Hubungan antara faktor dalaman dan faktor luaran dalam mempengaruhi kemahiran menulis Bahasa Arab pelajar di institusi pengajian tinggi Malaysia = The relationship between internal and external factors influencing student skills of Arabic writing in higher learning institutions of Malaysia

Kajian ini dijalankan bertujuan untuk mengkaji hubungan antara faktor dalaman dan faktor luaran dalam mempengaruhi kelemahan pelajar Diploma Bahasa Arab dalam kemahiran menulis. Sebanyak 140 orang responden daripada empat buah institusi pengajian tinggi Malaysia (IPTM) dipilih, iaitu Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (90 orang), Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (25 orang), Kolej Universiti Islam Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah (9 orang), dan Kolej Islam Antarabangsa Sultan Ismail Petra (16 orang) sebagai sampel kajian. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan perisian Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) versi 22.0. Kaedah analisis deskriptif perbandingan skor min dan analisis peringkat inferensi digunakan untuk memperoleh dapatan kajian. Untuk tatacara penganalisisan data kajian, pengkaji menggunakan dua kaedah iaitu interpretasi skor min, sumber daripada Jamil Ahmad (1993) dan korelasi Pearson untuk mencari hubungan antara dua pemboleh ubah yang berbeza, iaitu pemboleh ubah bersandar dan pemboleh ubah tidak bersandar. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan skor min faktor dalaman ialah 3.80 (SP=0.42), manakala skor min faktor luaran ialah 3.76 (SP=0.42). Kedua-dua skor min ini berada pada tahap yang tinggi. Ini menunjukkan kedua-dua skor min faktor dalaman dan faktor luaran mempengaruhi penulisan bahasa Arab pelajar. Seterusnya, korelasi faktor dalaman terhadap jantina ialah (r=0.45, n= 140, p=0.599), manakala, korelasi faktor luaran terhadap jantina ialah (r=0.181, n=140, p=0.032). Oleh itu, terdapat hubungan linear positif sederhana (r=0.45) dan tidak signifikan (p=0.599) antara faktor dalaman terhadap jantina. Begitu juga terdapat hubungan linear positif sangat lemah (r=0.181) dan signifikan (p=0.032) dikenal pasti antara faktor luaran terhadap jantina. **************************************************************************** The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between internal factors and external factors in influencing diploma students in writing skills. A total of 140 respondents from four Malaysian higher learning institutions (IPTM) were selected including Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (90 respondents), Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (25 respondents), Kolej Universiti Islam Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah (9 respondents), dan Kolej Islam Antarabangsa Sultan Ismail Petra (16 respondents) as the study sample. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 22.0 software. Descriptive analysis methods of mean score comparison and inference level analysis were used to derive study findings. For the purposes of analyzing the study data, the researcher used two methods, namely the mean score interpretation of Jamil Ahmad (1993) and Pearson's correlation to find the relationship between two different variables, dependent variables and independent variables. The results showed that the internal mean score was 3.80 (sd=0.42), while the factor mean score was 3.76 (sd=0.42). Both of these mean scores are at a high level. This indicates that both mean scores of internal and external factors influence students' Arabic writing. Furthermore, the correlation of internal factors to gender was (r = 0.45, n = 140, p = 0.599), whereas the correlation of external factors to gender was (r = 0.181, n = 140, p = 0.032). Therefore, there was a moderate positive linear relationship (r = 0.45) and no significant (p = 0.599) between internal factors to gender. Similarly, a very weak linear relationship (r = 0.181) and significant (p = 0.032) was identified between the external factors of gender.