STUDENTS', TEACHERS' AND PARENTS' PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS THE TEACHING & LEARNING OF ARABIC IN MALAYSIA: A CASE STUDY IN SELECTED NATIONAL RELIGIOUS SECONDARY SCHOOL (SMKA) IN SELANGOR: A PRELIMINARY REPORT

Issue of Arabic proficiency in Malaysia is never-ending and has always been the concern of policy makers and interested groups. This study aims to investigate students, teachers and parent’s perceptions and attitudes towards teaching and learning Arabic at SMKA. The study employs a qualitatitave method The participants of the study were three students, three teachers and three parents from three identified SMKAs at Selangor. A structured interview was used to gather the data for the study. The data were classified into several themes and analysed qualitatively. The study reveales that the succes or failure of the teaching and learning Arabic depends on positive attitude towards the language itself. It was found that there was a lack of teaching method in teaching Arabic. The environment at the same time is not in favour of students to improve their Arabic language. Some recommendations were suggested by the study.