7.1%, it does not contain exercises to develop the writing skill of daily communication by 11.4%, and does not contain exercises to develop the four language skills with a balanced degree of 8.6%. It does not suit the background of learners by 24.3%, and does not take into account individual differences between students by 21.4%. It does not progressively present from easiest to most difficult by 21.4%. It does not contain the topics that students need for daily communication 14.3%, it does not contain the grammatical rules that students need for daily communication by 12.9%, and does not contain the morphological rules that students need for daily communication by 17.1%.